Title: Preload not working Last modified: October 23, 2020 --- # Preload not working * [Jim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwmc/) * (@jwmc) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preload-not-working-9/) * WPFC is working well in terms of creating cache files when pages are visited and serving them. However, Preload is not working. * After deleting the cache, pages get cached randomly over time as they are visited, taking 3-4 hours to get most of them. When I browse to /?action=wpfastestcache& type=preload, it immediately says Completed, even when there are multiple uncached pages. * [WPFC Preload Settings](https://forestpathology.org/outer_images/wpfc_preload_settings.png) * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fpreload-not-working-9%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * Plugin Author [Emre Vona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emrevona/) * (@emrevona) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preload-not-working-9/#post-13573732) * I recommend you to set up a cronjob manually as below. [https://www.wpfastestcache.com/features/manually-preload-with-cron-jobs/](https://www.wpfastestcache.com/features/manually-preload-with-cron-jobs/) * Thread Starter [Jim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwmc/) * (@jwmc) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preload-not-working-9/#post-13574161) * That doesn’t seem to help. I modified the cron job (every 15 minutes, the fastest allowed) so I could see the page response and a log: * `wget -O ${HOME}/logs/preload-page.html -o ${HOME}/logs/preload-log.txt "https:// forestpathology.org?action=wpfastestcache&type=preload"` * I cleared the cache in WPFC settings and watched the cache in FTP. It’s building slowly still like before, most popular pages first. The response page mentions 6 forum pages, but there are 50 or more regular pages still not cached. * OK [https://forestpathology.org/fora/forum/general-forest-pathology/](https://forestpathology.org/fora/forum/general-forest-pathology/)( desktop) OK [https://forestpathology.org/fora/forum/wilts/](https://forestpathology.org/fora/forum/wilts/)( desktop) OK [https://forestpathology.org/fora/forum/parasitic-plants/other-parasitic-plants/](https://forestpathology.org/fora/forum/parasitic-plants/other-parasitic-plants/)( desktop) OK [https://forestpathology.org/fora/forum/parasitic-plants/true-mistletoes/](https://forestpathology.org/fora/forum/parasitic-plants/true-mistletoes/)( desktop) OK [https://forestpathology.org/fora/forum/parasitic-plants/dwarf-mistletoes/](https://forestpathology.org/fora/forum/parasitic-plants/dwarf-mistletoes/)( desktop) OK [https://forestpathology.org/fora/forum/stem-decays/](https://forestpathology.org/fora/forum/stem-decays/)( desktop) * 6 page have been cached * homepage: 1/1 customposttypes: 23/40 post: 0/1 page: 0/68 * Plugin Author [Emre Vona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emrevona/) * (@emrevona) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preload-not-working-9/#post-13574206) * you can change the 15 minutes as 3 minutes. * Thread Starter [Jim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwmc/) * (@jwmc) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preload-not-working-9/#post-13574218) * 15 minutes is the most frequent the hosting will allow me to do a cron job. But what difference does it make? When it starts a preload, shouldn’t it go on and cache all pages on the site until they are all cached? * Plugin Author [Emre Vona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emrevona/) * (@emrevona) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preload-not-working-9/#post-13574274) * yes * Thread Starter [Jim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwmc/) * (@jwmc) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preload-not-working-9/#post-13574284) * Well . . . it doesn’t, on my site. * Plugin Author [Emre Vona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emrevona/) * (@emrevona) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preload-not-working-9/#post-13574310) * can you be sure that WP_CRON works on your site please? can you add a scheduled post please? * Thread Starter [Jim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwmc/) * (@jwmc) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preload-not-working-9/#post-13574393) * I have WP_CRON disabled in wp-config.php, then call wp-cron.php with a system cron job every half hour. I did schedule a post as you asked, and it was indeed posted on the half hour when the cron job ran. * I think I’m beginning to understand how WPFC works with preloading. I edited the cron job to save the response html file with a time stamp, so I can see them all and see what it is doing each time. * When the Preload dialog is set to “6 pages per minute”, that is not what happens. The preload just tries to cache 6 pages, then it stops dead, until it is called again. If some of those pages are excluded, doesn’t matter, they count toward the 6. * I don’t understand why it works like this, certainly not from the documentation. When you preload, why not go through every post type that is checked, and if the post is not cached, cache it. Don’t just do 6 and stop. Keep going until the job is done. - This reply was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by [Jim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwmc/). * Thread Starter [Jim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwmc/) * (@jwmc) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preload-not-working-9/#post-13574427) * Also, when running it as a cron job, it just keeps replacing already-made cache files that are just fine. This seems to waste resources. * Plugin Author [Emre Vona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emrevona/) * (@emrevona) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preload-not-working-9/#post-13576321) * I have no idea. 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