Enforce Page Caching

  • Resolved weboosteg

    (@weboosteg)


    8 months, 1 week ago

    Now, the plugin is set to cache time out 3600 secs, timer 600 secs, Preload 600 minutes (as recommended by WPBeginner) The website has 26 pages and it never caches them all within that timeframe. That results in pages being loaded in 10 seconds for mobile users. This plugin actually solved (virtually) some of the loading speed for pages that was loading in 10 seconds before now sometimes they load in 3 seconds and sometimes they’re back loading in 10 seconds. So, I think It’s the right plugin to use with the wrong settings. What pages am I talking about? all except for the home English version otherwise all other pages 3 to 10 secs randomly. How to enforce quick caching and what’s the right timing setup all advises are acceptable. Aside from your plugin I’m using cloudflare (Speed Brain, Early Hints, Rocketloader).

    • This topic was modified 8 months, 1 week ago by weboosteg.
    • This topic was modified 8 months, 1 week ago by weboosteg.

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  • Thread Starter weboosteg

    (@weboosteg)

    8 months, 1 week ago

    I followed this; https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-install-and-setup-wp-super-cache-for-beginners/ and kept the cdn input empty as they said it catches cloudflare automatically.

    Plugin Support Jen H. (a11n)

    (@jenhooks)

    8 months, 1 week ago

    Hello @weboosteg,

    After you enable caching in WP Super Cache, the plugin’s simple mode should be suitable for most sites and users – can you say more about why you’re diving into additional configurations?

    A full dive into our more granular settings isn’t really necessary unless you have advanced needs or a highly dynamic site. Here are some basic recommendations for you:

    • Enable Compression: Serves smaller, faster-loading files.
    • Disable Caching for Logged-in Visitors: Prevents issues with dynamic/admin users.
    • Increase Cache Expiry Time: The default (1,800 seconds) may cause the cache to refresh too often, especially on inactive sites. Raising to 3,600–7,200 seconds (1–2 hours) is common
    • Enable Cache Rebuild: Ensures visitors never see uncached pages if a cache file is regenerating.
    • Exclude Dynamic/E-commerce Pages: Checkout or cart pages should not be cached.
    • Preload: Preloads all site pages; optional but helps keep every page fast for all users

    Regarding Cloudflare and its additional features; I can’t really speak to them specifically, but it’s relatively common for multiple performance optimization solutions to sometimes make things worse instead of better. If you’re continuing to not get performance improvements with WP Super Cache, you could troubleshoot by temporarily toggling off Speed Brain, Early Hints, and Rocketloader, and see how it goes.

    A final note: we have some documentation and FAQs about WP Super Cache here; this might be a more accurate reference for you instead of third-party sites.

    Cheers!

    Plugin Support Tamirat B. (a11n)

    (@tamirat22)

    8 months ago

    Hello @weboosteg,

    Do you have updates about the above? We usually close inactive threads after one week of no activity, but we want to make sure we’re all set before marking it as solved. Thanks!

    Thread Starter weboosteg

    (@weboosteg)

    8 months ago

    I edited a little bit in the settings but things haven’t gone well.

    I’ve a question if I’ve wp super cache, autoptimize and cloudflare & I want to purge cache what would be the right order? WP Super Cache first then autoptimize then cloudflare or what’s the correct purging order?

    Also I may edit pages once a month or whenever I do I purge the cache should I raise the period from hours to like 30 days? Those periods; cache time out 3600 secs, timer 600 secs, Preload 600 minutes

    Also using cloudflare should I keep this input blank in cdn option? or what should I put in there?

    Off-site URL
    The new URL to be used in place of https://**.com for rewriting. No trailing / please.
    Example: /wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.js.

    • This reply was modified 8 months ago by weboosteg.
    Plugin Author Donncha O Caoimh (a11n)

    (@donncha)

    7 months, 3 weeks ago

    @weboosteg – Unfortunately the plugin doesn’t preload mobile pages. If your site only has 26 pages and takes 10 seconds to load a page, you should really try to fix that without relying on caching. It’s beyond the scope of support here to help with that but you’ll probably need to use an object cache to cache expensive queries, and make sure remote fetching of data is cached.

    WP Super Cache should probably be the last to purge, and maybe disable caching (while you’re purging the cache elsewhere) , but if you’re using Cloudflare to cache pages then you may run into problems with the pages going out of sync and old content showing.

    If you only edit pages once a month, you could probably disable garbage collection completely. Set the Cache Timeout to 0 seconds.

    Thread Starter weboosteg

    (@weboosteg)

    7 months, 3 weeks ago

    Thanks for your direct clear answer.. straight to the point and giving the exact information I needed.

    Plugin Support Alin (a11n)

    (@alinclamba)

    7 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hi @weboosteg,

    I’m glad we were able to help. If you’re finding WP Super Cache valuable, please consider leaving us a review.

    Thank you!

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