Manual:$wgCacheEpoch/de-formal

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Set this to a timestamp to invalidate all pages cached prior to that (e.g. to the current time to invalidate all currently cached pages). Affects both client- and server-side caching, including assets controlled by the.

For a quick copy-paste you can use the following line, whose timestamp is generated via :

If you are using a Unix-like system you can get the current date by entering the following on the command-line:

To force a file, such as "LocalSettings.php" to be re-read when touched, you can use the following code (MW < 1.17):