WP Fastest Cache is an easy-to-setup cache plugin, and it’s free!
The biggest con is it hasn’t been updated for core web vitals and lacks many features. The changelog shows there hasn’t been significant updates for years and doesn’t list dates either.
After configuring the WP Fastest Cache settings, be prepared to install several extra plugins and make other optimizations if you want better results. You can use Perfmatters which addresses most of these, or switch to a better caching plugin that addresses web vitals (I use FlyingPress).
Otherwise, I’ll be covering the WP Fastest Cache settings, setting up Cloudflare and BunnyCDN (the CDN combination I would use), and workarounds for lacking features and core web vitals.
Remember to benchmark your core web vitals (I would also be testing your website in the GTmetrix Waterfall chart). Leave a comment if you have questions or see their support forum.
1. WP Fastest Cache Settings
Other than ticking a few settings, here are a few things to consider:
Preloading should ideally be set up as a cron job and WP Fastest Cache has additional settings to control how preloading works (which can also significantly impact CPU usage). You can test minifying files with WP Fastest Cache or Cloudflare to see which one gives you the best results, and combining files is usually not recommended for the majority of sites. Finally, you want to avoid clearing the entire cache too often or on too many pages or it can also cause CPU spikes.
Recommended WP Fastest Cache Settings:
- Cache System: ON – enables filed-based caching. You can clear cache on specific pages in your “pages” menu in WordPress which consumes less CPU than clearing the entire cache.
- Widget Cache System: premium feature – caches widgets but this also requires the Classic Widgets plugin. While there are much better paid solutions than WP Fastest Cache Premium, you can turn it ON when using it. It also lets you exclude this on specific posts.
- Preload: ON – artificially fills the cache so by the time users visit your website, they are more likely to get a cache HIT. While great for speed, it can increase CPU usage in many cases. The best method is to use a cron job in your host or with WP Crontrol. I also recommend only preloading key pages like the homepage, pages, posts, and categories. Finally, you can enter the following URL to see the preloading status (replace yourwebsite.com): https://yourwebsite.com/?action=wpfastestcache&type=preload
- Page Per Minute: 4-6 (shared hosting) or 10-12 (VPS hosting). This is recommended by WP Fastest Cache since VPS hosting is more powerful with the capacity to preload pages faster. If you’re getting CPU spikes, you can lower the number even more or change the preload interval using a cron job (which is defaulted to every 5 minutes).
- Restart After Completed: ON – reduces CPU usage by creating cache in a controlled way rather than clearing the entire cache and creating it again. Preload will create cache and overwrite the existing cache file. But it can also delay new changes to appear, so test this carefully or search the forums for topics related to the setting.
- Logged-in Users: ON – you don’t want to show the cached version to logged-in users unless you run a membership site (or similar) where users need their own cached version.
- Mobile: OFF – responsive websites should leave this off. This is only used if your website isn’t responsive, you use a dedicated mobile theme and need a separate mobile cache, or when you have mobile-specific elements and are having issues showing them on mobile.
- Mobile Theme: premium feature – leave OFF unless you have a dedicated mobile theme.
- New Post: OFF – the documentation says to leave off if “restart after completed” is on in the preload settings. Normally, this clears the cache when a new page or post is published.
- Update Post: ON – clears the cache files when a post or page is updated (learn more).
- Minify HTML: ON – removes unnecessary characters from HTML including inline JS/CSS.
- Minify HTML Plus: premium feature – theoretically a more powerful CSS minification. Cloudflare and minify plugins do this for free so there’s no need to pay for this. Leave OFF.
- Minify CSS: ON – same concept as minify HTML only for CSS files. If minifying CSS or JS breaks your website, find the problematic files and exclude them in the Exclude settings.
- Minify CSS Plus: premium feature – theoretically a more powerful CSS minification. Again, Cloudflare and minify plugins can minify CSS for free, so don’t pay and leave OFF.
- Combine CSS: OFF – there are several reasons why you shouldn’t combine CSS/JS like slower load times and potential issues with HTTP/2 + HTTP/3. Which means you should leave all combine settings off. The only exception is websites with very small CSS/JS files (i.e. under 10KB which you can see in GTmetrix Waterfall), but most sites aren’t that small.
- Minify JS: premium feature – again, Cloudflare and minify plugins minify JS, leave OFF.
- Combine JS: OFF – same reason you shouldn’t combine CSS, it can help more than hurt.
- Combine JS Plus: premium feature – combines JavaScript files in the footer, leave OFF.
- Gzip: ON – compresses pages, but Brotli is faster. The catch is that your host needs to support Brotli and activated in your hosting account. Cloudflare has a Brotli setting too.
- Browser Caching: ON – stores your website’s common files in the visitor’s browser so when they visit your website again (or click through pages), these files will load faster.
- Disable Emojis: ON – removes a JavaScript file needed to convert emojis into images. If you need emojis, keep them disabled in WordPress and try using Unicode emojis instead.
- Render Blocking JS: premium feature – Async JavaScript is a free plugin that defers JavaScript which fixes render-blocking resources. There should be no need to pay for it.
- Google Fonts: premium feature – loads Google Fonts asynchronously to fix render-blocking resources. However, the better method is to host fonts locally using OMGF, Elementor, or do it manually. Once fonts are served from your website instead of fonts.gstatic.com, you can preload all fonts loading above the fold or mentioned in CSS files. Lastly, use font-display: swap to ensure text remains visible during webfont load.
- Lazy Load: premium feature – lazy loading images is built-in to WordPress 5.5, then you can use WP YouTube Lyte to do this for videos. I don’t know any cache plugin that makes you pay for this, so leave OFF. Just make sure above the fold images are excluded from lazy load and preloaded (including your LCP image) or it will increase LCP. I’d personally use a different solution such as Perfmatters which lets you exclude leading images and replace YouTube iframes with a preview image, and do a better job than native lazy load. Other cache plugins like FlyingPress + WP Rocket let you lazy load background images too.
wget -O - "https://yourwebsite.com/?action=wpfastestcache&type=preload" >/dev/null 2>&1
2. Delete Cache
Delete cache and minified CSS/JS when you’re done configuring the WP Fastest Cache settings. Cache statistics are included with WP Fastest Cache premium (arguably its most useful feature).
3. Image Optimization
The image optimization in WP Fastest Cache Premium only compresses images and serves them in WebP, but there are 2 big issues.
First, there’s more to optimizing images than compression/WebP (see list below). The other reason is that even if you buy WP Fastest Cache, it only comes with 1000 credits when each optimization uses 1 credit. Eventually, you may find yourself buying more credits on top of paying for WP Fastest Cache Premium. The cost of this just isn’t worth the value in my opinion.
