Disable WP Rocket page cache only

WP Rocket ties optimizations with page cache.

But it’s possible to disable page cache either site wide or specific pages when needed.

It’s done using the do_rocket_generate_caching_files filter as follow:

disable-page-cache.php

<?php
/**
 * Disable WP Rocket Page Cache (Site-Wide)
 *
 * Disables HTML page caching while keeping all other WP Rocket optimizations
 * active (JS/CSS minification, lazy loading, preloading, etc.). Useful when
 * you need another caching layer (e.g. Cloudflare, Varnish) to handle HTML
 * caching but still want WP Rocket's optimization features.
 *
 * Usage: Add to functions.php or a custom plugin.
 *
 * @category wp-rocket
 * @language php

 *
 * @author Adame Dahmani https://adame.io
 * @support Support my family project: https://adame.io/fundraiser
 */
add_filter( 'do_rocket_generate_caching_files', '__return_false' );

It’s also possible to use it with a condition.

This is an example of how to use the filter to exclude pages with specific IDs from page cache:

disable-page-cache-conditional.php

<?php
/**
 * Disable WP Rocket Page Cache (Conditional)
 *
 * Excludes specific pages or posts from WP Rocket's page cache by ID.
 * All other pages remain cached normally. Useful for dynamic pages
 * (account, cart, checkout) that should never be served from cache.
 *
 * Usage: Add to functions.php. Replace the IDs in $excluded_ids with your own.
 *
 * @category wp-rocket
 * @language php

 *
 * @author Adame Dahmani https://adame.io
 * @support Support my family project: https://adame.io/fundraiser
 */
function snippet_exclude_from_page_cache( $filter ) {
    $excluded_ids = array( 1, 2 );

    if (
        ( function_exists( 'is_page' ) && is_page( $excluded_ids ) ) ||
        ( function_exists( 'is_single' ) && is_single( $excluded_ids ) )
    ) {
        return false;
    }

    return $filter;
}
add_filter( 'do_rocket_generate_caching_files', 'snippet_exclude_from_page_cache' );