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How to Clear Cache After PrestaShop Data Migration

Clearing Cache After PrestaShop Migration: Why It's Important

After a data migration to PrestaShop, clearing the cache is crucial to ensure all changes, including migrated products and settings, are visible on your storefront. Here's how to do it:

For PrestaShop 8.x, 9.x and PrestaShop Cloud

Perform these steps on your target PrestaShop store after migration to make sure all products, prices, and filters are visible and indexed properly:

1. Clear cache
   • Navigate to Advanced Parameters → Performance.
   • Click the Clear cache button in the top-right corner.
   • Note: If Smarty cache is enabled, make sure to click Clear cache again after completing the steps below.
   
2. Rebuild search index
   • Go to Shop Parameters → Search.
   • Ensure Indexing is enabled (Yes).
   • Click Rebuild the entire index (or Add missing products to the index).
   • Wait until indexation is finished (large product catalogs may take several minutes).
   
3. Rebuild Faceted Search module index (category and filter pages frequently rely on this module rather than core SQL)
   • Navigate to Modules → Module Manager and find Faceted search (ps_facetedsearch).
   • Click Configure.
   • Run Rebuild entire index and Index all missing prices.
   

For PrestaShop 1.6 and 1.7

Follow these steps to clear the cache after your PrestaShop data migration:

1. Log in to your PrestaShop Admin panel.
2. Go to Advanced Parameters → Performance.
3. Press the Clear cache button at the top-right corner of the screen. (For PrestaShop 1.7 and later, this is the recommended method).

That's it! Your PrestaShop store should now display the results of your demo or full migration correctly.

For PrestaShop 1.5 and Earlier

If you're using an older version of PrestaShop, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your PrestaShop admin panel.
2. Go to Advanced Parameters → Performance.
3. Set Force compile to Yes and save changes.
4. Go to your front-office and refresh the store page.

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