home keeps showing old version

[joristideman]

I've built a new home page but the old one keeps showing. I've made the new page the front page in the 'reading' menu in Wordpress.

What I've done so far:

• hard deleted the old page from Wordpress, but now only the associated footer with the old page shows
• emptied cache on browser
• used W3 plugin to empty cache in Wordpress
• checked on computers that didn't visit my site previously
• reset permalinks
• copied the new home and set the copied version as home

I've set up a redirect plugin so people see the page they should. But without, it still refers to the old home page.

Attached images show:

• correct page set as 'front page'
• image showing the actual content of the home page
• when I preview or publish the new home, old home (now only footer) shows

Hope you can help. Thanks in advance.

[arminunruh]

can u see if on your ftp you have a file "index.html" and delete it

make sure to set the frontpage in customize -> frontpage

then in settings -> reading, make sure the settings look something like this

[arminunruh]

then maybe also just disable the caching plugin :O

[joristideman]

@arminunruh thanks for the replies. Ive only now seen them, since I didn't get a notification.

But you have solved the issue in the most logical and basic way possible: make sure to set the frontpage in customize -> frontpage

Thanks so much. I nearly broke my head trying everything possible and did totally oversee this option :)

[arminunruh]

ah :/ yea maybe it was a little dumb to put this setting there. but i had to code my own setting for this to be able to put a category as a frontpage.