Title: Main Differences Between Automatic and Manual Cache
Last modified: May 26, 2020

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# Main Differences Between Automatic and Manual Cache

 *  Resolved [miltonkd7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miltonkd7/)
 * (@miltonkd7)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/main-differences-between-automatic-and-manual-cache/)
 * Good morning,
 * Thank you so much for this amazing plug-in! I was looking into my cache options,
   and I was just curious to know what the main differences between automatic and
   manual cache was. I understand manual cache has an option for me to insert the
   links for the pages I really want to be cached. But for the automatic option,
   what is necessarily getting cache’d?
 * I have also already read your description on it, but am still a bit confused.
 * Thanks,
    Milton
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fmain-differences-between-automatic-and-manual-cache%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Magazine3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magazine3/)
 * (@magazine3)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/main-differences-between-automatic-and-manual-cache/#post-12902987)
 * In automatic pre-caching, it will grab the links of the latest POST, PAGE or 
   Custom POST(As per selection). Cache those URLs will also cache on after PWA(
   service worker) installation in the backend.
 * For manual as you know whatever link you provide those links will cache after
   PWA(service worker) installation in the backend.
 * This Precaching links will not reflect your current page load, its run after 
   loading and installation of ServiceWorker.
 *  Thread Starter [miltonkd7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miltonkd7/)
 * (@miltonkd7)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/main-differences-between-automatic-and-manual-cache/#post-12904392)
 * Ahh I understand. Thank you for the follow up! Let’s say that I have all three
   boxes of “Post,” “Page” and “Custom Post” check-marked in the settings, and that“
   the last 5” is what I inserted. You’re saying that whatever was the user’s last
   5 clicked items will be cached instead of any links that I choose?
 * Also thank you for bringing up the ServiceWorker download, that’s a great help.
   I forgot about that.

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 * [cache](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cache/)
 * [manual](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/manual/)

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 * Last reply from: [miltonkd7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miltonkd7/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/main-differences-between-automatic-and-manual-cache/#post-12904392)
 * Status: resolved