Issues clearing cache

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What issue or error are you experiencing?

I have updated css and the changes are not reflecting on the local site. I tried clearing browser cache, private browsing, clearing wp cache, deleting transients, restarting the site, restarting Local, forcing updates of the version, adding a timestamp, disabling opcode cache temporarily. Nothing clears the cache.

What steps can be taken to replicate the issue? Feel free to include screenshots, videos, etc

System Details

  • Local Version: Version 9.2.6+6872

  • Operating System (OS) and OS version: Windows 10

Local Logs

Attach your Local Logs here (Help Doc - Retrieving Local’s Log)

local-lightning.log (916.2 KB)

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Hey @dthompson!

Do you have any plugins or themes that store cache or have a regenerate CSS option?

The Flywheel guide to clearing your theme/plugin cache

Have you tried checking in another browser other than your default such as Chrome, Brave, Firefox, Safari, etc or in an incognito window? Does that make any difference?

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Yes, I have tried multiple browser and, as I wrote, incognito/private browsing.

My theme is custom and no plugins are currently active, so unfortunately, the guide you provided is not helpful.

What else could clear cache?

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Have you used this custom theme previously without the same issues?

Is this a theme you developed or one that you purchased?

It’s not sounding like a Local issue necessarily but possibly something with the theme. For example if you just create a new blank Local site with a default WordPress theme and make some CSS changes are you able to refresh and see those?

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Yes, the theme has been successfully used on multiple projects on Local previously without issue.

I developed it as a base theme.

As suggested, I spun up a new site and directly edited the css on 2025. Changes are not reflected on the front end, with !important, private browsing, cache cleared, transients deleted, site/app restarted.

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Could you try updating your Local version to the latest? 9.2.9 is the current release.

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Updated. CSS not updating on either site.

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You mentioned that, “Yes, the theme has been successfully used on multiple projects on Local previously without issue.”

So did the issue just arise recently on this new site? And now changes aren’t appearing on any site in Local utilizing any theme?

We’re just trying to narrow down when something might have changed here as we aren’t able to replicate this on MacOS or Windows, but we aren’t sure what else within your configuration could be interfering.

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Correction: Changes to the the default theme in the new site are displaying. I originally added the styles to style.css rather than style.min.css.

I’ll just recreate the old site in the new one and take it from there.

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Sounds good @dthompson! Thank you for the update :green_heart: