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

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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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:

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:

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:

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