The Dollie platform tries to auto-detect the most popular WP caching plugins and auto implements container-level caching before WordPress is even loaded. This solution gives you the freedom to choose a caching plugin that works best for you, whilst still getting all the benefits of NGINX caching. Once a page is cached it is served directly through NGINX completely bypassing PHP and MySQL and thus resulting in near instant load times.
Do I need to install a caching plugin?
No. By default your wordpress sites will include the free Powered Cache plugin.
Can I install an alternative caching plugin?
Yes, the following caching plugins are supported:
- WP Rocket
- W3 Total Cache
- WP Super Cache
- Cache Enabler
- Switch Performance
- WP Fastest Cache
- Litespeed Cache
- Hyper Cache
- CometCache
- NGINX Helper (FastCGI Cache)
What about Object Caching?
Yes, this is supported via all Redis Object Cache plugins/dropins.
Why do I have to sometimes purge my cache?
When new posts, pages, comments and other activity takes place on your community. That being said sometimes you might encounter situations where you install a new plugin or make custom changes to your site which are not immediately displayed. In those cases you want to purge the
Purging the cache essentially means re-caching all previously cached data. This means the old ones are are deleted and new ones are created or regenerated.