When BerqWP is active, you’ll see a BerqWP menu in your WordPress admin bar with several cache-related actions. This article explains what each one actually does, since a few of them sound similar but behave differently.
TL;DR: Flush Cache clears everything and is available on every plan. Warmup Cache, Flush CDN & Page Cache, and Flush Critical CSS Cache are BerqWP Premium only and clear progressively more specific layers of caching. Purge This Page and Force Cache work on just the page you’re currently viewing, with Force Cache (Premium only) immediately rebuilding it at high priority instead of waiting for the next visitor to trigger that.
Flush Cache
Clears your entire page cache and triggers a fresh cache warmup. Available on every BerqWP plan. On a multisite network, this option becomes “Flush all sites” and clears every site at once, with a submenu available to flush an individual site instead.
Warmup Cache (BerqWP Premium)
Manually triggers BerqWP’s cache warmup process without first clearing anything. Useful if you want BerqWP to proactively rebuild cached pages without waiting for real visitor traffic to do it.
Flush CDN & Page Cache (BerqWP Premium)
Clears cached files stored on BerqWP’s CDN, then flushes your page cache as well. Use this when an issue seems specific to images, CSS, or JS files served through the CDN, rather than the page cache itself.
Flush Critical CSS Cache (BerqWP Premium)
Clears generated critical CSS so the next time a page is optimized, it gets freshly generated critical CSS instead of reusing the old version. This option alone doesn’t immediately change anything you’ll see, you also need to flush the page cache for the new critical CSS to actually take effect.
Purge This Page
Clears both the cache and critical CSS for the specific page you’re currently viewing, rather than your entire site. This is the option to reach for when only one page needs a refresh and you don’t want to flush everything else unnecessarily. Available on every plan, and only appears while you’re viewing the actual page on your site, not from inside the WordPress admin area.
Force Cache (BerqWP Premium)
Immediately rebuilds the cache for the page you’re currently viewing, with high priority, rather than waiting for the next real visitor to trigger that rebuild. This is the fastest way to confirm a change actually took effect, since you don’t have to wait for normal cache warmup to get to that specific page. Like Purge This Page, it only appears while viewing the actual page on your site.
Choosing the Right Option for Your Situation
If you’re dealing with a sitewide issue, use Flush Cache. If something looks wrong specifically with images, CSS, or JS files served through the CDN, use Flush CDN & Page Cache instead. If your critical CSS seems outdated, use Flush Critical CSS Cache and then flush the page cache afterward so the change actually takes effect. If only one page needs updating and you don’t want to touch the rest of your site, use Purge This Page, and follow it with Force Cache if you want to see the result immediately instead of waiting for the next visitor to trigger the rebuild.