CDNs and dedicated image optimization plugins do a much better job with this. CDNs usually cost money (i.e. Cloudflare Mirage + Polish or Bunny Optimizer) but are easier and optimize images on the fly. Otherwise, ShortPixel and Smush are popular image optimization plugins.
Lacking Features
- Serve smaller images to mobile
- Preload above the fold images
- Add missing image dimensions
- Serve lower quality images on slow connections
- Remove EXIF data
4. WP Fastest Cache Premium
If you look at WP Fastest Cache free vs. Premium on their website, you’ll see a table comparing it to W3 Total Cache and WP Super Cache.
However, premium plugins like FlyingPress (or WP Rocket) are significantly better than WP Fastest Cache Premium which still lacks many optimizations you will find in core web vitals.
| WP Fastest Cache | WP Rocket | FlyingPress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minify JS | Premium | ✓ | ✓ |
| Defer JavaScript | Premium | ✓ | ✓ |
| Database optimization | Premium | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lazy load images | Premium | ✓ | ✓ |
| Image compression | Premium | x | via FlyingCDN |
| WebP | Premium | x | via FlyingCDN |
| Lazy load iframes + videos | x | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delay JavaScript | x | ✓ | ✓ |
| Remove unused CSS | x | Inline | Separate file |
| Critical CSS | x | ✓ | ✓ |
| Preload links | x | ✓ | ✓ |
| Optimize Google Fonts | x | ✓ | ✓ |
| Preload critical images | x | x | ✓ |
| Lazy render HTML elements | x | x | ✓ |
| Lazy load background images | x | Inline | Helper class |
| Exclude images from lazy load | x | By URL | By Number |
| Preview image for YouTube iframe | x | ✓ | ✓ |
| Self-host YouTube placeholder | x | x | ✓ |
| Add missing image dimensions | x | ✓ | ✓ |
| Documented APO compatibility | x | x | ✓ |
Plugins To Use With WP Fastest Cache To Address Lacking Features:
- OMGF
- ShortPixel
- Flying Script
- Flying Pages
- WP Youtube Lyte
- Pre* Party Resource Hints
5. Exclude
This is used to exclude certain things from the cache.
The main reason to use this is if minify CSS or minify JS breaks your site and you want to exclude it. In that case, you will need to view your source code, find the problematic file, click “add new rule,” and paste the URL. This way, the rest of your CSS/JS files can still be minified.
For WooCommerce and other eCommerce sites, WP Fastest Cache excludes cart, my account and checkout pages automatically as well as YITH WooCommerce Wishlist. Carts updated via Ajax are compatible with the cache, but cart widgets using PHP to update the cart must exclude the woocommerce_items_in_cart cookie.
The support forums also have common ways people are using the exclude settings.
6. CDN Settings
The first thing you should decide is which CDN you want to use (it should only be used if you have visitors far away from your origin server).
I’m a fan of the Cloudflare + BunnyCDN combination which is also recommended by Gijo from WP Speed Matters. Better cache hit ratio, better routing, and BunnyCDN’s geo-replication are all good reasons to use both. BunnyCDN is also faster, more reliable, and cheaper than most other CDNs like StackPath + KeyCDN. StackPath had issues and was even removed from cdnperf.com.
This section shows you how to setup Cloudflare (first) and BunnyCDN (second) with helpful tips along the way.
Cloudflare Instructions
Step 1: Sign up for Cloudflare through their website. Some hosts have an option to activate Cloudflare in your hosting account, but they only give you limited settings. The only exception I’d make is if you’re using Cloudflare Enterprise which you can get on Cloudways or Rocket.net. I use Cloudflare Enterprise on Cloudways and can tell you it makes a big difference in your speed.
Step 2: Add your website to Cloudflare and select a plan (free plan is fine for most sites, but Cloudflare Pro has APO, image optimization via Mirage + Polish, and other speed/security features). They will scan DNS records, click “continue,” and they will assign you 2 nameservers.
Step 3: Login to your domain registrar and change nameservers to Cloudflare’s.
Step 4: In your Cloudflare Profile, go to API Tokens → Create Token → Use WordPress Template → Continue To Summary → Create Token. This is the token you will need for WP Fastest Cache.
Step 5: In WP Fastest Cache, click “CDN by Cloudflare” in the CDN settings. Add your API token. WPFC will walk you through a few pages and automatically configure a few Cloudflare settings.
By default, WP Fastest Cache will disable auto minify JavaScript, CSS, and HTML in Cloudflare. You can change this when you’re done setting up Cloudflare in your Cloudflare settings under Speed → Optimization, and test whether minifying files in Cloudflare or WP Fastest Cache gives you better results (especially considering the WPFC free version doesn’t minify JavaScript files).
Rocket Loader will also be disabled to ensure better compatibility.
Browser cache expiration will be set to 6 months.
All done with Cloudflare!
Free Features To Consider In Your Cloudflare Dashboard
- TLS 1.3 – fastest TLS protocol (I recommend setting min. TLS version to 1.2).
- Bot Fight Mode – block spam bots which are logged into your firewall events.
- Early Hints – early preload/preconnect hints which improves server wait time.
- Crawler Hints – tells crawlers if content is updated to prevent wasteful crawls.
- Page Rules – here’s a screenshot of 3 common page rules for WordPress sites.
- Firewall Rules – another screenshot of 4 common firewall rules for WordPress.
- HTTP/3 With QUIC – delivers website from faster HTTP/3 (use a HTTP/3 test).
- Hotlink Protection – stops websites from copying images and using bandwidth.
- Zaraz – offloads third-party scripts to Cloudflare (Google Analytics, Ads, others).
- SXGs – prefetches content so it loads faster when your site is clicked in Google.
They also have paid add-ons like APO, Mirage and Polish, Argo Tiered Cache, rate limiting, and many others. You can read more about Cloudflare settings I recommend.
BunnyCDN Instructions
Step 1: Sign up for BunnyCDN. They have 90+ PoPs and it costs $0.01/GB – $0.06/GB which is one of the cheaper (but better) CDNs. It also comes highly recommended in Facebook Groups.
Step 2: Add my code OMM5 to your BunnyCDN Billing section if you want $5 in free credits.
Step 3: In your BunnyCDN dashboard, go to Pull Zones → Add Pull Zone. For name, enter your domain name as-is (no HTTPS, WWW, or .com). For origin URL, add your actual domain name. Then select the regions you want to use. Some are more expensive than others so if you don’t have users in South Africa, consider disabling that region. At the bottom, click “Add Pull Zone.”
