{"id":18995507,"date":"2026-08-17T12:22:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/not-recommended-for-websites-using-caching-based-on-my-experience\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T12:22:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:22:47","slug":"not-recommended-for-websites-using-caching-based-on-my-experience","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/not-recommended-for-websites-using-caching-based-on-my-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Not recommended for websites using caching, based on my experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>I tested AdRotate extensively for several months before purchasing the paid version. The main reason I eventually bought it was that impression and click tracking worked reliably for me \u2014 an area where I had previously experienced problems with another advertising plugin.<br \/><br \/>During my entire testing period, AdRotate worked with my existing setup, including WP Fastest Cache.<br \/><br \/>Shortly after purchasing the Pro version, however, the number of recorded impressions dropped dramatically, even though the ads continued to be displayed and clicks were still being recorded.<br \/><br \/>The developer\u2019s response was essentially that the problem is caused by my caching setup. WP Fastest Cache does not support fragmented caching, so I was advised to switch to Borlabs Cache or W3 Total Cache \u2014 or alternatively to get \u201cbetter hosting\u201d so that caching would supposedly no longer be necessary.<br \/><br \/>That is exactly where I see the problem.<br \/><br \/>The product advertises statistics and impression\/click tracking as key features. It also advertises support for paying customers. However, I was not made aware before purchasing that reliable internal statistics on a cached WordPress website apparently depend on using specific caching solutions.<br \/><br \/>What makes this particularly disappointing is that my WP Fastest Cache setup had already been in place throughout the months in which I tested AdRotate successfully.<br \/><br \/>Instead of investigating why the statistics suddenly stopped working reliably with the exact same setup, the issue was simply attributed to my caching plugin and hosting, with the recommendation that I change my website infrastructure.<br \/><br \/>From paid support, I would expect at least an attempt to understand why such a significant change occurred \u2014 especially when the plugin had previously worked correctly under the same conditions.<br \/><br \/>Unfortunately, my impression from the support conversation is that there is very little interest in actually investigating the root cause.<br \/><br \/>For website owners who depend on reliable impression and click statistics for paying advertising clients and who use normal full-page caching, I therefore cannot recommend AdRotate based on my experience.<br \/><br \/>Had I known before purchasing that the statistics feature I specifically bought the plugin for would not be considered reliably supported with my existing caching setup, I would not have purchased it.<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-18995507","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18995507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18995507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18995507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}