My site has been suffering from slow delivery lately and I’m not really sure of the cause, but I have been wondering whether one of the WP plugins that converts a site to static pages might be worth trying. Alternatively, I currently do not have caching enabled. Would that help, and is there a recommended plugin?
Thanks
Hey @JeremyCherfas ,
I’m using the SQLite Object Cache , the gentime plugin shows pages are generated in about 0.052 seconds.
Make sure you have the php8.2-sqlite3 package installed too.
Mark.
Thanks very much. Trying that now.
Object caching is definitely the way to go. Another option is to ask your host if they recommend something that works particularly well with their setup.
Re: Caching -
WP Super Cache is another option. Might need a tiny bit of persuasion for the current version, but in theory, all “older” versions work perfectly well, too.
Tiny bit of persuasion means: The developers added a “Requires WP 6.7 or higher”, but thats just not true, underneath its almost identical to older versions, so editing that part in the Readme file / plugin file fixes the issue of “cannot be installed” / activated.
Also, as an additional measurement: Autoptimize. Caches assets, ie. CSS + JS files, and allows for more optimization like Above-the-Fold CSS, inline CSS / JS aggregation (only for advanced users), etc.
I wont offer any suggestions for statification, because I havent used any of these plugins in a while, and I dont know how well or even IF they work with ClassicPress at all.
cu, w0lf.
Two earlier posts about CP-> static that I remember, one from back in the day, the other from 2023; the WP versions warnings may (?) no longer apply.
Thanks for the other recommendations. Popping back in here to say that @mwaters suggestion seems to be working very well for me. I’m not sure how to interpret all the statistics, but I do know that pages I have not looked at in a long time are served much faster now.