Step 4: BunnyCDN will show your pull zone name + CDN Domain. You’ll need both of them.
Step 5: In WP Fastest Cache, click “Other CDN Providers” in the CDN settings. Add your CDN URL and original URL from BunnyCDN. You can set up a custom hostname like cdn.yourwebsite.com if you don’t want .b-cdn.net in your CDN URL, but you should do that before continuing further.
Step 6: Choose the files you want served from BunnyCDN. I left everything enabled.
Step 7: Specify sources if you only want some served from BunnyCDN (instead of all them), or exclude sources. These are based on keywords, but I left them blank. Then keep clicking “next.”
Step 8: If you set up both Cloudflare and BunnyCDN, you’ll see the green checkmarks.
Step 9: Install the BunnyCDN plugin and add your pull zone name from step #4. This can help make sure more files are served from BunnyCDN. When I only set up BunnyCDN through my cache plugin, I noticed some CSS/JS files weren’t being served from it. This is what BunnyCDN support recommended to me which solved it, but I would test it carefully and check your files.
Step 10: Check your website for errors and make sure the right files are being served.
If you’re interested in using geo-replication or Bunny Optimizer, see my BunnyCDN guide.
7. Database
No need to buy WP Fastest Cache Premium for database cleanups when you have WP-Optimize.
It also does a better job of cleaning your database because it removes more junk and you can schedule ongoing database cleanups (while also keeping a specified amount of post revisions).
Just as importantly, it lets you remove tables left behind by old plugins and see which plugins/modules add the most overhead.
8. Hosting
In 2019, I moved from SiteGround to Cloudways Vultr HF and posted my results. In 2022, I moved to Rocket.net with Cloudflare Enterprise which landed me a <100ms global TTFB in KeyCDN. They’re the fastest host I’ve used in 12 years and are blowing up in Facebook groups.
If you have a poor TTFB, you need to rethink your host/CDN since those are the 2 main TTFB factors (which is also 40% of LCP). After writing bad reviews of SiteGround, Hostinger, Kinsta, and EIG, I think we can agree most hosting reviews are garbage. A good place to get unbiased feedback is the WP Speed Matters Group (run by Gijo from FlyingPress). Rocket.net doesn’t do aggressive marketing so not as many people know about them, but results are all I care about.
Good hosting plans:
| FastComet FastCloud Extra | NameHero Turbo Cloud | Cloudways Vultr HF (2GB) | Servebolt Pro | Rocket.net Starter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Shared | Shared | Cloud | Cloud | Cloud |
| Server | LiteSpeed | LiteSpeed | Apache + Nginx | Apache + Nginx | Apache + Nginx |
| Cores/RAM | 6 cores/3GB | 3 cores/3GB | 1 core/2GB | Unmetered | 32 cores/128GB |
| Storage | 35GB / SATA | Unlimited NVMe | 64GB / NVMe | 4GB / NVMe | 10GB / NVMe |
| CDN | QUIC.cloud | QUIC.cloud | Cloudflare Enterprise ($5/mo) | Cloudflare Enterprise ($299/mo) | Cloudflare Enterprise (free) |
| CDN PoPs | 80 | 80 | 285 | 285 | 285 |
| Full page caching | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CDN image optimization | via QUIC | via QUIC | Mirage/Polish | Mirage/Polish | Mirage/Polish |
| DNS | Use QUIC | Use QUIC | DNS Made Easy ($5/mo) | x | Cloudflare |
| Cache plugin | LiteSpeed Cache | LiteSpeed Cache | x | Servebolt plugin | x |
| Object cache | Memcached | Redis | Redis Pro | x | Redis |
| PHP processor | LiteSpeed | LiteSpeed | FPM | Apache 2 ITK MPM | LiteSpeed |
| Database | MySQL | MariaDB | MariaDB | MariaDB | MariaDB |
| Bandwidth or monthly visits | 92GB + 100k (est.) | 50k (est.) | 2TB | 1M dynamic requests | 50GB + 250k visits/mo |
| Control panel | cPanel | cPanel | Custom | Custom | Custom |
| Email hosting | ✓ | ✓ | x | x | x |
| Major incidents | 2022 DDoS attack | 2011 2-day node outage | None | None | None |
| Migrations | 3 free | 1 free | 1 free + $25/site | Unlimited free | Unlimited free |
| TrustPilot rating | 4.9/5 | 4.6/5 | 4.5/5 | 4.5/5 | 4.9/5 |
| Monthly price | $5.49 (1-3 years) | $9.98 (3 years) | $30 | $99 | $25 (1 year) |
- Shared LiteSpeed Hosting – FastCloud Extra, Turbo Cloud, and ChemiCloud’s WordPress Turbo plan are all shared LiteSpeed hosting with cPanel and good alternatives to SiteGround & Hostinger. NameHero and ChemiCloud have less cores/RAM but use NVMe (faster than SATA), Redis (faster than Memcached), and MariaDB (faster than MySQL). NameHero’s data centers are only in US & EU, and NameHero/ChemiCloud make you sign up for 3 years to get their cheapest intro price (FastComet is 1-3 years). With either of these, you’ll use the free LiteSpeed Cache plugin and QUIC.cloud’s CDN (great setup). For cloud VPS, Scala is a solid host and doesn’t charge for the LiteSpeed license separately like other VPS hosts. Imunify360 is used as a security suite on FastComet, NameHero, and Rocket.net.
- Cloudways Vultr HF – good starting point for cloud hosting with more storage + bandwidth than Rocket.net, but their Cloudflare Enterprise needs APO and serves too many challenge pages. They were acquired by DigitalOcean who raised prices, and support could be better. Still very fast between Vultr HF, NVMe, Redis Object Cache Pro, and MariaDB. Even without APO, Cloudflare Enterprise is a powerhouse for reducing TTFB with Argo Smart Routing and prioritizing routing. Mirage/Polish optimize images better than most plugins and doesn’t tax your server. Cloudflare Enterprise can also mean 3 less plugins between image, CDN, and security plugins.
- Servebolt – incredibly fast servers, but Cloudflare Enterprise costs $299/mo via accelerated domains, so you’ll probably just add APO using the Cloudflare plugin. However, this is a disadvantage (specifically for WooCommerce sites) because you don’t get Argo Smart Routing, and Redis is only available on the Business plan and up (Rocket.net includes both). This and low storage are the main cons but they’re much faster than Kinsta + WP Engine. They also have a Servebolt Optimizer plugin.
