Articles tagged as "Cache". 10 results

Top 3 WordPress Cache Plugins and How to Turbocharge Them with Nginx

How WordPress page caching plugins work, why they perform poorly in Nginx and how to serve cached pages directly from Nginx.

Avatar photo

Cameron Pavey

Nov 29, 2023

Chapter 07: Nginx Security Hardening

Even after configuring HTTPS to encrypt connections between the browser and server, sites are still open to other areas of attack such as XSS, Clickjacking and MIME sniffing. We’ll take a look at each of those and how to deal with them. You’ll learn what a referrer policy is and how it can be useful.

Avatar photo

Ashley Rich

Apr 04, 2023

Chapter 04: Object Caching, Page Caching, and Other Speed Optimizations

We’ll start this chapter with a benchmark of site speed without caching and end it with a benchmark with caching enabled. We’ll install Redis and a companion WordPress plugin that will work together to enable object caching. Next we’ll return to our Nginx config files and add a batch of directives to enable FastCGI Cache and tell it what not to cache, including some directives for WooCommerce.

Avatar photo

Ashley Rich

Apr 04, 2023

Turn Your WordPress Site Into a Static Site With Aggressive Nginx Page Caching

Configuring aggressive page caching rules for your WordPress site gives you most of the benefits of a static site without the downsides.

Avatar photo

Brad Touesnard

Jan 27, 2022

WordPress Caching: All You Need To Know

We go over the two major roles of caching, the various caching layers and some common gotchas you may run into.

Avatar photo

Ashley Rich

Mar 09, 2021

Varnish vs Nginx FastCGI Cache: Which is Best for WordPress?

The differences between Varnish and Nginx FastCGI cache with benchmarks to show which performs better.

Avatar photo

Ashley Rich

Feb 24, 2021

Full Page Caching With Personalized Dynamic Content

We use Easy Digital Downloads to build a fictitious online store and configure page caching to improve load times.

Avatar photo

Ashley Rich

Jan 02, 2018

Microcaching WordPress in Nginx to Improve Server Requests by 2,400%

We demonstrate how to configure WordPress and bbPress with microcaching in Nginx.

Avatar photo

Ashley Rich

Apr 25, 2017

Performance Best Practices in the HTTP/2 Era

We cover what’s new in HTTP/2, some best practices and what you’ll need to change from HTTP/1.1.

Avatar photo

Ashley Rich

Jan 17, 2017

A CDN Isn’t a Silver Bullet for Performance

We explain the major steps to optimizing your site for speed and explain when it’s appropriate to implement a CDN.

Avatar photo

Ashley Rich

Aug 09, 2016

Start Your 7-Day Free Trial

Begin your SpinupWP journey today and spin up your first server within minutes.

Subscribe to get the latest news, updates and optimizations in performance and security.

You are already logged in

It looks like you are already logged in to SpinupWP.

Please log out of this account to continue.

Registration Successful

Thanks for registering for a new SpinupWP account.

Before getting started, could you verify your email address by clicking on the link we just emailed to you?

Start Your 7-Day Free Trial

No credit card required. All features included.

By signing up to SpinupWP, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.
For privacy related information, view our Privacy Policy.