Top purge methods that are available in Cloudflare
Cloudflare CDN which is also used by The-Online.com to power its web hosting plans recently made available all the cache purge methods — purge by URL, purge by hostname, purge by tag, purge by prefix, and purge everything — to all Cloudflare plans (for free). Initailly, except purge by URL, all other methods were available for Cloudflare Enterprise customers.
Cloudflare supports multiple targeted cache purge methods to help customers achieve this balance.
- Purge Everything: Clears all cached content associated with a website.
- Purge by Prefix: Targets URLs sharing a common prefix.
- Purge by Hostname: Invalidates content by specific hostnames.
- Purge by URL (single-file purge): Precisely targets individual URLs.
- Purge by Tag: Uses Cache-Tag headers to invalidate grouped assets, offering flexibility for complex cache management scenarios.
If you are a cloud hosting, web hosting, managed wordpress, or website builder customer and need help regarding purging the content or anything Cloudflare, you can contact The Online’s hosting experts and they’ll assist you for free!