- Rocket.net – only host I know that averages a <100ms global TTFB. Both their hosting and Cloudflare Enterprise have better specs. For hosting, you get more CPU cores/RAM, LiteSpeed’s PHP, NVMe, Redis, and MariaDB. For their Cloudflare Enterprise, it’s free with APO, Argo, prioritized routing, Mirage/Polish, Brotli, early hints, and Enterprise WAF. Support is also A+ (talk to Ben Gabler and his team) or watch the interview I did with him. Unlike Kinsta and WP Engine, they don’t limit PHP workers, have a 1GB memory limit, and use Redis Object Cache Pro on their business plan and up with 10x more monthly visits and unlimited free migrations. The main con is only 50GB bandwidth on the Starter plan with 10GB NVMe storage. Search their TrustPilot reviews for “TTFB” or search Facebook Groups for feedback about them. You can get $1 your first month when you checkout using code OMM1
Bad hosting plans (and bad hosts in general):
| SiteGround GrowBig | Hostinger Business WP | Bluehost Choice Plus | WP Engine Startup | Kinsta Starter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Shared | Shared | Shared | Cloud | Cloud |
| Server | Apache + Nginx | LiteSpeed | Apache + Nginx | Apache + Nginx | Apache + Nginx |
| Cores/RAM | Not listed | 2 cores/1.5GB | Not listed | Not listed | 12 cores/8GB |
| Storage | 20GB / SATA | 200GB / SATA | 40GB / SATA | 10GB / SATA | 10GB / SATA |
| CDN | Google Cloud | QUIC.cloud | Cloudflare free | Cloudflare free + Polish | Cloudflare APO + firewall rules |
| CDN PoPs | 176 | 80 | 285 | 285 | 285 |
| Full page caching | via CDN | via QUIC | x | x | ✓ |
| CDN image optimization | Very limited | via QUIC | x | Polish only | x |
| DNS | Blocked by Google for 4 days | Use QUIC | Internal | Internal | Amazon Route 53 |
| Cache plugin | SG Optimizer | LSC | x | x | x |
| Object cache | Memcached | Memcached | x | Memcached | Redis ($100/mo) |
| PHP processor | FastCGI | LiteSpeed | FastCGI | Not listed | FastCGI |
| Database | MySQL | MySQL | MySQL | Not listed | MySQL |
| Resource limits | CPU limits are common | Low resources | Low resources | Low PHP workers + 25k visits/mo | 2 PHP workers + 25k visits/mo |
| Inodes | 400k | 600k | 50k | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Control panel | Site Tools | hPanel | cPanel | User Portal | MyKinsta |
| Email storage | 10GB | 1GB | Adjustable | x | x |
| Major incidents | Denies issues with TTFB, DNS, CPU, others | Scam reports, fake reviews, 2019 breach | Claims of hosting terrorist sites | 2015 breach | None |
| Migrations | $30/site | Unlimited (but screws it up) | Free on qualified accounts only | Paid (quoted) | Free on select hosts + 1 free |
| TrustPilot rating | 4.6/5 | 4.6/5 (fake) | 3.7/5 | 4.5/5 | 4.2/5 |
| Monthly price | $3.99 (1 year) | $3.99 (2 years) | $5.45 (1 year) | $20 (1 year) | $29 (1 year) |
| Renewals | $24.99/mo | $14.99/mo | $19.99/mo | $25/mo | $29/mo |
- SiteGround – $25/mo for a shared GrowBig plan is a ripoff. Top it off with a poor cache plugin, inferior CDN than Cloudflare APO, CPU limits, and a support team that constantly lies about their issues… means you’re getting ripped off. If your LCP is high, I bet you use SiteGround Optimizer which does a poor job with web vitals, plus they’ve have TTFB issues. Their CDN requires you to use SiteGround’s DNS which was blocked by Google for 4 days. To cover up their mess, they deny everything and use Facebook group admins (who run several groups) to promote SiteGround on their behalf and act like support agents. They have “good reviews” only because of affiliates and legal threats. Check this thread about Hristo’s AMA.
- Hostinger – only cheap because they lack resources like cores, RAM, and email storage. Everyone gets drawn to their cheap prices and LiteSpeed, but have you read their scam reports and fake reviews? I would never trust them with my site. Support is horrendous and will screw up migrations, suspend your account, and pretty sure they outsource it to an ice cream truck in Lithuania. The CEO admitted to fake reviews, they’re banned from Facebook groups for voting for themselves in polls, and hired brand ambassadors who pretend to be customers. Check this poll.
- Bluehost – another host that grew from “how to start a blog” affiliates and pays WordPress to be “officially” recommended. Use a shared LiteSpeed host instead.
- WPX – no redundancy system which already lead to a global outage they blamed on a dead CEO. Ticking time bomb, overpriced shared hosting, and not the fastest WordPress host like Matthew said (but now he lists Kinsta #1)? Marketing gimmick.
- WP Engine – I reached out to them about their specs, but they don’t give them out. When a host doesn’t list basic things like cores/RAM, I assume it’s not good. From my experience, they’re similar to Kinsta but even worse with pricey overages.
- Kinsta – great option if you want to go bankrupt with paid add-ons that should be free. Compared to Rocket.net, you get 16x less RAM, 10x less monthly visits, brutal PHP worker limits, and a very low memory limit of 256MB. What are you paying so much for? Slower SATA SSDs, a premium DNS that’s slower than Cloudflare’s, and staging sites that get 1 CPU core? Madness! No wonder their TrustPilot rating sunk.
Final Thoughts
Even though WP Fastest Cache lacks quite a few features, it’s still free and actually has great reviews. It does require quite a bit of configuration to get the most out of it even if the settings look easy. But I’ve written guides on nearly every cache plugin and am sticking with FlyingPress.
Cheers,
Tom
Thanks for this great guide. Question – how do you integrate the Enterprise Cloudfare CDN in FyingPress or WP Fatstes Cache plugins since I dont see an option to get an API key within my Cloudways > Cloudfare dashboard?
Cloudways has specific instructions for adding Cloudflare Enterprise which isn’t done through cache plugins https://support.cloudways.com/en/articles/6009152-how-to-integrate-cloudflare-with-your-application
I’ve got notification about persistent object cache and it’s recommendation from WordPress, do you know how to solve it?
WordPress said that I must use plugin cache from redis to optimize it but, is it okay to use 2 plugin cache at the same time???
Redis is a different layer of caching for your database so yes, it’s OK.
You need to use a host that supports Redis or Memcached (Google it to see if they do). Your host should have instructions for installing it which is usually pretty easy. Enable it in your hosting account, then use a plugin to connect. Your host should tell you which method/plugin to use. For example in cPanel, you can enable Redis in the PHP Extensions menu. Then connect it through a plugin, for example, Redis Object Cache or WP Redis.
