[WordPress Tips] How to speed up WordPress using WP Super Cache – Page loading speed is one of the big problems for those who are building websites, you keep comparing a Web page when accessing the same a piece of content if that Web page takes more than 10 seconds and your Web page is less than 3 seconds, you will know what content readers will read first? So if you really care, speeding up the page load is very necessary because search engines also love fast loading websites.
In the previous article about WordPress tricks, I showed you how to edit comments immediately from the homepage so that you can edit the comments of your readers or readers automatically edit them within a given period of time. Allow me to continue in this article, I will show you how to speed up WordPress using WP Super Cache.
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Speed Up WordPress Using WP Super Cache
WP Super Cache plugin helps to speed up page loading, improve user experience by caching with multiple cache modes to make your website workable with different types of host configurations, it helps you create files static, has Gzip compression function for higher loading speed, automatically clears the cache by the hour, according to a pre-arranged schedule, automatically clears the Cache if someone comments on the article…
First, add the cache activation function to wp-config.php (do it before installing the plugin) . Use an FTP Client (FileZilla, FlashFXP,..) to open the wp-config.php file of the blog and add the following code.
define( 'WP_CACHE', true );
Then save. Continue to CHMOD the .htaccess file (pre-install plugin and only for Apache server) . Look for the .htaccess file outside the root directory (equal to the wp-admin directory, if not, create your own) . Then CHMOD the .htaccess file to 775 or 644 after completing the above tasks, continue to perform the following steps.
Like any other Plugin you first need to install the Plugin and activate it to use (refer to the article on how to install the WordPress Plugin with very simple methods) .
After successful installation and activation you will see a Menu named “WP Super Cache” in the “Settings” Menu .
Configure WP Super Cache Plugin
Easy function: First you need to enable Cache by ticking and “Caching On” > Click Update Status.
Advanced Function: Follow the settings below.
For “Cache hits to this website for quick access (Recommended)” it will be automatically selected when you enable Cache in the Easy property (in the caching section, leave the default) .
Note: With 3 options Mode rewrite, PHP, Legacy will definitely have an option that works if you configure it in the first step.
In the Miscellaneous property: Please select the components according to the image below.
In the Advanced properties: Please select the components as shown below.
In these two properties you need to pay attention to the following parameters
Don’t cache pages for known users. (Recommended): Do not create cache with logged in members (including Admin), the purpose is to make it easy for you to edit the interface without turning off the cache.
Don’t cache pages with GET parameters. (?x=y at the end of a url): Should choose because otherwise it will cache the search results page.
Clear all cache files when a post or page is published or updated: Clear cache when a new or updated post or page is posted.
Only refresh current page when comments made: Rebuild the cache in the post when new comments are posted.
Then you click Update Status below to save the settings.
Preload function: The Preload feature allows you to pre-create the entire website cache (articles, pages, static files), but usually when someone visits an article, that article will be cached, use of the feature.
Reduce server resource usage.
Applies to old websites that are no longer updated.
Best website speed improvement with static files.
Because this feature is quite resource-intensive if you have “modest” resources, disable it.
Other features
Plugin function: If you use any plugin in the list, tick the “Enabled” section corresponding to that plugin. If you don’t use it, leave it as default.
DNS function: If you do not use CDN services (such as MaxCDN, KeyCDN…) for your blog/website, leave the settings in the CDN tab as default.
Debug function: Keep the default if you want to remove the feature to check if the cache works or not, then uncheck the box “Display comments at the end of every page like this”.
Contents function: Where you can monitor and manage pages or articles that are being cached.
Check Cache
Once done, go back to the “Easy tab” > Click Test Cache to check if the Cache is working properly or not?
If you see 3 lines are all green, you have succeeded, if there are red lines, please check the configuration operations above.
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