$smwg­Factbox­Cache­Refresh­On­Purge

Configuration parameter details:
Name	$smwgFactboxCacheRefreshOnPurge
Description	Sets whether or not a cached factbox should be invalidated on an "action=purge" event.  Note: Requires $smwgCacheType be set; otherwise caching will have no effect.
Default setting	true
Software	Semantic MediaWiki
Since version	1.9.0
Until version	still available
Configuration	Cache
Keyword	cache · object cache · factbox · auto refresh

$smwgFactboxCacheRefreshOnPurge is a configuration parameter that sets whether or not a factbox should be invalidated on an action=purge event. The configuration parameter was introduced in Semantic MediaWiki 1.9.0Released on 3 January 2014 and compatible with MW 1.19.0 - 1.22.x. and deprecated in Semantic MediaWiki 3.0.0Released on 11 October 2018 and compatible with MW 1.27.0 - 1.31.x..1

No longer functional as of Semantic MediaWiki 7.0.0Released on 4 June 2026 and compatible with MW 1.43.x - 1.46.x.. The runtime shim that automatically translated $smwgFactboxCacheRefreshOnPurge to its replacement has been removed, so this setting is now silently ignored. Migrate to configuration parameter $smwgFactboxFeaturesSets the behaviour of features related to the factbox (option 'purge-refresh') in "LocalSettings.php".2

This configuration parameter requires configuration parameter $smwgCacheTypeSets which object cache Semantic MediaWiki should use to track temporary changes be set to something else than CACHE_NONE; otherwise caching will have no effect.

Default setting

$smwgFactboxCacheRefreshOnPurge = true;

This means that each purge request (no new page revision) will invalidate the factbox cache.

Changing the default setting

To modify the setting to this configuration parameter, add one of the following lines to your "LocalSettings.php" file:

Disable the refreshing of data when purging a page

$smwgFactboxCacheRefreshOnPurge = false;

This means the factbox cache will be only reset after a new page revision.

See also

• Help page on the factbox
• Help page on configuration parameter $smwgFactboxFeaturesSets the behaviour of features related to the factbox
• Help page on configuration parameter $smwgShowFactboxSets in which cases the factbox should be shown below a page
• Help page on configuration parameter $smwgShowFactboxEditSets in which cases the factbox should be shown when editing a page