diff --git a/src/Admin/Settings.php b/src/Admin/Settings.php
index ce1c0f8..10f5c68 100644
--- a/src/Admin/Settings.php
+++ b/src/Admin/Settings.php
@@ -31,9 +31,15 @@ final class Settings {
 	/** Manual import admin-post action. */
 	public const MANUAL_IMPORT_ACTION = 'rss2cpt_manual_import';
 
+	/** Cache-reset admin-post action. */
+	public const RESET_CACHE_ACTION = 'rss2cpt_reset_cache';
+
 	/** Manual import nonce action. */
 	private const NONCE_ACTION = 'rss2cpt_run_manual_import';
 
+	/** Cache-reset nonce action. */
+	private const RESET_NONCE_ACTION = 'rss2cpt_reset_cache';
+
 	/**
 	 * Import service.
 	 *
@@ -71,6 +77,7 @@ final class Settings {
 		add_action( 'admin_menu', array( $this, 'register_page' ) );
 		add_action( 'admin_init', array( $this, 'register_settings' ) );
 		add_action( 'admin_post_' . self::MANUAL_IMPORT_ACTION, array( $this, 'handle_manual_import' ) );
+		add_action( 'admin_post_' . self::RESET_CACHE_ACTION, array( $this, 'handle_reset_cache' ) );
 		add_action( 'admin_notices', array( $this, 'render_notices' ) );
 		$this->scheduler->ensure_scheduled();
 	}
@@ -233,6 +240,14 @@ final class Settings {
 				<?php wp_nonce_field( self::NONCE_ACTION ); ?>
 				<?php submit_button( __( 'Import now', 'rss2cpt' ), 'secondary', 'submit', false ); ?>
 			</form>
+
+			<h2><?php esc_html_e( 'Reset feed cache', 'rss2cpt' ); ?></h2>
+			<p><?php esc_html_e( 'Clear the cached feed XML and any active import lock for the configured feed. Use this when you need the next import to re-fetch the feed from the source instead of using the cached response.', 'rss2cpt' ); ?></p>
+			<form action="<?php echo esc_url( admin_url( 'admin-post.php' ) ); ?>" method="post">
+				<input type="hidden" name="action" value="<?php echo esc_attr( self::RESET_CACHE_ACTION ); ?>">
+				<?php wp_nonce_field( self::RESET_NONCE_ACTION ); ?>
+				<?php submit_button( __( 'Reset cache', 'rss2cpt' ), 'delete', 'submit', false ); ?>
+			</form>
 		</div>
 		<?php
 	}
@@ -310,6 +325,88 @@ final class Settings {
 		$this->redirect_with_notice( 'success', $counts );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Handle a verified cache-reset request.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function handle_reset_cache(): void {
+		if ( ! current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
+			wp_die(
+				esc_html__( 'You are not allowed to clear the podcast feed cache.', 'rss2cpt' ),
+				esc_html__( 'Forbidden', 'rss2cpt' ),
+				array( 'response' => 403 )
+			);
+		}
+
+		check_admin_referer( self::RESET_NONCE_ACTION );
+
+		$settings  = Options::get();
+		$feed_url  = (string) $settings['feed_url'];
+		$post_type = (string) $settings['post_type'];
+
+		$cleared = $this->clear_feed_cache( $feed_url, $post_type );
+
+		$this->redirect_with_notice( $cleared ? 'cache_cleared' : 'cache_clear_failed' );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Delete the SimplePie feed-cache rows and the importer's per-feed lock.
+	 *
+	 * WordPress's WP_Feed_Cache_Transient stores the cached feed under
+	 * transients named "feed_<md5(url)>" and "feed_mod_<md5(url)>". On disk,
+	 * transients surface in the options table as _transient_* and
+	 * _transient_timeout_* rows; on multisite the corresponding
+	 * _site_transient_* rows are used. We delete all four standard variants
+	 * plus the two site-transient variants so the next import always re-fetches.
+	 *
+	 * The importer's lock key is "rss2cpt_lock_<md5(feed_url + '|' + post_type)>".
+	 *
+	 * @param string $feed_url  Configured feed URL.
+	 * @param string $post_type Configured destination post type.
+	 * @return bool True when at least one cache row was deleted.
+	 */
+	public function clear_feed_cache( string $feed_url, string $post_type ): bool {
+		if ( '' === $feed_url ) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$url_hash  = md5( $feed_url );
+		$lock_hash = md5( $feed_url . '|' . $post_type );
+
+		$option_keys = array(
+			'_transient_feed_' . $url_hash,
+			'_transient_timeout_feed_' . $url_hash,
+			'_transient_feed_mod_' . $url_hash,
+			'_transient_timeout_feed_mod_' . $url_hash,
+			'rss2cpt_lock_' . $lock_hash,
+		);
+
+		$cleared = false;
+		foreach ( $option_keys as $key ) {
+			if ( delete_option( $key ) ) {
+				$cleared = true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Multisite: feed cache may live in the site transients table.
+		foreach ( array( 'feed_' . $url_hash, 'feed_mod_' . $url_hash ) as $transient ) {
+			if ( delete_site_transient( $transient ) ) {
+				$cleared = true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Fires after the plugin clears its feed cache and import lock.
+		 *
+		 * @param string $feed_url  Feed URL whose cache was cleared.
+		 * @param string $post_type Destination post type.
+		 */
+		do_action( 'rss2cpt_cache_cleared', $feed_url, $post_type );
+
+		return $cleared;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Render a manual-import result notice.
 	 *
@@ -351,6 +448,12 @@ final class Settings {
 				$failed,
 				$warnings
 			);
+		} elseif ( 'cache_cleared' === $notice ) {
+			$class   = 'notice notice-success';
+			$message = __( 'Feed cache cleared. The next import will re-fetch the feed from the source.', 'rss2cpt' );
+		} elseif ( 'cache_clear_failed' === $notice ) {
+			$class   = 'notice notice-warning';
+			$message = __( 'Feed cache could not be cleared. Make sure a feed URL is configured.', 'rss2cpt' );
 		}
 		?>
 		<div class="<?php echo esc_attr( $class ); ?> is-dismissible"><p><?php echo esc_html( $message ); ?></p></div>
diff --git a/tests/SmokeTest.php b/tests/SmokeTest.php
index ac31c52..881ff26 100644
--- a/tests/SmokeTest.php
+++ b/tests/SmokeTest.php
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
+require_once dirname( __DIR__ ) . '/src/Scheduler.php';
+require_once dirname( __DIR__ ) . '/src/Admin/Settings.php';
+
 /**
  * Verifies project-level invariants without loading WordPress.
  */
@@ -133,4 +136,43 @@ final class SmokeTest extends TestCase {
 			'fingerprint'      => str_repeat( 'b', 64 ),
 		);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Verify that clear_feed_cache deletes the SimplePie feed-cache option
+	 * rows, the importer's per-feed lock, and the multisite site-transient
+	 * variants derived from the configured feed URL.
+	 */
+	public function test_clear_feed_cache_removes_lock_and_simplepie_transient_keys(): void {
+		rss2cpt_test_reset_delete_logs();
+
+		$importer = new RSS2CPT\Import\Importer();
+		$settings = new RSS2CPT\Admin\Settings( $importer, new RSS2CPT\Scheduler( $importer ) );
+		$cleared  = $settings->clear_feed_cache( 'https://example.test/feed.xml', 'podcast_episode' );
+
+		$this->assertTrue( $cleared );
+		$this->assertContains( '_transient_feed_' . md5( 'https://example.test/feed.xml' ), $GLOBALS['rss2cpt_test_deleted_options'] );
+		$this->assertContains( '_transient_timeout_feed_' . md5( 'https://example.test/feed.xml' ), $GLOBALS['rss2cpt_test_deleted_options'] );
+		$this->assertContains( '_transient_feed_mod_' . md5( 'https://example.test/feed.xml' ), $GLOBALS['rss2cpt_test_deleted_options'] );
+		$this->assertContains( '_transient_timeout_feed_mod_' . md5( 'https://example.test/feed.xml' ), $GLOBALS['rss2cpt_test_deleted_options'] );
+		$this->assertContains( 'rss2cpt_lock_' . md5( 'https://example.test/feed.xml|podcast_episode' ), $GLOBALS['rss2cpt_test_deleted_options'] );
+		$this->assertContains( 'feed_' . md5( 'https://example.test/feed.xml' ), $GLOBALS['rss2cpt_test_deleted_site_transients'] );
+		$this->assertContains( 'feed_mod_' . md5( 'https://example.test/feed.xml' ), $GLOBALS['rss2cpt_test_deleted_site_transients'] );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Verify that clear_feed_cache refuses to do anything destructive when
+	 * the feed URL is empty (so an unconfigured install cannot wipe someone
+	 * else's transient rows by accident).
+	 */
+	public function test_clear_feed_cache_is_noop_when_feed_url_empty(): void {
+		rss2cpt_test_reset_delete_logs();
+
+		$importer = new RSS2CPT\Import\Importer();
+		$settings = new RSS2CPT\Admin\Settings( $importer, new RSS2CPT\Scheduler( $importer ) );
+		$cleared  = $settings->clear_feed_cache( '', 'podcast_episode' );
+
+		$this->assertFalse( $cleared );
+		$this->assertSame( array(), $GLOBALS['rss2cpt_test_deleted_options'] );
+		$this->assertSame( array(), $GLOBALS['rss2cpt_test_deleted_site_transients'] );
+	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/bootstrap.php b/tests/bootstrap.php
index 663efee..0c2aa6d 100644
--- a/tests/bootstrap.php
+++ b/tests/bootstrap.php
@@ -55,5 +55,48 @@ function get_gmt_from_date( $date_string ) {
 	return gmdate( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $timestamp );
 }
 
