Even though this is an "old" video, I liked the way you showed your basic setups for the different caching plugins, and you went through a lot of work to do all the setups, run the test, and then create that chart. I've been playing with some of these caching plugins for a few days now (before I found your video here), and I find a *lot* of inconsistent scores from one time to another time...same website...nothing different...run tests and get really high scores...go back an hour later or a few minutes later and get crummy scores. It's frustrating.
Good comparison and thanks for your work. The one quibble I have is that Autoptimize is not really a caching program. It's set up to work with a caching program. I like to use WP Fastest Cache with it. Those two together gives me 90's in the Google Page Speed test.
Thanks David! I'll give it a try. I've been fiddling with Autoptimize, and have it set up the way I like it (it takes some layering with NginX/php7.4 opcache, Cloudflare, and BunnyCDN). In my spare time, I like to tinker with it.
@@evisiblemarketing7153 When I set up Autooptomize, I always refer to this page. www.wpfaster.org/blog/how-to-use-autoptimize-inline-and-defer-css-option I had the same question as is asked in the headline on the page: "How's this damn thing work?" This nicely answered my question.
This is interesting. Though it's not an entirely fair comparison, as you didn't enable the same optimization features among all of the plugins. LiteSpeed Cache, for instance, you only enabled page caching. But browser caching would have helped with that F you got, and CSS/JS minification/combination would have also helped with the speed. You enabled those features in subsequent plugin tests, but you didn't enable them for LiteSpeed, or WP Super Cache.
Thanks Lisa, yes I realise it’s not particularly scientific - I was trying to convey the user experience that a novice might get on their first time with these plugins... Thanks for the suggestions, I’ll try to run some follow up tests in the new year - it’s always interesting to play with these plugins 😄
I think it was mentioned a few times but Autoptimize you'd run with for example SG optimizer if you are hosted at siteground. Like im running those 2 and then Optimole image optimization because it doesnt tinker with the original files (never double optimizing an image)
Thanks Rich, how much improvement has Autoptimize made in your experience? any measurable change in load times? Let me know if you've found any key features in there that make the most difference. Cheers - Alex
@@IdeaSpot Im not sure like what sets it apart. I think it is more about themes recomending Autoptimize because they built some stuff around it?? I found SG optimizer works well because of the settings in Cpanel that come with it. So perhaps it is only SG optimizer which for me is outperforming WProcket. I think with optimole +wprocket vs optimole +sg optimizer+ autoptimize. My combi of the 3 had about a 15% advantage. But with that small of an advantage it is hard to REALLY tell
Thanks Rich, yes when we optimize things well it does become very hard to measure... I'm sure if I retest these the results can change by 15% easily depending on network conditions... thanks for the thoughful comments :) cheers - Alex
Thanks for trying all of them, I had patience only to compare 2. Just wodnering, have you restored web after each test? Because I was thinking one can optimize web for another one later. So I was mainly playing back and forth to get the best results.
Hi Honza, it was a while ago since I made this one - pretty sure I deactivate and delete the plugin for each test but not a full database reset. Yes, definitely try to test more configurations, I really think results will vary between different server/hosting configurations.
Were you running Litespeed server when you tested Litespeed cache? You really didn't set it up like you did the other plugins. I had Wp Rocket and it isn't better than Litespeed cache.Neither is W3 total cache.
@@IdeaSpot I get 100 on desktop and 100 on mobil on google webmaster. I very carefully setup Litespeed cache.I had Rocket for a year. Never got me the right speed. I am testing Hummingbird right now. If I was buying a cache plugin,that is the one I would buy.
Litespeed is different. You should not compare any of them with Litespeed. In your case, Litespeed is not performing because you might be on Nginx server or Apache. To use Litespeed Plugin, you must be in Litespeed server. And WP Rocket is nothing in front of Litespeed. Litespeed is 12x faster then WP Rocket if you properly do the server level setup.
well it will be better if you did a test on a blank page.... this is not a website it's an image in the center with some menu... it's not showing the real results.... you need to put some JS in the page, youtube videos, animations, css and more , then you can do the real test.... this testing is really not prove anything
7:44 W3 Total Cache - The Fastest Free Caching for WordPress
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Even though this is an "old" video, I liked the way you showed your basic setups for the different caching plugins, and you went through a lot of work to do all the setups, run the test, and then create that chart. I've been playing with some of these caching plugins for a few days now (before I found your video here), and I find a *lot* of inconsistent scores from one time to another time...same website...nothing different...run tests and get really high scores...go back an hour later or a few minutes later and get crummy scores. It's frustrating.
Good comparison and thanks for your work.
The one quibble I have is that Autoptimize is not really a caching program. It's set up to work with a caching program. I like to use WP Fastest Cache with it. Those two together gives me 90's in the Google Page Speed test.
Thanks for the info! I should've tried to spend more time with some of these plugins tbh...
Thanks David! I'll give it a try. I've been fiddling with Autoptimize, and have it set up the way I like it (it takes some layering with NginX/php7.4 opcache, Cloudflare, and BunnyCDN). In my spare time, I like to tinker with it.