Thank you for this great resource!
An edit may need to be made as to the recommended pages per minutes within the preload setting. It seemingly contradicts the WP Fasted Cash recommendations stating, “It depends on the power of the server. If you have a ordinary hosting package, you should not set more than 4-6. But if you have a VPS, you can set 10-12.”
Oh dang, I got them mixed up. Thank you! Corrected.
You should include a settings recommendation for those that have the premium versus of WP Fastest Cache. I’ve begun testing with most all options enabled (except Google Fonts asynchronous and lazy load) and initial results are showing slightly better scores then using your recommendations without having to add additional plugins.
I’ll try to add premium settings soon.
The problem with WP Fastest Cache is that it really does lack a lot of optimizations like removing unused CSS, delaying JavaScript, hosting files locally, preloading LCP images, the list goes on. You may be able to get OK results on a small site without a lot of CSS/JavaScript, but once you add more, you’ll need extra plugins to optimize the code and address those lacking features.
I am also not one to usually comment on blogs but this article was pure GOLD! Our website went from D on GMetrix to B in a few seconds. Your guide was so easy to follow! Thank you so much!
That’s awesome! I am about to launch my new site and completely rewrote many articles, including this one. You should see it soon.
Hi-nice work on this comprehensive article.
In general, when you have a cache plugin and a CDN network linked to your site, it’s not recommended to minify HTML, JS & CSS on BOTH the plugin and the CDN, right? It’s better to rely on the CDN to run the minification and disable it from the plugin?
Thank you in advance.
Correct, minifying from the CDN is closer to the end user so it’s preferred (then disable it in your cache plugin).
Worst plugin ever.
Just ran through all the settings, updated Cloudflare and ran new tests. My site speed dropped from 1.1 seconds with Autoptimize and Cache Enable to 11.3 seconds with WP Fastest Cache.
Immediately deleted. Garbage.
I pretty much agree with everything you’ve put out here but this informative post needs to be updated. Cloudfare has changed now and charges to have your DNS moved from Siteground (or other hosts) to theirs. If you choose not to pay for that (given my love/hate relationship with Cloudfare – I don’t) you need to add a txt file in your Siteground (or other host’s) DNS settings to verify your Cloudfare account.
Also, I love StackPath even though they have a limited amount of servers throughout the globe. Their customer service is first-rate compared to Cloudfare, which has always sucked and their MVPs on their forum frequently give out bad information.
That being said – there is an issue with Googlebot being able to read files served up by StackPath. It’s so bad – that I started generating 50 error mobile pages a day until my entire site was delisted. I went to StackPath support and over the course of 2 days working with them to correct the issue. It took a long time because they didn’t quite understand the issue and how it affected my search results i.e., SEO.
Ultimately, they found a workaround on their end but it isn’t quite that good as Google was still having difficulty seeing some pages and it took several verifications to get it corrected. I couldn’t wait and sadly returned to Cloudfare.
If you don’t have a global audience and are based in the U.S. then StackPath IS a solid choice. I’m hopeful they’ll come up with a more satisfactory solution besides their workaround because it affects their business as most webmasters are aware of the importance of SEO and Googlebot being able to read every file on your site.
This has been a harrowing week of working with them and then switching back to Cloudfare. I’ve finally got everything working to my satisfaction but it’s been a nightmare.
Thank you for this article! It is a very complete article and very useful. My page speed went from 8 seconds to 2! Your article and instructions are also very easy to follow.
That’s awesome Sabrina, congrats on the new load times!
Im not one to usually commment on website posts, but this one id well deserved of some feed back!
I was cared to use w3 total cache, as wp rocket messed my site up before. I was just using auto optimise.
I had good gt metrix, but poor google page speed.
Followed this guide step by step, took about half an hour all together, and my site is 99-100 in google page speed!!!
Ridiculous! Really appreciate this guide! Done it all with 0 problems! I was going to pay a guy on fiverr to do this for me too lol!
Follow the instructions, and this plug in will suit all of your needs
typos ;( Is well deserved* I was scared*
Nice! Just remember Google PageSpeed Insights doesn’t really matter – load times are the only thing you should care about :)
I think this is one of the most resourceful word press blogs in recent years… This setup has really helped my site speed.Thank You
Appreciate that Okolie! Been working hard, glad you got great results using WPFC.
I have baby cloud hosting from hostgator(not WP cloud). I am using WP Fastest Cache (all Options enable except JS) and Autoptimize (for JS combine n minify). Did some tweaks in .htaccess. Also home page is built by Elementor (also using Elementor Home Theme).
My page load Stats in Gtmetrix are as follows (after cache page size 211kb Requests 7) (before cache page size 1mb Requests 18)
USA 250ms to 500ms
CA 400ms to 700ms
UK under 900ms
Rest 1sec to 1.7sec
if i will use cloudflare my page load speed time will further decrease or not (considering cloudflare’s CDN function only)
You never know until you try but yes, generally Cloudflare should improve your speed and not hurt it.
Hello Tom,
1. Are you using Cloudflare stackpath or just StackPath for CDN. Because I started using Cloudlfare last week and it slowed my website(optimized VPS). I heard others have same experience that cloudflare is not true cdn but just a proxy between your server and visitors.
2. Imagify plugin first optimizes images locally and then uploads optimized images to stackpath CDN? Can I optimize image that is already hosting in stackpath?
Hey Tiffany,
I use both, but sometimes only 1 is plenty. Like cache plugins, websites react different and not everyone will get the same results. I’m in the middle of writing a complete tutorial for Cloudflare but I would still consider it a CDN considering your traffic is being routed through their data centers (IMO). Have you tried using the features in the speed tab and page rules? If it isn’t working well you may want to try StackPath or another CDN.
Yes you should be able to optimize images have already been uploaded (either in the Media tab or in Imagify’s bulk optimizer).
What are your thoughts on WP Fastest Cache Premium vs WP-Rocket?
WP Rocket. There’s a whole team behind that cache plugin and they’re good about releasing new features.
Thanks for the detailed info! However I believe there are some issues with my WP Fastest Cache and Cloud Flare CDN setting:
I have done all the steps you suggested and waited for more than 24 hours. However, both Pingdom and Gtmetrix still report the following:
(1) Use a Content Delivery Network (CDN)
(2) Make fewer HTTP requests
(3) Compress components with gzip
(4) Use cookie-free domains
(5) Add Expires headers
My TTFB is also identified as extremely low by Google PageSpeed Insights.