+/**
+ * In-memory option store for isolated tests.
+ *
+ * @param string $name Option name.
+ * @return bool Always true; the test asserts via $GLOBALS['rss2cpt_test_deleted_options'].
+ */
+function delete_option( $name ) {
+	$GLOBALS['rss2cpt_test_deleted_options'][] = $name;
+	return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * In-memory site-transient store for isolated tests.
+ *
+ * @param string $name Transient name.
+ * @return bool Always true; the test asserts via $GLOBALS['rss2cpt_test_deleted_site_transients'].
+ */
+function delete_site_transient( $name ) {
+	$GLOBALS['rss2cpt_test_deleted_site_transients'][] = $name;
+	return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Reset recorded delete_* call logs between tests.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+function rss2cpt_test_reset_delete_logs() {
+	$GLOBALS['rss2cpt_test_deleted_options']         = array();
+	$GLOBALS['rss2cpt_test_deleted_site_transients'] = array();
+}
+rss2cpt_test_reset_delete_logs();
+
+/**
+ * Minimal do_action stub for isolated tests.
+ *
+ * @param string $hook Hook name.
+ * @param mixed  ...$args Hook arguments.
+ */
+function do_action( $hook, ...$args ) {
+	unset( $hook, $args );
+}
+
 require_once dirname( __DIR__ ) . '/src/Options.php';
 require_once dirname( __DIR__ ) . '/src/Import/Importer.php';