best plugins for cache etc

[Anonymous]

I’m currently using the following plugins and would like feedback from other users here if possible for the best set-ups for each one or maybe better alternatives?

1.w3tc ( w3 Total cache ) any setting you recommend or don’t recommend?
2. WP-Optimize good or not?

Just looking for the best of the best really as i need a stable and reliable website cheers

[Alyssa]

@jerseypeeps we use WP Super Cache with these directories exempt:
wp-.*\.php
index\.php
/register/
/activate/
/support-forums/
/history/
WP-Optimize is a good DB tool

[Anonymous]

Thanks for that have been using these for a while now just wanted the best set-up that wont cause issues with scripts, I have now run through every part of w3tc and seem to have it sussed at long last 🙂

[Gansad]

Hi @tjchester just saw this recommendation. Any specific reasons why do we need to exempt those if running buddyboss ? Thanks

[Alyssa]

@adminzenoed you don’t want and admin pages cached as this can cause a disparity between settings you just changed and the page served to your browser. You don’t want to cache the forums because they are constantly updated. If we were using an activity stream we would not want that to be cached either. Caching is to be used with static pages that are not constantly updated. Any page that is updated regularly (think hourly) caching should be used with extreme caution.