I have recently moved from Hostgator to Site Ground after reading a few of your articles. I have tried disable and enable the plugins again. Some items do score a bit better, but the above are quite concerning to me especially after I have done all the settings.
Would appreciate some advice, thanks again!
Hey Jon,
What’s your website? I can take a look at your reports. Are you using any high CPU plugins, and what SG plan did you choose?
Cloudflare uses reverse-proxy so GTmetrix will not detect the “Use a Content Delivery Network” in the YSlow tab, nor do they provide a CDN hostname (otherwise you would be able to list that in the User Settings of GTmetrix)… but that doesn’t mean it’s not working: https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-know-if-Cloudflare-is-working-on-my-site
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Can you send me your website or GTmetrix report?
Great video, it’s been super helpful – just one thing, you need to mention that you shouldn’t be logged in as admin when checking the source code, otherwise you won’t see it – I just got help from WP Fastest Cache support when I couldn’t see it and this is what they came back with. I guess a lot of experienced people will know this, but I’m very new to all this and it didn’t occur to me.
Hello,
I am wondering why so many reviews do not rate Fastest cache the best when after trying all, it is the best for my Woocommerce shops.
Any other experience with woocommerce cache here ? Anybody has found better than fastest cache ?
Thank you.
Hi Tom!
First of all, thank you very much for this incredible content, it’s being so helpful to optimize my site!
I’m following your tutorial to set up WP Fastest Cache Cloudfare (free plan) and I have noticed that the Railgun option is only available for Bussiness Plan. Does the fact I can’t turn it on affect in any way to your settings suggestions? Do Auto Minify and Rocket Loader still have to be off?
Thank you very much in advance and for such detailed post! Very much appreciated :)
Railgun doesn’t affect the settings! Minify is only off in WPFC because Cloudflare takes care of it for you. But yes, still keep minify and Rocket Loader off. Glad it helped you :)
Hello,
Can you confirm that WP fastest cache is still the best free cache ?
Some people are talking about Cometcache ? What do you think ?
Thank you.
Maybe I used the term best loosely. It’s a great plugin, but I always recommend testing a few cache plugins since it can depend on the website.
Check out Swift Performance Lite. There was a post in the WP Speed Up Group recently about this plugin and it got amazing feedback from people who got great load times.
Yes, Swift Performance Lite gets good feedback from his author and friends…
Nobody uses this plugin and I do not like to be one of the first fighting with problems :-)
It’s becoming a very popular plugin in the WordPress Speed Up Facebook group, and the Admin (Ivica) gave it a great review too. But yes, it’s still in the early stages.
When I tested and inspected the view page source, I noticed WP Fastest Cache was not showing in the source. I did upload and enable plug-in. What can cause it to not show up?
Thanks
I totally rely on all your tutorials! Great job and thank you so much!
The one thing I generally don’t get is: Isn’t it redundant to let the WP Fastest Cache plugin preload the posts/pages and having a “Cache Everything” page rule set in Cloudflare?
Also, why do you recommend to leave WP Fastest Cache’s “Browser Caching” option unchecked in this tutorial?
Everyone to know about this wp total cache setting and connect the cdn.
Glad to read your blog. So Helpful.
i want to know how many seconds i must put on the Cache Timeout settings?
is it important to put a huge number or less ??
Leave it as the default.
Hi Tom,
when I set up wp fastest cache it asks to turn off sg optimizer. When I reactivate sg optimizer, wp fastest cache is all unselected/settings wiped. What should I do?
Test out both (some cache plugins work better on certain websites) and whichever gives you the best results in GTmetrix/Pingdom, use that one :)
Hi,
thanks for your awesome guides, guys.
I’m with Siteground. So, should I use their Supercacher and find other plugins for the rest of the optimization steps. Or is the WP Fastest Cache just the better all-in-one-solution (I would buy the premium version)?
I personally like to try multiple plugins since some work better on different sites. Supercacher (SG Cachepress) is very good and WP Rocket is definitely worth the $39 if you can. WP Fastest Cache is still good but sometimes it doesn’t work as well… just a matter of testing.
This is Just an amazing post , well explained , thanks
Here is my review for WP Fastest Cache plugin…
I sent an email to their support email and the plugin owner was extremely condescending and unprofessional. I had several issues with my site’s layout breaking and I was trying to troubleshoot the issue as it occurred after installing this plugin and the latest WP update. He insisted it was simply a duplicate logo issue, when it is NOT a logo issue. When I questioned him, he responded with the following email:
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You are a silly theme designer. Even you don’t know how to write a theme F*ck off. miserable arab!
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I’m truly surprised he would respond in such a rude manner, completely bizarre. Clearly, he’s a simple-minded person that should NOT run an online business on a prominent site such as WordPress.org.
I do not recommend this plugin as the owner may randomly shock you with his unprofessional and condescending attitude.
Unfortunately I have heard similiar stories :(
Not cool, hopefully he grows up and realizes this will inevitably make or break the success of his plugin. If he doesn’t and I hear more of these I will stop endorsing it cause that’s just not right.
Hi. At the start you said WP Fastest is not compatible with iThemes security. Can you give a bit more info here? I’m using iThemes and have been using WP Fastest cache with it for a while. The static files seem to be created and it’s a couple of seconds slower to load if I turn off the cache, so at least that part is working. The minify and combine options don’t seem to make any difference, but I thought that was because I’m using Divi theme which does this bit anyway. Cheers for a great article (came here looking for info about WP Fastest and cloudflare. Charles
You may want to either change your security plugins (eg. to Wordfence) or change cache plugins but I would not use both. If you can’t get the full use out of WP Fastest Cache currently, considering changing one of these plugins :)
Hi Tom,
Thank you, a really useful tutorial and one that I have referenced several times when using WP Fastest Cache.
Will you be updating this tutorial with some of the newer features in the plugin and anything you feel may have changed in terms of usage?
Thanks
Vincent
Hey Vincent,
I have been in the middle of moving but yes I am planning on updating my tutorials on all the cache plugins, Yoast and others. I need to do this ASAP and will start this week. Thanks for the reminder.
Thanks for the fantastic post – I just cut my load speed in half :) Legend.
Awesome Kat! Let me know if you have any questions about this or any of the other tutorials. Thanks for subscribing to the newsletter :)
Hi,
Thank you for the post.
What CDN is better MaxCND or Amazon CloudFront CDN?
Thanks again.
Honestly not sure as I’ve never tested Amazon Cloudfront, but I know MaxCDN is used by WPBeginner, Yoast, and WPEngine. Also what I use.
