Caching with LiteSpeed Web Server helps improve WordPress performance by serving optimized, prebuilt content to visitors, reducing server load and dramatically decreasing page load times. Page caching works by storing a static version of dynamically generated web pages, allowing visitors to load content instantly without repeatedly processing PHP scripts and database queries. This plugin will help speed up your website by working with the LiteSpeed Server your website runs on.
The LiteSpeed Cache for WordPress plugin provides advanced optimization features such as page caching, image optimization, database cleanup, and CDN integration, making it a powerful all-in-one performance solution. This article walks through how to install and configure the LiteSpeed Cache plugin to maximize your WordPress website’s speed, scalability, and user experience.
- Login to your WordPress website admin dashboard and navigate to the Plugins page.
- Click on Add Plugin button at the top of the page
- In the searchbox in the upper right corner of the screen, type in Litespeed and press enter on the keyboard
- One of the first results should be LiteSpeed Cache, click on Install Now
- Once the plugin is installed click Activate
- You will then be redirected to the Plugin page, and will get a success message saying the plugin was activated.
- Scroll down on the installed plugin list until you find LiteSpeed Cache, and click on Settings
- On the Cache Control Setting page, make sure the settings are set to below, then click Save at the top or bottom of the page:
- Enable Cache: On
- Cache Logged-in Users: On
- Cache Commenters: On
- Cache REST API: On
- Cache Login Page: Off-- This will ensure you can properly sign into your website no matter what.
- Cache Mobile: On
- Leave all other settings on the page to the default.
- You have successfully setup the basic configuration of your LiteSpeed Cache plugin on your website.