This seems to be a solution from this thread
Getting WP Super Cache / W3 Total Cache to work with bbPress 2.0
Under page cache is an option called “Never cache the following pages:” I just added in /forum*
@Robin W
I already read this thread many times and didn’t find anything useful.
I just added these lines to page cache>never cache the following pages.
/forums*
/forum*
/topic*
/topics*
/reply*
And my problem is solved.
great – glad you are fixed, and thanks for posting the answer to help others !
I mistakenly added two /topic*
One is /topics*
If any moderator can fix that then it will be better.
I am trying this method myself. Can someone please explain why there is an * following each page? Is that intentional?
/forums*
/forum*
/topic*
/topics*
/reply*
yes that ‘*’ says that anything that starts with should not be cached
eg
/forums*
will not cache
/forums/my-forum
and
/topics*
will not cache
/topics/how-is-the-weather-today
Excuse me but this solution posted here must be a terrible bad joke.
Why would i install caching plugin to a forum and then i am excluding forum from caching?!?
Some of You guys either deliberately joined forces to confuse us (that’s meant to be a joke) or you don’t know what are you doing with caching plugin.
yes that ‘*’ says that anything that starts with should not be cached
EG-
/forums*
will not cache
/forums/my-forum
and
/topics*
will not cache
/topics/how-is-the-weather-today
The original poster asked specifically how to disable forum caching with W3TC. They got the exact answer. If anyone is teaming up, it’s only to be supportive.
As to why W3TC might not be working as expected, that’s a bit harder, because bbPress uses all the same caching that WordPress does, without using any trickery.
Apologies for opening an old thread, given w3 total cache is not ideally suited for caching for BBPRESS – but is good for wordpress, is there an alternative cashing plugin suitable for BBPRESS or is BBPRESS generally best left un cashed ?
Thanks
my personal view is that content wins out every time – ie if your content is worth reading then people will handle any reasonable load time.
When the internet was slow, caching, minimisation and other tricks were worth spending days on to get right.
I’ve not bothered caching forums pages on nay of my sites, although I do cache other pages.
I’d suggest you try forums with cache switched on and off, and see if it makes any difference to load time that is noticeable – run each at least 10 times and total the time, and indeed to content changing.
Hi Robin
As always many thanks, I assume your sites are VPS or simular, so you have good core hardware. ?
many on shared servers with eg LCN or Siteground, with sub 3s response.
I will have a look, thank you for tip
As a follow up, I am now using Comet Cache (free version) which seems to suit my Forum better and has various options that include for logged in users, Cache pages are not shown. (others have this also) but is an important point .
Simple plugin with great options, 😉