Is there anyway WFC can be combine with other caching plugins to improve speed? WFC is not a friendly plugin from my experience using it.
I wouldn’t combine cache plugins… stick with 1. If WPFC doesn’t work try another one like WP Rocket.
Wonderfully explained about wpfc, its integration with MaxCDN and a lot of advantages of using them. I’d tried a no. of caching plugins but using the wpfc was satisfying the most. Now, after reading this post, I get to discover the next step i.e. try out the MaxCDN. I must thank you for experimenting and helping people like us.
Great feedback like yours keeps me going. Enjoy MaxCDN and let me know if you have questions :)
Thanks, please how can i use the cloudfare free CDN tool with WPfastest cache
WP Fastest Cache doesn’t have an option for Cloudflare but most hosting companies let you to activate Cloudflare in your cPanel, or you can use the process explained in the tutorial by changing nameservers.
Thanks this very awesome post which every body who have a website will follow and use it. Thank you again
They better :) thanks Maheder
thanks so much for this, really worked for my page
Perfect.
Great!!!!!! I really enjoyed reading this post. please don’t stop now to share your important post.
I won’t, more to come :)
Hi Tom,
Excellent and detailed article on this great caching plugin. I have a question, Can we use fastest cache with custom permalink (/category/post) structure. also, would it be beneficial to choose category as permalink structure for improved database performance. I read on a blog that using category in permalink can cause heavy queries and will slow down entire performance. please add your views over these points in this post. Thanks for this Highly informative article.
Hi Tom, i ask you only one question. however you have answered it early in your post. Due to its positive reviews i wan to use Fastest cache but i have set my permalinks to default as i use category in my permalinks for seo purpose and just can’t leave them. Can you delve some deeper into cache settings, so that i could use this plugin with custom permalink structure.
I’m honestly not sure you bsince they have the disclaimer… I use WP Rocket which works great if you can drop $39 but those 2 are the best.
useful information about cache plugins .Thanks for provide this info
Muito rico o seu conteúdo, me ajudou muito.
Obrigado.
Hi Tom,
I first installed the following 3 plug ins, after your advice:
W3 Total Cache
SEO Autolinker
Facebook Comments
After installing them and experiencing problems with the website, I de-installed them. Now I get this error message, and I am not quite sure what it means.
Also, in the customization edit mode everything looks great, however, once I publish I look likes old. See Screenshots.
So weird, I just wanted to increase the speed of my website, but it looks it just wnet downhill after installing the W3 Total Cache. It could be that I did something wrong, but I selected the setting you also did (used the import and export tool). the strange thing everything was running till this morning.
Can you maybe assist me?
Best regards,
Hey Alain,
We exchanged emails but I wanted answer this for anyone else have this issue… you solved it and said it was a compatibility issue with W3TC (and I think you’re giving WP Rocket a shot and contacting Pronaya). Basically sometimes W3TC doesn’t always work with some other plugins, themes, hosting, etc. So testing is needed…
Hi Tom,
I love your content and I spend the last two hours reading your posts and I installed the following in order to boost the speed of the website:
Cloudfare (switched the )
Imagify
AMP Plugin
Glue For Yoast SEO AMP Plugin
W3 Total Cache
And my WordPress Theme suddenly dissappeared after completing these steps. I am pretty freaked out at the moment as there is lots of customization and installation done. Have you ever seen this happening? What can I do to get it back?
The strange thing is that Safari and Google Chrome show the website in it’s bare and stripped down version (without my theme), while Firefox shows my old good website with the theme still in place?
Thanks in advanced for assisting.
Best,
Alain
Hi Tom,
I also used WP-Optimize 2.1.1 to:
Optimize database tables
Clean all post revisions
Clean all auto-drafts and trashed posts
Remove spam and trashed comments
Remove unapproved comments
Hey Alain,
Can you log into your WP dashboard? If so trying going to W3 Total Cache general settings and turn off mini object cache. Also test Cloudflare minify settings. Or trying deleting W3TC completely… let me know your feedback and I’ll try to help as much as I can.
Great and lovely , thanks my website is fast
Hello, thanks for the tutorial, so great !
Just need to add that we cannot set up more than 3 rules on free cloudflare plan, and we cannot use Railgun also.
And as we have the choice, in your opinion, is it better to minify on cloudflare on disable minify on cloudflare and minify on fastest cache plugin as the author explains ?
Thanks again.
Yes, free Cloudflare plan only allows 3 rules. I would take the author’s recommendation but I believe it’s best to minify on Cloudflare.
Thanks this was very helpful for my site, although i need to change and tweak somethings, I am using fastest cache with cloudflare and this tutorial is actually excellent. Thanks
Hey, this was extremely helpful! I’m using WP Fastest Cache and Cloudflare together for a brand new blog – no traffic whatsoever but I’m trying to think long-term.
Here are my results (disclaimer – I installed Cloudflare a few days prior to following this tutorial although I didn’t do any custom configuration as is mentioned in this tutorial):
Pre-tutorial config –
Performance grade D 61
Load Time 2.87 s
Faster than 55% of tested sites
Post-tutorial config –
Performance grade C 77
Load time 850 ms
Faster than 92% of tested sites
These gains might not seem like much because I’m still in the C category but it’s an improvement and I’m happy with it for now. I’m using namecheap’s shared value hosting so I can’t expect a miracle but with time I’ll likely improve the hosting and with it my performance. This is just laying the groundwork!
Hi fine article. Should siteground super cache be used along with WP fastest or should siteground be disabled (deleted)? Will max CDn perform better than cloudflare and how does going to SSL change the mix?
Thanks
Howard
This is very important as siteground advises their supercache be used alone…. maybe certain settings should be turned off when used with Fastest Cache??
Howard
You should only use 1 cache plugin :)
Hi there,
Very helpful guide, but I’ve got one question: Why enable caching on both Cloudflare and WP Fastest Cache? (Or is that not what the third Page Rule in this tutorial indicates?) I’ve tested both and WP Fastest is the better caching system by far, so I would think I’d want to set the cache level of http://www.url.com* to Bypass.
Hi,
Thanks for the great article and I’m trying the best I can to follow your tips to improve my website speed, but I’m having a problem with the persistant Time to first byte time for my domain which is run via Siteground GoGeek.
According to GTMetrix and Pingdom Tools the server response time is around 590ms at the moment. I’ve also been at the Cloud platform at Siteground for over a year, but
the waiting time for the domain is always between 590ms to 1,12seconds, even with Cloud server!
Anyone who has a clue why this high loadtime?
