Reindex Pages refreshes the page metadata cache and rebuilds the search structure from the persisted search document cache. It is the fast, routine maintenance action.
Important: Reindex rebuilds from the cached documents, not from a clean disk scan. A page that was deleted but whose entry lingers in the cache (a "ghost" still showing in search/listings) is not removed by Reindex. To purge those, use Rebuild Pages, which clears the cache and re-scans every page from disk.
Reindexing is rarely needed under normal operation. The system keeps the index updated automatically as pages are created, edited, or deleted. Reindex when:
For pages that were removed or renamed directly on disk (or deleted pages still showing in search), use Rebuild Pages instead — Reindex will not drop those stale entries.
On a large instance (10,000+ pages), reindexing may take a minute and will temporarily cause higher memory usage while the search index is built.
page-index.json) — metadata for all pages (title, slug, author, dates, location)User sessions, attachments, and media are not affected.