Don’t let technical updates hinder the performance of your OJS, OMP, or OPS. After upgrading or making configurations such as installing or modifying language lines, you may find that there is no change visible on your OJS site, both on the front and back end. To resolve this issue, simply clear your OJS cache to ensure optimal functionality
Steps to clear your OJS cache #
1. Make sure you have access to the highest user level on your OJS installation
2. log in as an administrator on your OJS.
Access the Administration menu on the left sidebar :
After you click this menu, the page will display this page :
If you still find no change on the frontend of your journal, we also recommend clearing your browser cache. Here is how to clear your browser cache.
https://its.uiowa.edu/support/article/719
Frequently asked question #
Why do you need to clear the OJS cache? #
As OJS, creating a template as static HTML to mean more optimal page load on your OJS, some of the data that you have changed either on the direct database modification, plugin setting, theme configuration and any other that related frontend data, OJS will keep the data like cache and needs to reclear each time the modification being made.
Do you need to clear your cache regularly? #
No, only if you just have made the modification on the data that is related to the frontend display.
Does clearing the cache may remove any submission or workflow data on OJS? #
No, your published article, workflow process, submission, and other data will not get erased. So it is safe to do this activity without the need to worry if data elimination.
