The caching of WordPress is a complex problem. It’s no longer about page caching. Caching includes CSS optimization, folding order, gzip resources, actual page caching, etc. This allows users to switch to plug-ins for simpler solutions, such as hummingbird pro or WP supercache. In this post, we will review hummingbird Pro for caching. According to my experience, this plug-in designed for WordPress can do amazing things for people who want a complete package. Most importantly, it can be used directly without worrying about adding too many additional plug-ins.
I compare hummingbird pro with WP supercache and the extra bonus of autooptimization, especially with the logical configuration of two plug-ins that are said to work well on divi. David Blackmon and Tim strifler may hear about podcasts on WP the podcast and compare the three cache plug-ins of WordPress, including hummingbird pro. Hummingbird has very good features in the free version. Today, we will confirm the pro version with several wonderful additional rewards.
The dashboard hummingbird Pro has an excellent dashboard interface and is the main place to confirm the optimization. Displays the latest speed test, as well as the current score and all enabled default options in the plug-in. The dashboard provides a good idea for the main parts of the completed optimization and plug-in. You can also run the last test again to see how to evaluate the last optimization performed. In addition to quickly viewing the status of page cache, gravatar caching and browser caching, it also provides database cleaning. Database cleanup can safely remove useless parts of the database, such as old WordPress post revisions and temporary caches. You can also configure a uptime monitor for your site and provide additional reports on database cleanup and performance testing.
The pro version also has WP Smush Pro installed, which can easily compress images in lossless format or loss format. In the performance test window default performance test window, you can view the actual points of the site. You can rerun the test to see the cumulative points compared with the last run, or you can scan and report regularly without running it manually. How nice! The main part allows the login user to activate the page cache. This is a very useful feature on sites without active stores. The plug-in allows caching 404 requests and deleting URL queries from cached resources. Similar to WP supercache, hummingbird Pro enables clearing the entire cache when posting or updating posts. This can be useful when other options fail.
Male can also be excluded from the URL string or user agent configuration to access the mode without cache. Gzip compression gzip compression is not a plug-in that can be activated directly in some configurations. For example, you can enable gzip in Apache, but not in nginx. However, even if the plug-in cannot be configured directly, the plug-in will display the current state of gzip. Asset optimization in the additional asset optimization window, you can customize the processing method of CSS assets. This convenience tool allows you to compress each CSS asset individually. Relatively speaking, some assets have problems in compression. Generally, caching plug-ins can not be executed manually, but as a simple selection program.
Each file must be excluded manually. Hummingbird Pro is not like this! You can set each CSS file optimization individually without worrying about file names and exclusions. breathtaking!
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After activating asset optimization, wpmu dev CDN included in Pro version can be used to automatically upload all contents on the website. This will speed up loading as the compressed assets will be loaded from the CDN. Advanced tools advanced tools can delete query strings and usually tell the browser how to properly cache the data strings of contents. For sites that are less dependent on dynamic content, forcing the deletion of query strings can be very useful. Typically, you can also delete JavaScript and CSS to remove two additional requests to the site.
Launch time menu finally, the launch time monitor of the website can be configured on the launch time menu. If the site goes down, this convenient monitoring tool will issue an email warning. As you can see, the plug-in handles many caching functions, such as page caching, parent caching and optimization without scrolling. It can also include CDNs that compress assets, allow custom CSS compression to prevent site corruption, support uptime monitors, and conduct regular speed tests to track site performance. Like I said before, it’s a complete set meal!
Perfect with divi. The hummingbird Pro plug-in allows you to enable divi static CSS generation while performing CSS compression. After checking the compatibility of the plug-in, we found that it worked as expected. Considering all the additional options in the plug-in, this is ideal for all divi sites. Performance benchmarking for the purpose of this review, we set performance benchmarks using the divi site, which contains a large number of articles. No cache, hummingbird pro and WP supercash and autooptimization are shown below.
Considering that there is no cache, hummingbird Pro activates WP super cache and automatically optimizes the amount of data on the home page, a good score of 1.46 seconds can be obtained by using hummingbird Pro plug-in. Of course, our score is better than no cache, but in 2.02 seconds, our score is better than WP supercache and autooptimization. One thing I need to mention is that the hummingbird Pro plug-in refuses to delete URL queries from static resources. Autooptimization seems to be doing well, but considering the results, the total load time is reduced.
When hummingbird Pro activates gtmetrix, the results are more strict. Through this test, the total loading time can be reduced from 5.6 seconds to 4.7 seconds. All options are enabled, but you don’t get the highest score. \