P.S. I’m using Genesis (Magazine Pro Theme) and a few plugins like Yoast Seo, WP Smush It and SG Optimizer (made by Siteground) plus Cloudflare Pro
Anyone else using Siteground GoGeek here?
I’m on their cloud hosting and TTFB is >200ms… the ads are slowing it down quite a bit. Are you using both their SG Cachpress plugin and WP fastest cache? And in the SiteGround cPanel (AWStats) how much CPU are you using and have you been getting warning messages? And details help.
really you are a geneius man sir so thanks a lot
Lol no problem, glad you found it helpful.
Thanks very much for this article, this work fine in my site
::thumbs up::
Hi Tom,
Awesome post! It made me read your other posts as well (not quite done yet, but have them bookmarked). The steps are very clear and good to follow – Sometimes I had no clue whát I was doing, but everything works :)
I have one question regarding the Cloudflare rules. I have set all 3 of the rules. I need to add another one due to a page-builder-plugin I use. Which of the 3 I’ve set do you suggest I delete (without giving me a security risk or that has the least impact on speed)? Thanks in advance!
Cheers! Maurits
Ir really helped me bring my site load time from 7.30 seconds to 2.98 sec. Such a detailed artixle i had to bookmark it for future use.
Thanks a lot. And yes i don’t generally write comments on other blogs but this time you made me write it and you earned a subscriber.
That’s awesome Rishabh, I usually don’t comment either but glad you did… awesome job on the new load times and thanks for subscribing. If you have any questions about WordPress speed / SEO let me know :)
Thank you very much. article on cache websites a very help me …
Very complete article…thank a lot
You’re welcome :)
hi,
i foolow your tutorial to the letter. the only thing that is bothering me is i can’t actvate sc railgun because it says upgrade to “some” plan. am i still good to go?
Hm, I have the free plan as well and it shows the option to activate SG Railgun. I don’t think it should make a huge difference but that is strange, does your host have Cloudflare options in their cPanel and can you activate it from there?
Hi,
Very helpful guideline i really want to appreciate , you did best work for newbie like me thanks for sharing such a great content here keep it up
regards
Fawad khan
Anytime Fawad, glad you like it!
I like to point out that Cache everything and Railgun dONT WORK together
From Cloudflare Support Engineer:
This is expected behavior as a Cache Everything page rule will basically disable Railgun. Railgun is meant to accelerate your site through caching and a cache everything page rule will tell Cloudflare to respond to the request instead of the Railgun server.
I’d recommend using Railgun without the use of the cache everything page rule.
I will mark this as solved but do let us know if you have any further questions or issues by replying to this e-mail or ticket.
Cheers,
Garret | Cloudflare Support Engineer
Hi Tom,
In the final part of configuring Cloudflare you say to go to the caching and “purge individual files”. Do I select “purge everything” otherwise it comes up with a box and I have to enter individual urls.
Cheers, this guide was really useful!
Hi Steph,
Sorry the late reply…yes purge everything! Glad you liked it :)
Tom,
I had seen (in an earlier version of WP Fastest Cache) the option for KeyCDN as a directly supported option. The pricing for a small site like ours is much cheaper, but I think I’m going to go with MaxCDN because of this article.
My question is for those of us who bought the Premium WP Fastest Cache plugin, what settings do you recommend for us? It would be awesome if you could add screenshots for “us.” I expect you’re probably using the Premium Version anyway… ;-)
One more question – does MaxCDN support https sites with the “Let’s Encrypt” free SSL cert? I am already a siteground GoGeek user and love getting HTTP/2 speeds, and the future Google SEO benefits of same.
Thanks again for a great tutorial. I’m going to be going through your website. Thanks for being a Go-Giver.
Aaron
The screenshots in the article are actually for the premium version :-0
Yes MaxCDN supports Let’s Encrypt too – sounds like you have an good combo!
I got totally confused. I tested my website speed on three different sites; Pingdom, Webpagetest and GTMetrix.
On GTMetrix my Website score 98% and 95% and page speed 1.6s.
On webpagetest page speed 0.804s.
On Pigdom it shows different result, an example first time result: page speed 782ms, second time result: 1.07s and third time result 615ms.
So, which tool does show real result? Thank You
Many of the wonderful article and worth 5 stars, but there are some problems I’m having with payment in cdn service. Is there a cdn Free?
Thank you. The closest thing to a free CDN is Cloudflare. What payment issues are you having? I’m sure MaxCDN or whatever CDN you’re using would be glad to assist.
Thank YOU ever soooo much for these awesome instructions Tom!
And your video … not to worry about all the giggling … makes you sound human. You know, somebody we can all relate to.
Just HAD to say Thank YOU for making it possible to improve my website ranking. Yipppeeeee!
:))) you are so welcome Trish! Glad you got good results with the plugin and thanks for stopping by!
I would like to know if the WP Fatest plugin works well with Multisite network in wordpress
It does not currently work with multisite, found the answer on their FAQ page.
This plugin make my site score upto 100/100.
Thank you so much.
That is awesome Ryan, it’s definitely a solid plugin. Hopefully your load time is just as good!
Thank u so much Bro.
I’m setting up the program step by step ツ
Enjoy Guys
P.s. Will share the post for sure (for the future, u know)! ツ
Awesome, good luck – let me know how it works out!
I noticed a big speed increase when disabling minify options in wp fastest cache. By this is i mean cloudflare does the job of minifying the html css and java. This is not explained in your video. For people using cloudflare and wp fastest cache disable minify settings in wp fastest cache so cloudflare can do the job alone. No need to enable it two time on 2 different platforms as it will decrease speed. – My experience.
Your experience is 100% correct Todd, can’t believe I forgot that in the video! I will leave a comment on the video so people can see this… appreciate you pointing that out.
Hi,
Im using the free version of cloudflare instead of maxcdn. You have any idea how to configure both? Can you make a quick comparisasion would be helpful!
Thanks
Hi Todd,
I should probably add CloudFlare to this tutorial but I do have instructions on my W3 Total Cache tutorial. See the CloudFlare section and start at step 2 where you sign up for Cloudflare, then keep clicking next until you are assigned 2 nameservers. You will login to your hosting cPanel and change your nameservers to the one’s CloudFlare assigns you. Then in CloudFlare’s speed settings be sure to enable minify and railgun. The guide shows you what to do but let me know if you have questions.
MaxCDN – focuses on pure speed and stores copies of the files that go together to form your webpages (images, CSS and JavaScript files) in multiple locations around the world. Paid service.
CloudFlare – in addition to it’s CDN it also helps protect your website and has a ton of security features. Free (see full comparison).