If you’re looking for a way to improve your website’s caching, make it faster to load, and even protect it from attacks, try our new WEDOS Global service.

In this article, you will learn:

• How caching Webhosting content works
• How to optimize site loading times
• Common issues
• Frequently asked questions

WEDOS Webhosting includes a caching reverse HTTP/S proxy. This powerful server processes all traffic and stores (caches) static web content such as static pages, images, CSS, JavaScript, and more. Repeated requests for the same document are subsequently handled directly by the proxy server instead of the web server itself. This behavior saves web server performance and at the same time provides content much faster. You will feel the difference especially with high website traffic. The performance of the proxy is not limited for the Webhosting service, which significantly increases the possible traffic of the website compared to a solution without a proxy.

For WMS, the number of proxy requests is limited to 5 million. You can purchase additional proxy requests as an add-on service.

To make web pages load faster, ensure that:

• static content caching is enabled on the site (default state);
• the web app provides its own caching (such as our WordPress plugin)
• using WEDOS Global micro CDN.

Dynamic web content may slow down the proxy server slightly, but the delay is usually imperceptible. The proxy server is fully transparent and for the visitor the page looks and behaves exactly the same as without a proxy. Similarly, from the point of view of the web application, nothing changes and you do not need to make any modifications to the website, except for the already mentioned page content caching.

Common cache issues include:

• Website doesn’t update
• WordPress is slow

Issue: When we tweak the appearance of the site, we keep seeing the old version.

Cause: The old version may be cached in the browser, or elsewhere.

Solution: First, verify that the content is not cached in the browser. Reload the page with the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + R.

If that doesn’t help, the changes are probably cached by the proxy server. You can disable it by editing the .htaccess file according to the guide Webhosting – .htaccess.

After completing the site modifications, we recommend turning on the proxy cache again so that repeated queries do not unnecessarily burden the web server and slow down your website.

Issue: After deploying caching plugins on WordPress, the website loads slowly or with errors.

Solution: Use only one caching plugin. If you cannot disable plugins in WordPress administration due to errors, disable them via FTP by navigating to the wp-content/plugins folder and renaming the plugin folder listed in the error message.

Question: How do I activate Redis or Memcached on my Webhosting?
Answer: Webhosting and WMS caching solutions do not use Redis or Memcached. They cannot be activated.