Automatically clears Elementor files and cache on a customisable schedule with optional email notifications.
Auto Clear Cache For Elementor simplifies cache management for Elementor sites by automating the cache-clearing process. Perfect for keeping your site fresh without manual intervention, this plugin offers simple and effective features:
- Customizable Schedules: Choose from multiple intervals (Hourly, Twice Daily, Daily, Weekly) to automatically clear the Elementor cache.
- Email Notifications: Receive optional email notifications to the admin email when the cache is cleared.
- Option to clear certain other cache plugins at the same time.
- Option to regenerate Elementor CSS files straight away after clearing.
- Last Clear Status: View the timestamp of the last cache clear for easy monitoring.
- Lightweight and Secure: Built with WordPress best practices, ensuring performance and security.
Pro Version
For advanced features, check out Auto Clear Cache Pro For Elementor. The Pro version includes:
- Customisable Schedules: Choose from multiple intervals (Hourly, Twice Daily, Daily, Every 6 Hours, Weekly) to automatically clear the Elementor cache.
- Specific Clear Time: Set a precise time of day for Daily or Weekly cache clears, aligned with your site’s timezone.
- Email Notifications: Receive optional email notifications when the cache is cleared, sent to a custom email address or the admin email.
- Manual Clear Option: Clear the Elementor cache instantly with a dedicated “Clear Cache Now” button.
- Last Clear Status: View the timestamp of the last cache clear for easy monitoring.
- Option to clear other cache plugins at the same time.
- Lightweight and Secure: Built with WordPress best practices, ensuring performance and security.
To upgrade, visit Auto Clear Cache Pro For Elementor for details.
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Settings
How does the plugin clear the Elementor cache?
The plugin uses Elementor’s built-in cache-clearing functions to regenerate CSS files in /wp-content/uploads/elementor/css/. It runs automatically based on your chosen schedule.
Can I receive notifications when the cache is cleared?
Yes, enable the “Send Email Notification” option to receive notifications at the admin email after each cache clear.
What happens if Elementor is not installed?
The plugin checks for Elementor and only runs cache-clearing functions if Elementor is active, ensuring compatibility with non-Elementor sites.
The scheduled clear never seems to run.
The plugin uses WP-Cron. On a low traffic site WP-Cron only fires when someone visits the site, so a scheduled clear can run late. If your host has disabled WP-Cron, set up a real system cron that calls wp-cron.php.
Does uninstalling remove my settings?
Yes. Deleting the plugin from the Plugins screen removes every option it created and clears its scheduled event.
Support
If you find an issue or bug, please email me at info@smdev.au
ChangeLog
1.0.2
- Fixed a fatal error that could take a site down during the cache clear. The CSS regeneration fallback only checked for a method, which also reports missing when the whole Elementor class is gone and the resulting Error was not caught. Now guarded with a class check and Throwable handling.
- Fixed the LiteSpeed Cache hook being removed and never restored, which made the plugin’s own LiteSpeed purge fall back into an empty hook and silently do nothing.
- Fixed the activation and deactivation hooks, which were registered against a path WordPress never resolves and so never fired. Deactivating the plugin now correctly removes its scheduled event.
- CSS regeneration now runs in batches with a configurable ceiling instead of loading every Elementor page at once, which could exhaust memory on large sites.
- Removed error suppression around third party cache purges so real failures are visible and wrapped them so a broken cache plugin cannot break the clear.
- Escaped the cache plugin detection output on the settings page.
- Last Cache Clear and Next Scheduled Clear now display in your site’s date, time and timezone settings.
- Added an uninstall routine that removes all plugin options and the scheduled event.
- Added a link to the Pro version at the foot of the settings page.
- Tested up to WordPress 7.1.
1.0.1
- Add options to clear certain cache plugins at the same time to fix 404 issues on certain cache setups.
- Add force regeneration of the Elementor CSS files to fix 404 issues on certain cache setups.
1.0.0
