Staticize Reloaded
Staticize Reloaded is a plugin to make your site faster by caching the output of some WordPress pages. It creates a unique key based on the page variables and user and then if a request is made with identical variables it serves the request from a static file rather than building the page from the d
Staticize Reloaded is a plugin to make your site faster by caching the output of some WordPress pages. It creates a unique key based on the page variables and user and then if a request is made with identical variables it serves the request from a static file rather than building the page from the database. When a post is updated or a comment is left the cache is cleared. It is ideal for sites with a lot of anonymous reads and not too many updates. (For example, during a Slashdotting.)
A closer look.
- 01Upload to your plugins folder, usually wp-content/plugins/
- 02If you have Compression turned on under Miscellaneous options, turn it off
- 03Activate the plugin on the plugin screen
- 04Caching should begin immediately. It’s a good idea to deactivate when making template changes. To flush the cache just edit a post or comment.
Frequently asked questions.
Do I really need to use this plugin?
Probably not, WordPress is fast enough that caching usually only adds a few milliseconds of performance that isn’t really perceptible by users. Some reasons you may want to use Staticize Reloaded:
- If your site gets Slashdotted
- If you’re on a very slow server
- If you’ve had a complaint from your host about performance
How can I tell if it’s working?
Staticize Reloaded adds some stats to the very end of a page in the HTML, so you can view source to see the time it took to generate a page and rather it was cached or not. Remember that the cache is created on demand, so the first time you load a page it’ll be generated from the database.
