Support » Plugin: Super Page Cache for Cloudflare » Plugin purpose

  • Resolved jsimo

    (@jsimo)


    Hello,
    I will like help understanding the purpose of the plugin:

    I already have Cloudflare running, which stores my website cache on their servers.
    Then I go ahead and install this plugin which “stores my website cache on Cloudflare” again?
    Or does this plugin caches my website on my hosting hard drive, so is it faster than going through the CDN and uses the Cloudflare CDN for media and others?
    I’m confused over here; I’m asking because ever since I started using this plugin or any cache plugin, my resource usage went up.

    Thanks,
    Joe

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  • Plugin Contributor iSaumya

    (@isaumya)

    Hi,
    please read the plugin description page where all of your questions have been explained very clearly along with a walkthrough video.

    Thread Starter jsimo

    (@jsimo)

    Hello Saumya,
    I already watched the video; I don’t have any issues installing the plugin; I have already read the entire description.
    The only thing that resembles my question is this part: “What happens to the browser caching settings on Cloudflare?
    You will not be able to use them anymore. However, there is an option to enable browser caching rules.”

    Which still doesn’t answer my main questions:
    Cloudflare already caches my site; why would I disable it using this plugin and cache it via hard disk?
    Why the increase in the resources from my server after installing the plugin? Isn’t this supposed to serve through the CDN?

    Please feel free to point out anything on the plugin’s description.

    Thanks,
    Joe

    Plugin Contributor iSaumya

    (@isaumya)

    What happens to the browser caching settings on Cloudflare?

    – It should be set to respect header as all caching is control by the plugins and Cloudflare will just respect the headers provided by the plugin.

    Cloudflare already caches my site; why would I disable it using this plugin and cache it via hard disk?

    – CF just caches the static files. This plugin takes advantage of the Cache Everything page rule or the Worker (based on whatever setting you have selected) to cache not only the static files but also the pages on Cloudflare CDN. This is already explained in detail in the plugin description, just read the plugin description you will understand it.
    Screenshots:

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    Why the increase in the resources from my server after installing the plugin?

    – Check if you have enabled the Preloader option in the plugin settings under advanced tab. Preloader use curl to preload the pages and take means sending a request to the server which means increase in server resource usage.

    Thread Starter jsimo

    (@jsimo)

    Excellent Saumya!
    That answers all my questions; It looks like the preloader used the resources; I enabled it when I installed it because the video recommended doing so.

    Thanks,
    Joe

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