Comments on: The fastest caching combo for WordPress. Am I in a cached Nirvana? http://dbzer0.com/blog/the-fastest-caching-combo-for-wordpress-am-i-in-a-cached-nirvana A bug in the code of the universe. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:12:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: db0 http://dbzer0.com/blog/the-fastest-caching-combo-for-wordpress-am-i-in-a-cached-nirvana/comment-page-1#comment-85416 db0 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:55:39 +0000 http://dbzer0.com/?p=2287#comment-85416 This post is old. I've disabled DB cache but not hypercache. This post is old. I've disabled DB cache but not hypercache.

]]> By: Richard Williams http://dbzer0.com/blog/the-fastest-caching-combo-for-wordpress-am-i-in-a-cached-nirvana/comment-page-1#comment-85415 Richard Williams Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:48:26 +0000 http://dbzer0.com/?p=2287#comment-85415 Nice post, I just started playing with Hyper Cache yesterday, but... you've since disabled it! What went wrong? Nice post, I just started playing with Hyper Cache yesterday, but… you've since disabled it! What went wrong?

]]> By: Sudeep http://dbzer0.com/blog/the-fastest-caching-combo-for-wordpress-am-i-in-a-cached-nirvana/comment-page-1#comment-84939 Sudeep Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:01:52 +0000 http://dbzer0.com/?p=2287#comment-84939 Nice article ! From personal experience, I have to agree with your findings. I've been using Hypercache for over a year now and I've found it to be hands-down the fastest CACHING solution for shared hosting. I gave W3 Total Cache 2 attempts (most recently this week) and I've found that a) It isn't as fast at Hypercache when it comes to pure caching (i.e., turn off the other features and compare apples to apples). b) W3 Total Cache takes a LOT longer to generate a page the first time when no cache exists. I managed to actually get server time-outs on some occasions when testing page cache creation with W3 Total Cache, something that I've never had happen with Hypercache, or even with all Caching plugins turned off. The second issue was a deal breaker for me. I must say that I'm on shared hosting (Hostmonster) which I'm fairly happy with. So after lots of experimenting, I've come to my own caching cocktail that I really like and would highly recommend. I use W3 Total Cache only to Minify and Combine CSS and JS (although I'm having 404 issues with the JS part). I also use the CDN integration with MaxCDN which is very well done and exceptionally easy to use. Combine this with Hypercache for the actual caching and DB Cache Reloaded for Database caching, and I have a really fast site! Not to knock W3 Total Cache, which I think is a great "All-in-one" solution, but I don't think it is as good at caching alone. Most tests that have been run proving it to be the best involve using ALL the tweaks, which certainly isn't a fair comparison when it comes to page caching alone. Certainly, Page caching is only one component, but this is an important point to make because you can get better performance by combining the benefits of different caching plugins as I have found in my case. Cheers, Sudeep Nice article ! From personal experience, I have to agree with your findings. I've been using Hypercache for over a year now and I've found it to be hands-down the fastest CACHING solution for shared hosting.

I gave W3 Total Cache 2 attempts (most recently this week) and I've found that

a) It isn't as fast at Hypercache when it comes to pure caching (i.e., turn off the other features and compare apples to apples).

b) W3 Total Cache takes a LOT longer to generate a page the first time when no cache exists. I managed to actually get server time-outs on some occasions when testing page cache creation with W3 Total Cache, something that I've never had happen with Hypercache, or even with all Caching plugins turned off.

The second issue was a deal breaker for me. I must say that I'm on shared hosting (Hostmonster) which I'm fairly happy with.

So after lots of experimenting, I've come to my own caching cocktail that I really like and would highly recommend.

I use W3 Total Cache only to Minify and Combine CSS and JS (although I'm having 404 issues with the JS part). I also use the CDN integration with MaxCDN which is very well done and exceptionally easy to use.

Combine this with Hypercache for the actual caching and DB Cache Reloaded for Database caching, and I have a really fast site!

Not to knock W3 Total Cache, which I think is a great "All-in-one" solution, but I don't think it is as good at caching alone. Most tests that have been run proving it to be the best involve using ALL the tweaks, which certainly isn't a fair comparison when it comes to page caching alone.

Certainly, Page caching is only one component, but this is an important point to make because you can get better performance by combining the benefits of different caching plugins as I have found in my case.

Cheers,
Sudeep

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]]> By: Lyn http://dbzer0.com/blog/the-fastest-caching-combo-for-wordpress-am-i-in-a-cached-nirvana/comment-page-1#comment-79484 Lyn Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:43:58 +0000 http://dbzer0.com/?p=2287#comment-79484 Thank you!!!! Works brilliantly - would never have found the combo myself! Thank you!!!! Works brilliantly – would never have found the combo myself!

]]> By: Peter http://dbzer0.com/blog/the-fastest-caching-combo-for-wordpress-am-i-in-a-cached-nirvana/comment-page-1#comment-78351 Peter Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:59:51 +0000 http://dbzer0.com/?p=2287#comment-78351 I have a WP site which pulls in a lot of RSS feeds (like POPurl), running on Godaddy (which sometimes is like SlowDaddy... I run WP 2.8.4 but only have pages, and no posts so don't have the problem with the post tagging... I should say that with this combo, the site has dramatically increase speed... Very good find... Peter I have a WP site which pulls in a lot of RSS feeds (like POPurl), running on Godaddy (which sometimes is like SlowDaddy…
I run WP 2.8.4 but only have pages, and no posts so don't have the problem with the post tagging…

I should say that with this combo, the site has dramatically increase speed… Very good find…

Peter

]]> By: @godlessblogger http://dbzer0.com/blog/the-fastest-caching-combo-for-wordpress-am-i-in-a-cached-nirvana/comment-page-1#comment-78164 @godlessblogger Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:01:45 +0000 http://dbzer0.com/?p=2287#comment-78164 I have been trying to increase site speed for a while. A recent traffic spike has resulted in many error establishing database connections, even with Super-Cache. Also a mobile site was just going to be a pain in the ass. Now I am going to try these two methods and improve speed. Half my plugins are dedicated to speeding things up. I have been trying to increase site speed for a while. A recent traffic spike has resulted in many error establishing database connections, even with Super-Cache. Also a mobile site was just going to be a pain in the ass. Now I am going to try these two methods and improve speed. Half my plugins are dedicated to speeding things up.

]]> By: Daniel http://dbzer0.com/blog/the-fastest-caching-combo-for-wordpress-am-i-in-a-cached-nirvana/comment-page-1#comment-65596 Daniel Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:33:43 +0000 http://dbzer0.com/?p=2287#comment-65596 Thanks for the tip :-) Thanks for the tip :-)

]]> By: db0 http://dbzer0.com/blog/the-fastest-caching-combo-for-wordpress-am-i-in-a-cached-nirvana/comment-page-1#comment-65591 db0 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:51:43 +0000 http://dbzer0.com/?p=2287#comment-65591 Not really no. Stick to Hyper cache until then and if you get a lot of problems from Bots, just try to reduce their visiting time from robots.txt ;) Not really no. Stick to Hyper cache until then and if you get a lot of problems from Bots, just try to reduce their visiting time from robots.txt ;)

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