Production site contains links from staging site after WordPress synchronization via WP Toolkit

Sergey Senko

Updated January 13, 2026 19:05

Plesk for Linux kb: technical ext: wptk ABT: Group A

Applicable to:

Production WordPress site contains links to staging site after synchronization of WordPress site via WP Toolkit, going to Domains > staging.example.com > Sync
The WordPress staging site has cache plugins and it might have a cache folder like wp-content/cache folder

The WordPress cache from the staging site was copied to the production site when the WordPress synchronization was performed via WP Toolkit.

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Via Plesk GUI

Log in to Plesk GUI
Go to Tools & Settings > Scheduled Tasks > Add Task > Disable Active option > Task type: Run a command > System user: root:
Fill the Command field with the following and click Run Now to get the WordPress instance ID:

CONFIG_TEXT: DOMAIN='example.com'; /usr/sbin/plesk ext wp-toolkit --list | egrep $DOMAIN | awk '{print "ID: "$1"\nURL: "$8}'

* Where example.com is the affected domain
If the WordPress instance is handled by WP Toolkit, the task executed will return the ID and the Website URL:
Fill the Command field with the following and click Run Now to clear cache from the WordPress instance:

CONFIG_TEXT: ID='4'; /usr/sbin/plesk ext wp-toolkit --clear-cache -instance-id $ID

* Where 4 is the WordPress ID of the affected instance
Once the WordPress cache will be cleared via WP Toolkit, the following result will be shown:
Click on Cancel to don't save the Scheduled Task:

Via SSH

Connect to the server via SSH
Get the WordPress instance ID of the production site:

# DOMAIN='example.com'; plesk ext wp-toolkit --list | egrep $DOMAIN | awk '{print "ID: "$1"\nURL: "$8}'
ID: 4
URL: https://example.com
Clear cache from the WordPress instance with the ID returned in previous step:

# plesk ext wp-toolkit --clear-cache -instance-id 4