W3 Total Cache is a plugin for WordPress that allows us to use this type of memory to speed up the loading process of any of the pages on a website or blog.
To this day, it is the plugin that I use both on my website and on my clients' websites to perform this task and I am very happy with the results.
However, it is also true that it is not the easiest plugin to configure among those that perform this task and most users get scared when they see the multiple options it presents, finally choosing not to use it.
But… that’s why I’m here today . So that W3 Total Cache doesn’t scare you anymore.
When you finish reading this article you will be able to optimize W3 Total Cache exactly the same way I currently have it optimized on my blog.
Keep reading. Your website's loading speed and your SEO will thank you.
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Let’s start at the beginning… what is cache memory?
How does caching work on WordPress websites?
Advantages of optimizing the cache on your website
How to configure W3 Total Cache to improve denmark telegram lead loading speed and SEO of your WordPress
1# Installing W3 Total Cache
2# W3 Total Cache Configuration
What is your experience after configuring W3 Total Cache or another plugin that performs a similar function?
Let’s start at the beginning… what is cache memory?
From my point of view, it is very important not to do things for the sake of doing them, but to know why we are doing them.
That is why I think it is essential to answer this question.
Cache memory is a type of fast-access memory found in most modern computing devices .
Also on web servers or browsers that we use daily to connect to the Internet.
Basically, what this fast access memory does is store the data located in the main memory that is used most frequently in order to access it more quickly, thus allowing to reduce the access time to said data on the computing device in question.
How does caching work on WordPress websites?
WordPress loads its pages dynamically and therefore the cache plays a fundamental role in making this loading faster.
Let me explain…
When you enter a website made with WordPress, the server has to interpret the PHP code that forms the website's pages.
Once interpreted, it makes the necessary queries to the WordPress database so that it returns the necessary data and, in this way, the page loads correctly in HTML code.
Although this process is very fast, it is true that it takes longer to load than if the HTML code were directly implemented in the page (that is, without having to make any type of PHP queries to the web server).
But at this point and to remedy this is where the function of the cache memory comes in…
The cache, let's say, saves a previously generated view of the page so that it loads faster on subsequent visits, meaning that the entire process does not have to be repeated every time someone enters your website.