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Why You Should Have a WP Super Cache

Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by Steve in Tips & Tricks, Wordpress

What is WP Super Cache?

WP Super Cache is a static yet full page caching plugin for WordPress. Static HTML files are created using WP Super Cache and are directly served by Apache. There is simply no need to process correspondingly more complicated PHP scripts. WP Super Cache is an excellent plugin that can speed up your dynamic WordPress blogs dramatically.
WP Super Cache is fast and efficient so you can rely on this plugin to generate simple versions of blog pages that go directly to the web server. Furthermore, WP Super Cache is very flexible in a way that certain filters, actions, and configuration files can modify it to adapt to different situations.
Who uses static HTML files?

Most of your visitors benefit from the static HTML files. And even if the visitors are not currently logged in, static files are served to them because their details are prominently displayed in the comment box. Other visitors that are being served by the static HTML files are those who did not access blog posts that are password-protected. But even visitors who did not leave a blog comment can also use the static HTML files.
How does WP Super Cache works?

There are two ways that WP Super Cache can work. First is the ON mode where you can find static cache files being generated in the supercache cache folder. When these static cache files are served, PHP is not executed. The second one is the HALF ON mode. In order to create static cache files, a filename is used in a specific cache folder. This filename comes from an md5 of the present URL and the GZIP encoding status including the visitor’s cookies. If that is switched on, the agent of the mobile user may also be included.
Why does the WP Super Cache speed up my server?
Static HTML files are being compressed by the WP Super Cache and even go to storage as is. Since heavy compression is one-time only and the files have become less bulky, visitors can receive them much faster in their browsers. Save more CPU time and bandwidth because your server communicates less with the network. Furthermore, the next request is processed more quickly because of this.
Do not worry if your server does not recognize “supercaching”. It will still perform caching although the PHP engine should be loaded for every request made. This will not slow down your server so in many circumstances, it is not a bad thing at all. If there is heavy traffic in your website or there is less power in your serve, just wait for supercache to do its own thing at its own pace.

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