Any specific settings for Dreampress, Varnish, and cloudflare?

  • Hi. I want to install W3TC caching plugin on my website https://www.androidsage.com
    As the plugin supports varnish caching, cache for AMP pages, and also Cloudflare, I want to set it up for better performance. My web host (Dreampress which is managed WordPress hosting by Dreamhost) doesn’t recommend me to use any caching plugin.

    However, W3Tc supports varnish. I came across this tutorial:
    https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/optimizing-wordpress-with-varnish-and-w3-total-cache–cms-21136

    But it may have different host and config. How do I know what caching method to use in Page cache, object cache, browser cache etc? There are many options. Does W3Tc automatically detects these methods?

    Also, does W3TC make any database changes? I believe it does not.

    The article says – Enabling Varnish within W3TC may result in slow saving and publishing for posts and pages. In order to bypass this issue make sure that your Varnish configuration has the IP along with port that Vanish is running.

    So if Varnish runs at port 8080 then 127.0.0.1 should be changed to 127.0.0.1:8080

    Do i really need the port number or IP will suffice?

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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

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    My web host (Dreampress which is managed WordPress hosting by Dreamhost) doesn’t recommend me to use any caching plugin.

    We really need to rephrase that as you don’t need any additional caching plugins. See, we recommend you use Varnish HTTP Purge, which we maintain (and pre-installed for you). It’s a set-it-and-forget-it type plugin without any options. Also we install Object Caching for you (MemCached Redux is pre-installed in DreamPress as a drop-in plugin).

    That said, I understand people want to use what they want to use ?? I would NOT recommend you use page caching on a Varnish site in general, as that it often ends up with cached files that are out of date.

    To find your Varnish IP, go into the Panel and click on the DNS settings for the domain. The entry for resolve-to.domain is your varnish server: resolve-to.www A 208.97.157.172 — If you don’t have that, then it’s just your normal IP.

    Thread Starter sarangsss29

    (@sarangsss29)

    Ok got it. Dreampress lacks a certain feature like leverage browser caching, Header expires, Etag control, etc. So can I use those features and skip the page cache, object cache, and database cache?

    The AMP extension would also help in speeding up AMP pages.

    Thanks for all your support.

    @ipstenu Thank you, Should I be using Jet pack? I have a lot of images as we are an art gallery.

    Our site runs the megatron theme it came with rev slider and visual composer, whats the best way to update the theme buy individual licences for the visual composer and revslider. (help)

    site was designed for us before i really had got my head around wordpress (still learning haha) i was not given the licence keys or told i would need to update, want to update the site but am unsure.

    At the moment i have 7 pictures stuck on the home page that I cannot get rid of or update? https://www.zebraonegallery.com any advice would be greatly received

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Dreampress lacks a certain feature like leverage browser caching, Header expires, Etag control, etc.

    No… It just has those on the server level. Sometimes Google will say you don’t have it when you do (it happens on more than just DreamPress). But you can totally use any cache plugin you want to add those to your .htaccess. Or just add ’em directly and skip a plugin ?? Those tend to not change.

    The AMP extension would also help in speeding up AMP pages.

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/amp/ is 100% compatible with Varnish HTTP Purge. The plugin checks for it and purges if found ??

    @wozzer1000 – A little off topic, but with your setup, I would recommend using Photon in Jetpack, as it handles both rather well in my experience.

    I can’t help you with the updates, though, as I don’t use those, but in general if it’s got an option to update the theme, then the theme SHOULD update those included components.

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