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Comparative and detailed analysis of caching plugins for WordPress



Caching plug-ins are many with a large set of parameters and functions - without careful analysis it is impossible to make an intelligent choice . Having looked through the Internet, I did not find any really normal comparisons. There are only posts exclusively for attracting attention - descriptions of plug-ins. The usual thing - SEO pulses, so to speak. I even saw an attempt to make a comparative analysis of the three plug-ins, but there was nothing further than measuring the download speed through the online service. But how everything is arranged inside, what the optimization influences is not said. After all, each site is individual - you still need fine tuning - you need to understand the principle of operation for the optimal choice.



This article was created simultaneously with the creation of the material , the focus of which is on the use of analysis results. Here I want to share more details and methods of this analysis with sophisticated people and brothers in the shop.



Principles



WordPress consists of a variety of PHP scripts. Each time a site (server) is accessed, part of the scripts are executed and the result is output in the form of an HTML page. The main idea of ​​optimization is to save time by issuing a ready-made result for rarely changing content.



Due to the urgency of the problem, many cache plugins have already been written and new ones appear. Also, you never want to pay too much, so only free and shareware solutions are compared.

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The main features that the plugin should have to provide high-quality caching are highlighted :





Plugin comparison



In order to compile a current study list, a selection of plug-ins was made through the well-known wordpress.org c search for the words cache and a selection of the first 140 (10 pages) matching. It turned out 24.



By the way, if you think that some decent plug-in is not in the list - please write in the comments - I will add them to the analysis later.



Technique





Each criterion was checked using the Chrome browser:





results



The main result of the analysis is a detailed XLSX table , in which you can conveniently sort, filter and see the methodology for calculating the final weights. It also contains notes to the specifics of the plug-in when evaluating each criterion.



Each plugin is assigned roles based on test results for easy understanding of the spectrum of coverage of the required properties.



The following are summarized comparison results for an overall picture and convenience.

Plugin

Role

Score

Total

Server cache

Client cache

Optimize

Manage

LiteSpeed ​​Cache +

Hyper Cache Extended +

Autoptimize +

Speed ​​Up - Browser

Caching

(Bundle)

Full

96%

98%

71%

100%

100%

Breeze

1.0.10

Full

93%

95%

71%

97%

75%

Wordpress cache

and CDN Plugin +

Autoptimize

(Bundle)

Full

90%

98%

100%

83%

75%

Autoptimize +

Cache Enabler +

Speed ​​Up - Browser

Caching

(Bundle)

Full

88%

98%

71%

83%

100%

W3 Total Cache

0.9.7

Full

84%

55%

100%

100%

100%

Wordpress cache

and CDN Plugin

1.5.04

Full

82%

98%

100%

67%

75%

LiteSpeed ​​Cache +

WP Fastest Cache

(Bundle)

Full

79%

50%

71%

100%

100%

WP Rocket

3.2.0.1

Full

76%

50%

71%

95%

100%

WP Speed ​​of Light

2.3.2

Full

70%

50%

71%

83%

100%

Yasakani cache

2.0.4

Full

64%

98%

0%

53%

75%

Hummingbird page

Speed ​​optimization

1.9.2

Optimize

53%

48%

71%

50%

100%

WP Fastest Cache

0.8.8.6

Full

52%

50%

71%

47%

100%

Cache Enabler

1.3.1

Server cache

48%

95%

0%

20%

100%

LiteSpeed ​​Cache

2.6.1

Optimize

47%

2%

71%

70%

100%

Cache script for Wordpress (raw)

2.06

Server cache

47%

98%

0%

20%

50%

Autoptimize

2.4.1

Optimize

44%

2%

36%

73%

100%

Powered cache

1.2.2

Full

44%

50%

71%

thirty%

100%

Hyper cache

3.3.7

Server cache

43%

95%

0%

ten%

100%

Hyper Cache Extended

1.6.3

Server cache

43%

95%

0%

ten%

100%

Simple cache

1.6.4

Server cache

43%

95%

0%

ten%

100%

Super Static Cache

3.3.5

Server cache

43%

95%

0%

ten%

100%

WP Super Cache

1.6.4

Server cache

43%

95%

0%

ten%

100%

Fast Velocity Minify

2.3.5

Optimize

36%

2%

0%

65%

100%

WP Performance

Score booster

1.9.2.1

Client cache

31%

23%

71%

thirty%

0%

Speed ​​booster pack

3.7.1

Optimize

27%

0%

0%

52%

50%

Comet Cache

170220

Full

27%

25%

0%

thirty%

100%

Speed ​​Up - Browser

Caching

1.0.2

Client cache

23%

0%

71%

thirty%

0%

Gator cache

2.1.7

Server cache

20%

48%

0%

0%

100%

Cachify

2.2.4

Full

sixteen%

25%

0%

ten%

50%

Cache-control

2.2.2

Client cache

3%

0%

29%

0%

0%



Conclusion



The resulting table allows you to select plug-ins according to the necessary criteria and select combinations of several to maximize the coverage of the necessary criteria. In confirmation, 4 combinations were selected and tested (marked with bundle instead of version).



Specific settings are described in the material mentioned at the beginning of the article.



Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/426835/



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