@@evisiblemarketing7153 When I set up Autooptomize, I always refer to this page. www.wpfaster.org/blog/how-to-use-autoptimize-inline-and-defer-css-option
I had the same question as is asked in the headline on the page: "How's this damn thing work?" This nicely answered my question.
@@DavidLeBlanc Thanks! I'll check it out.
This is interesting. Though it's not an entirely fair comparison, as you didn't enable the same optimization features among all of the plugins. LiteSpeed Cache, for instance, you only enabled page caching. But browser caching would have helped with that F you got, and CSS/JS minification/combination would have also helped with the speed. You enabled those features in subsequent plugin tests, but you didn't enable them for LiteSpeed, or WP Super Cache.
Thanks Lisa, yes I realise it’s not particularly scientific - I was trying to convey the user experience that a novice might get on their first time with these plugins... Thanks for the suggestions, I’ll try to run some follow up tests in the new year - it’s always interesting to play with these plugins 😄
Are you the same Lisa from Litespeed (image looks familiar)? If so, thank you for creating lscache! :)
@@birdbrainsolutions6112 Yep, that's me. I'll pass your thanks along to the development team! :-)
@@litespeedlisa He made this video to earn few bucks from WP Rocket's affiliate program.
I think it was mentioned a few times but Autoptimize you'd run with for example SG optimizer if you are hosted at siteground. Like im running those 2 and then Optimole image optimization because it doesnt tinker with the original files (never double optimizing an image)
Thanks Rich, how much improvement has Autoptimize made in your experience? any measurable change in load times? Let me know if you've found any key features in there that make the most difference. Cheers - Alex
@@IdeaSpot Im not sure like what sets it apart. I think it is more about themes recomending Autoptimize because they built some stuff around it?? I found SG optimizer works well because of the settings in Cpanel that come with it. So perhaps it is only SG optimizer which for me is outperforming WProcket. I think with optimole +wprocket vs optimole +sg optimizer+ autoptimize. My combi of the 3 had about a 15% advantage. But with that small of an advantage it is hard to REALLY tell
Thanks Rich, yes when we optimize things well it does become very hard to measure... I'm sure if I retest these the results can change by 15% easily depending on network conditions... thanks for the thoughful comments :) cheers - Alex
I have a question, for these tests: what was the environment used Apache, Nginx or LiteSpeed server ?
LiteSpeed
Awesome analytic job! Thanks Man!!! Perfect video...
Very nice video. Thanks for uploading!
So WP Rocket went faster than Litespeed on a Litespeed server?
I'm glad I found you!
Can we use wp rocket and w3 total cache both?
If yes then what settings we need to do that both plugin don't conflict
Hi, it's not recommended to be running two caching plugins!
W3 cache is by far the best , even the free version is better that wprocket all day long
What server does your web host use? Apache or Nginx or Litespeed?
Litespeed
Thanks for trying all of them, I had patience only to compare 2. Just wodnering, have you restored web after each test? Because I was thinking one can optimize web for another one later. So I was mainly playing back and forth to get the best results.
Hi Honza, it was a while ago since I made this one - pretty sure I deactivate and delete the plugin for each test but not a full database reset. Yes, definitely try to test more configurations, I really think results will vary between different server/hosting configurations.
Were you running Litespeed server when you tested Litespeed cache? You really didn't set it up like you did the other plugins. I had Wp Rocket and it isn't better than Litespeed cache.Neither is W3 total cache.
All tests done on litespeed 👍
@@IdeaSpot I get 100 on desktop and 100 on mobil on google webmaster. I very carefully setup Litespeed cache.I had Rocket for a year. Never got me the right speed. I am testing Hummingbird right now. If I was buying a cache plugin,that is the one I would buy.
No nitropack?
Anyone ones a website can check website speed worldwide ? Like any country in the world
This one can check 25 countries at once: www.dotcom-tools.com/website-speed-test.aspx
After dicking around trying to speed up my website that's self-hosted for my business, I just said screw it and bought WP-rocket.
Litespeed is different. You should not compare any of them with Litespeed.
In your case, Litespeed is not performing because you might be on Nginx server or Apache.
To use Litespeed Plugin, you must be in Litespeed server.
And WP Rocket is nothing in front of Litespeed.
Litespeed is 12x faster then WP Rocket if you properly do the server level setup.
Hi, thanks for watching - we did use litespeed hosting to test the plugin (not nginix/Apache)
@@IdeaSpot Please make a tutorial on Litespeed alone with Litespeed server with Digital Ocean or Linode. 😊😊
Result must be amazing ♥️😊
Definitely a good VPS will be a lot better than shared hosting! Good idea 👍
well it will be better if you did a test on a blank page.... this is not a website it's an image in the center with some menu... it's not showing the real results.... you need to put some JS in the page, youtube videos, animations, css and more , then you can do the real test....
this testing is really not prove anything
Autopzime is not caching program, but ok... I combine it with WP Rocket.
nice idea, is it much faster than only rocket alone?
Lite speed messed my mobile look
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