Why require a cache plugin?

  • Resolved Triptikon

    (@triptikon)


    3 years, 7 months ago

    An urgent recommendation to install a cache plugin appeared on the plugin page in the admin panel. Why do I need to do this when Autoptimize even has a feature called “clear cache”?

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  • Plugin Author Optimizing Matters

    (@optimizingmatters)

    because AO caches optimized CSS/ JS, but does not do page caching and you do want page caching as the helps improve “server response time” tremendously ??

    hope this clarifies,
    frank

    Thread Starter Triptikon

    (@triptikon)

    @optimizingmatters It’s strange that before now such a notification did not appear in the plugin. So what is the best cache plugin for interacting with Autoptimize?

    Plugin Author Optimizing Matters

    (@optimizingmatters)

    well, the recommendation to use a page caching plugin has featured on the Autoptimize main page here on www.remarpro.com for ages, but the check & notification indeed is new ??

    I would recommend KeyCDN Cache Enabler (easy to use, efficient, well written and actively developed) or WP Super Cache (the grand-daddy of page caching, still maintained by the original developer who now works for Automattic).

    Thread Starter Triptikon

    (@triptikon)

    @optimizingmatters What should be the optimal settings for KeyCDN Cache Enabler and WP Super Cache so that they do not conflict with Autoptimize?

    Plugin Author Optimizing Matters

    (@optimizingmatters)

    no conflicts that I can think of for WPSC, disable HTML opt. for KeyCDN, that should be it ??

    Thread Starter Triptikon

    (@triptikon)

    @optimizingmatters do you mean that I shouldn’t switch on the option “Minify HTML in cached pages excluding inline CSS and JavaScript” in the Cache Enabler by KeyCDN? In general, what should be the settings for this plugin to work well with yours? Because I installed it, and there are no ticks everywhere

    Plugin Author Optimizing Matters

    (@optimizingmatters)

    do you mean that I shouldn’t switch on the option “Minify HTML in cached pages excluding inline CSS and JavaScript” in the Cache Enabler by KeyCDN?

    correct

    In general, what should be the settings for this plugin to work well with yours? Because I installed it, and there are no ticks everywhere

    that’s keycdn cache enabler territory, so not my specialty really, but in general I would suggest to leave all unset except for “expiry”, and I would set that to 8h. reason; some plugins that work with forms or AJAX request add a hidden “nonce” in the HTML and such a nonce expires after x hourse. if a page is cached “forever” (i.e. not expiring), the nonce becomes invalid and the form/ AJAX call won’t work any more.

    hope this helps,
    frank

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