Does the plugin create static HTML files from the PHP files?

  • Resolved Seth

    (@1seth)


    2 years, 1 month ago

    Apologies if this is a foolish topic, but I am working to increase the speed of our websites. I’ve used W3 Cache for years across all my websites and have been very happy.

    I am trying to figure out if this plugin creates HTML files out of each page, so the pages that get served are static files. Does anyone know if this is the case?

    I use memcache and all the caching options, but I’m trying to figure out what we can do to increase time to first byte on our server. My servers are adequately provisioned (RAM, CPU usage low) but my time to first byte still seems slow — like it’s running PHP on the back end for each request.

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  • Plugin Contributor Marko Vasiljevic

    (@vmarko)

    2 years, 1 month ago

    Hello @1seth

    Thank you for reaching out and I am happy to help!

    The Memcached is a Simple Key/Value Store. The server does not care what your data looks like. Items are made up of a key, an expiration time, optional flags, and raw data.
    One of the primary use cases for Memcached is caching web pages. When a user visits a website, the server generates the HTML code for the page dynamically. This can be a slow process, especially if the website is complex or receives a lot of traffic. By using Memcached to cache the HTML code, the server can quickly retrieve the pre-generated HTML for frequently accessed pages, thereby reducing load times and improving overall performance.

    Have you run the Setup guide in W3 Total Cache – Performance>Generals settings and checked the results there?

    Can you please also share the webstie URL?

    Thanks!

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