A slow website offers a terrible experience to its users and adversely effect on search engine ranking. So if you’re a WordPress user, a caching plugin can dramatically effect the loading times. So to improve the performance of the WordPress, here is the list of best six caching plugins for WordPress.
It is one of the most popular WordPress Performance Optimisation (WPO) framework with active installs of 1+ million. It is best designed to improve the user experience and page speed. There are many countless companies which are using it, namely css-tricks.com, johnchow.com, yoast.com, kiss925.com, etc.
Here are some of its features:
(a) It has transparent content delivery network (CDN) management with Media Library, theme files.
(b) Compatible with almost every type of hosting providers like shared hosting, dedicated servers, etc.
(c) Enables Caching of pages and post, CSS, feeds, search results pages in memory or on disk.
(d) Minification of inline, embedded or 3rd party JavaScript or 3rd party CSS.
(e) WP-CLI support.
It is a super-fast caching engine which produces static HTML files for WordPress users. After developing HTML files, your web server will toil that file rather than processing the heavier one and expensive WordPress PHP scripts.
This plugin caches files in three ways, respectively.
(a) Supercached Static files: PHP is completely bypassed, and it served as such to unknown visitors.
(b) Supercached Static files (served by PHP): Server more likely to struggle with large increase or bursts of traffic.
(c) Legacy Caching: Slowest caching method used for known users.
If you’re new to caching plugin, it is easy to set up and considered very quick. It is developed by WordPress.org and has active installs of more than one million.
Installation Cost: $39
WP Rocket is also one of the best caching solutions for WordPress user. It is user-friendly and considered as a lifesaver for webmasters. It is seen as best plugin for those who are technologically literate and may set up a custom configuration by diving into its advanced options.
Here are some of its best features:
(a) It has simple, quick and intuitive setup.
(b) Activates the page caching immediately.
(c) It minimises the HTTP requests with its Google Fonts Optimization
(d) Defers the loading of JavaScript files till the pages are rendered.
(e) Integrates with Cloudflare
As similar to WP Super Cache, the WP plugin Fastest Cache generates static HTML files on your dynamic WordPress blog and proceeded to saves it in the cache. It is developed by WordPress.org and has active installs of 100,000+.
Some of its noteworthy features are:
(a) Supports SLL and CDN
(b) It uses Mod_Rewrite method which is considered very fast.
(c) Use Short Codes to block cache for specific page or post
(d) Enable/Disable cache option for mobile devices and logged-in users
(e) It has preload cache wherein it creates the cache for all website automatically.
5. Zen Cache
It was formerly called as Quick Cache. It takes real time snapshots of every page, post, link and caches them intuitively. It has advanced techniques to determine when it should send a cached version.
Few of its advanced features are:
(a) Automatically sets expiration times for cache files.
(b) Simple and well-documented configuration.
(c) It can allow a double-cache
(d) Cache 404 error requests to reduce the impact on the server.
(e) WP-CLI Compatibility
Cache Enabler is a light weighted caching plugin which fastens your website by generating static HTML files plus WebP support. It is developed by WordPress.org and has an active install of 6000+.
Here is a list of its noteworthy features:
(a) Presents actual cache size in your dashboard
(b) Supports WebP, Responsive Images, Custom Post Type
(c) Works perfectly with Autoptimize
(d) HTTP/2 Focused
So, these are the best six caching plugins for WordPress users. I hope you have found the information in this post informative, and that you’ve found the right caching plugin for your WordPress website.
Author Bio :
Sophia Phillips is a PSD to WordPress conversion expert with a hands-on experience in developing front-end for websites. Currently, she is employed with WordPrax Ltd.- a leading WordPress development company. Sophia has written a remarkable number of articles on WordPress tricks and tip.
