Recommended Static Cache Plugin

Hi @startechmarketing,
If you are using this plugin and enjoying it, here’s what I would recommmend/I personally use.

As this plugin is a page caching plugin, it does not do any optimization on the static files. So, what I will recommend you are the following:

1. Make sure you have all page caching system disabled. Whether that’s other caching plugin you have on your website or some server level page caching system. When using this plugin, please ensure that this is the only plugin handling the caching and there is no other caching system present.
2. Use this plugin with the default Page Rule mode and inside the plugin settings > other tab checkout the option for Remove Cache Buster Query String Parameter. Check the implementation guide for it and add the cache rules no. 1-3 in your Cloudflare dashboard. Then enable the option in the plugin settings and purge cache. This will help you to take advantage of the Cloudflare cache without the swcfpc=1 cache buster query param.
3. Inside the plugin settings enable the option Add browser caching rules for static assets (https://i.imgur.com/c9M4XyJ.jpeg). This will add proper cache-control data for all static files.
4. Inside the Cloudflare dashboard, enable Smart Tiered Cache for your domain.
5. For general optimization and static file optimization, use Perfmatter or Auoptimize (if you are looking or a free plugin).
6. For image optimization, if your website doesn’t have high traffic, you can definitely try using imagekit.io or optimmole. But if your website has high traffic, it would be better to go with Cloudflare Pro plan with which you will get unlimited image optimization + next-get image format with Cloudflare Polish.

This combination will work perfectly, and you won’t need any other caching plugin.

Hope this helps. ??

Thanks

I implimented your suggestions,

I do not like autooptimize and Perfmatter? is not free, is there another lightweight plugin?

Thank you

Hi @startechmarketing,
Honestly, I will highly recommend you to give Perfmatter a try. It’s a plugin I use across all sites. Highly recommended. It’s worth every penny.

ok I have a look thank you

ok I am using perfmatters but now your option at the admin bar to purge cache is gone and my site has gone extremely slow

Hi,
I don’t understand how that can happen as I have been using Perfmatter with this plugin across many sites.

I don’t know I am trying to track it down. Maybe is just a coincidence ..

Hi, normally your supercache sows in the admin bar but it stopped showing, is there a setting I looked I don’t see

Hi @startechmarketing,
Huh! That seems very wired. Check inside the plugin settings other tab if the option is turned on to remove that option.

it is not = to Yes, maybe I can give you login credidentails ? also something in the config. is not optimized (we are on a share host and will more to a better host soon, but we don’t get that much traffic.)

Hi @startechmarketing,
Can you try deactiavting and removing the plugin from WP Admin > Plugins section and then freash reinstall the plugin. Maybe it will fix the issue.

Thanks for your suggestion. That fixed it