{"id":43068,"date":"2019-05-29T15:21:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T20:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/?p=43068"},"modified":"2022-04-04T20:56:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T00:56:52","slug":"disable-open-web-analytics-caching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/analytics\/disable-open-web-analytics-caching\/","title":{"rendered":"Disable Caching in Open Web Analytics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Open Web Analytics has built-in caching to make the most of hosting services. Within the settings is a Flush Cache Now option. However, if you\u2019re working on development, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/padams\/Open-Web-Analytics\/wiki\/Creating-A-New-Module\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">developing a module<\/a>. Below we cover <strong>how to disable caching in Open Web Analytics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Disable Caching<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li>Log into <a href=\"\/support\/website\/how-to-edit-a-file\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">FTP, or cPanel File Manager<\/a>, or <a href=\"\/support\/server\/ssh\/do-you-provide-ssh-access\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">SSH<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to your Open Web Analytics directory.<\/li>\n<li>Edit the owa-config.php file \u2013 e.g. in SSH: <span class=\"cli\">nano owa-config.php<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>Near the bottom, remove the \/\/ and change true to false.\n  <pre class=\"cli\">  * OBJECT CACHING\n  *\n  * Override setting to cache objects. Caching will increase performance.\n  *\/\n\n  \/\/define('OWA_CACHE_OBJECTS', true);<\/pre>\n<br>The final result: <span class=\"cli\">define(\u2018OWA_CACHE_OBJECTS\u2019, false);<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Log into Open Web Analytics.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Administration<\/strong> at the top. At the bottom, ensure <em>Cache Control<\/em> shows <em>Status: <strong>OFF<\/strong><\/em>.\n    <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/images\/stories\/owa\/owa-settings-cache-off.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"none\" alt=\"Caching disabled\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/images\/stories\/owa\/owa-settings-cache-off.png\" title=\"Click for full image\"><\/a><div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div><\/li>\n<p class=\"alert alert-info\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> You may need to log out and <a href=\"\/support\/website\/how-to-clear-browser-cache-for-major-browsers\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">clear your browser cache<\/a> to see the change.<\/p> <\/ol>\n<br><p>Learn more about Open Web Analytics in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/analytics\/setup-open-web-analytics\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Support Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Web Analytics has built-in caching to make the most of hosting services. Within the settings is a Flush Cache Now option. However, if you\u2019re working on development, such as developing a module. Below we cover how to disable caching in Open Web Analytics. Disable Caching Log into FTP, or cPanel File Manager, or SSH.<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/analytics\/disable-open-web-analytics-caching\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57014,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4321],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analytics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Disable Caching in Open Web Analytics | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/analytics\/disable-open-web-analytics-caching\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Disable Caching in Open Web Analytics | InMotion Hosting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Open Web Analytics has built-in caching to make the most of hosting services. 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