Permanently deleted photos are not permanently deleted.

[mikewestcoast]

I will add a photo.

• Then when I add it to a web page, the web page crops off the top and bottom of the photo.
• I then realized I need to resize the graphic so that WordPress doesn't cut off the top and bottom of the photo.
• I then need to PERMANENTLY DELETE the photo.
• In my computer, I then resize the photo in Photoshop.
• I then upload the new re-croped/revised photo to WordPress.
• Then I add that new photo to the web page.
• Then Word Press uses the OLD PHOTO THAT I PERMANENTLY DELETED AND WILL NOT USE THE NEW PHOTO THAT I JUST UPLOADED.

HERE IS THE EXAMPLE:

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• I uploaded this photo.
• WordPress cropped the top of the head off this portrait.
• I DELETED THIS PHOTO FROM WORDPRESS ON NOVEMBER 3, 2019.
• I THEN CROPPED MOST OF THE SUIT SO THAT IT WAS MORE OF A LANDSCAPE PHOTO.
• I RE-UPLOADED THE NEWLY CROPPED PHOTO TO WORDPRESS.
• I THEN ADDED THE THE NEWLY CROPPED PHOTO TO THE ARTICLE.
• BUT WORDPRESS IS USING THE PERMANENTLY DELETED PHOTO ON THIS WEB PAGE.
• WORDPRESS IS NOT USING THE LATEST PHOTO THAT I UPLOADED TO WORDPRESS.
• WHEN I PERMANENTLY DELETE A PHOTO, I WANT IT PERMANENTLY DELETED.
• WHAT IS WRONG HERE?

Permanently deleting a photo should be a very simple task. Why is WordPress refusing to permanently delete a photo?

[peterwilsoncc]

@mikewestcoast

Viewing the source-code of your site, I see you are using the Jetpack Site Accelerator/Photon CDN to serve your images. As noted in the ​limitations section of the Site Accelerator information page it is not possible to invalidate images on the CDN without renaming the file.

Jetpack is a service of WordPress.com unrelated to the self hosted version provided at WordPress.org. Please contact ​WordPress.com's support team if you have further questions.

I've closed this ticket as invalid, which in this case is trac's slightly unfriendly term to indicate I've referred you to a plugin author.

[mikewestcoast]

Okay, it worked. I didn't understand your explanation at first because I have no idea what Jet Pack is and I'm not the owner of the website, I'm just the Webmaster. But now, I get it. Simply rename the photo you want to re-upload to WordPress so that WordPress will recognize the photo as a different file name.

Very good. I tried it and it worked. Thanks!