Disabling the Elementor Element Cache (introduced as a performance experiment) for specific pages is crucial when dealing with dynamic plugins like BuddyBoss, where content changes based on the user's login status or activity.
Since Elementor does not currently provide a single "on/off" toggle via a public hook for the entire page's Element Cache, the most reliable way to achieve this programmatically is by hooking into the Elementor CSS and cache rendering logic.
Method 1: The Recommended BuddyBoss/URL Snippet This code checks if the current URL contains BuddyBoss keywords (like members, groups, activity) or if it's a specific page ID, and then tells Elementor to bypass caching for those instances.
Add this to your child theme's functions.php or a functional plugin (like Code Snippets):
Method 2: Disabling Cache for Logged-In Users