Which is your Cache strategy for wordpress in 2026?

Chievo

Which is your Cache strategy for wordpress in 2026? ( I know It s wordpress in 2026 )
Some "new" players like flying press VS the classic cache plugins with Redis memcached etc. Which is your preference today ?

Wolveix

LSCache backed by Redis, with a number of path overrides set, and then with a few caching rules in Cloudflare (applied across a few hundred sites)

Chievo

@Wolveix said:
LSCache backed by Redis, with a number of path overrides set, and then with a few caching rules in Cloudflare (applied across a few hundred sites)

Thanks for the feedback. Yeah seems promising thanks for the information

david3

Still using WP Super Cache. I used Redis for awhile but had issues with it caching stale data, so I stopped using that.

bikegremlin

Litespeed cache plugin on a Litespeed server that also provides Redis cache (and Litespeed plugin can be configured to use it).

WSS

Not using it.

It's amazing that a product can become so bloated, yet remain ubiquitous. The job's WP is Super Cache and whatever proprietary setup WP Engine is using. It's obnoxious and slow, but at least it's unmaintainable!

vyas

Windows is the trendsetter..

@WSS said:
Not using it.

It's amazing that a product can become so bloated, yet remain ubiquitous. The job's WP is Super Cache and whatever proprietary setup WP Engine is using. It's obnoxious and slow, but at least it's unmaintainable!

Chievo

@david3 said:
Still using WP Super Cache. I used Redis for awhile but had issues with it caching stale data, so I stopped using that.

Thanks for the feedback

Chievo

@bikegremlin said:
Litespeed cache plugin on a Litespeed server that also provides Redis cache (and Litespeed plugin can be configured to use it).

It sounds powerful like rakija . Thanks for the info.

Chievo

@WSS said:
Not using it.

It's amazing that a product can become so bloated, yet remain ubiquitous. The job's WP is Super Cache and whatever proprietary setup WP Engine is using. It's obnoxious and slow, but at least it's unmaintainable!

Yeah It s an option .for "limited usage" under some subdomain let s say

quicksilver03

The WordPress sites I manage are almost static, so I don't use any plugin but nginx FastCGI caching instead and when required Amazon Cloudfront configured with full page caching. Cloudfront's limits for the permanently free tier are large enough that my monthly bill has stayed at 0 for more than one year.

bikegremlin

@quicksilver03 said:
The WordPress sites I manage are almost static

lapua

first strategy: patch this! -> https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/11487/upcoming-critical-php-security-release#latest

Chievo

@quicksilver03 said:
The WordPress sites I manage are almost static, so I don't use any plugin but nginx FastCGI caching instead and when required Amazon Cloudfront configured with full page caching. Cloudfront's limits for the permanently free tier are large enough that my monthly bill has stayed at 0 for more than one year.

Thanks for the feedback . How do you create a static copy? Vía the static plugin like ( Simply Static – The Static Site Generator) from the wp plugins área or another alternative ways? Interesting option about the cloudfront. I must check It as well. Thanks for the feedback

Chievo

@lapua said:
first strategy: patch this! -> https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/11487/upcoming-critical-php-security-release#latest

Thanks for the info yeah i have read It . Damn going static then to avoid them

vyas

Code your own cache plugin (yes, using llm) . With some basic hygiene using wp-cli and cron ?

Chievo

@vyas said:
Code your own cache plugin (yes, using llm) . With some basic hygiene using wp-cli and cron ?

Your expectations about my neurone or half of It are higher than the reality hahaha

vyas

My idea was to create a custom
Stripped down version of caching plugin rather than depending on a third party.
LLM listed the different features of caching plugin, and sorted them as must and optional. If the optional tasks can be done using wp-cli instead of plugin, a lightweight plugin would serve the purpose.

wp-cli (col.2) versus caching plugin (col.3)

So I was actually arguing with Gemini and chatGPT to create my own custom plugin. But then the php issue occurred and now I am upgrading servers. So the idea has been put on hold for now

On separate note, I thought the below 👇
Chart was quite helpful for my understanding. It shows different types of caching and their purpose of life

Caching

@Chievo said:

@vyas said:
Code your own cache plugin (yes, using llm) . With some basic hygiene using wp-cli and cron ?

Your expectations about my neurone or half of It are higher than the reality hahaha