{"id":26141,"date":"2023-02-20T14:31:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T06:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/?p=26141"},"modified":"2026-01-13T15:32:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T07:32:53","slug":"cache-for-woocommerce-wordpress-ecommerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/cache-for-woocommerce-wordpress-ecommerce\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Cache for WooCommerce Hosting &#8211; WordPress Ecommerce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26153 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/best-cache-for-woocommerce-hosting.png?resize=696%2C366&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Best Cache for WooCommerce Hosting\" width=\"696\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/best-cache-for-woocommerce-hosting.png?resize=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/best-cache-for-woocommerce-hosting.png?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/best-cache-for-woocommerce-hosting.png?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/best-cache-for-woocommerce-hosting.png?resize=696%2C365&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/best-cache-for-woocommerce-hosting.png?resize=1068%2C561&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/best-cache-for-woocommerce-hosting.png?resize=218%2C114&amp;ssl=1 218w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/best-cache-for-woocommerce-hosting.png?resize=800%2C420&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/best-cache-for-woocommerce-hosting.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has several characteristics that contribute to its success as an eCommerce platform, but one of the most crucial is its cache.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A cache is a method of storing data so that it may be rapidly and readily retrieved. When a website has a cache, it can load quicker since the data is already saved and ready to be used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The official <\/span>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">plugin <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpswings.com\/blog\/woocommerce-statistics-infographic\/#:~:text=WooCommerce%20Statistics%3A%20Top%20Picks,-Here%20is%20the&amp;text=Over%205%2C106%2C506%20live%20websites%20are,of%20the%20market%20share%20worldwide.\" rel=\"noopener\">has been downloaded 161,908,802 times<\/a> and counting from WordPress.org. <\/span>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is used by 5,106,506 active websites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has its own cache, known as the object cache. The object cache saves data in memory so that it may be rapidly retrieved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The object cache differs from other caches in that it may store data for both your website&#8217;s front end and back end. This implies that your website will load quicker for both logged-in and non-logged-in users.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What Is Caching, Exactly?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simply put, caching is when a website is &#8220;saved,&#8221; making it faster for the user to load than if every part of the page had to be loaded individually.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a website is cached, its assets are already loaded and may be provided more quickly than if the page had to be &#8220;built&#8221; each time it was requested.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What Effect Does Cache Have on WooCommerce?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Best cache for WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">such as <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-rocket.me\/\" rel=\"noopener\">WP Rocket<\/a> do not cache logged-in users by default, but what happens when one does cache logged-in users and the site is not configured properly?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Has anyone come across any of these?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customers seeing the account data of other customers?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customers with unidentified products in their shopping carts who insist they did not add them?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customers expressing dissatisfaction with seeing someone else&#8217;s address at the checkout?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then one has <\/span>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">caching configured improperly!\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, it is critical to understand the risks involved.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customers are losing faith.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Potential data security issues<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the obligation of the store owner to guarantee that the store is safe and that all legal compliances are followed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Why is It Necessary to Explicitly Configure WooCommerce Caching?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a website caches material, it is no longer dynamic; the content is preserved and subsequently provided to visitors in exactly the same way each and every time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This implies that caching their checkout page will never show the consumer their proper shopping basket.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is dynamic, and one must guarantee that dynamic pages are not cached.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How Does One Enable WooCommerce Caching?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26154 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/wordpress-woocommerce.jpg?resize=696%2C383&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"WordPress WooCommerce\" width=\"696\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/wordpress-woocommerce-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C563&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/wordpress-woocommerce-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/wordpress-woocommerce-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C422&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/wordpress-woocommerce-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C845&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/wordpress-woocommerce-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1126&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/wordpress-woocommerce-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C383&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/wordpress-woocommerce-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C587&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/wordpress-woocommerce-scaled.jpg?resize=207%2C114&amp;ssl=1 207w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/wordpress-woocommerce-scaled.jpg?resize=764%2C420&amp;ssl=1 764w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/wordpress-woocommerce-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When using the<\/span> best cache for WooCommerce,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/w3-total-cache\/\" rel=\"noopener\">W3 Total Cache<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-super-cache\/\" rel=\"noopener\">WP Super Cache<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-fastest-cache\/\" rel=\"noopener\">WP Fastest Cache<\/a>, users need to perform the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Step 1: Disable the caching plugin for WooCommerce pages.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excluding pages is rather simple with most <\/span>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cache plugins; simply go to your caching plugin settings, look for the exclude option, and exclude the following pages:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cart<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Checkout<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My Account\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Products<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The examples above are the major dynamic pages provided by <\/span>WooCommerce<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where the content varies depending on who is viewing the page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nothing has to be done if WP Rocket is used (WP Rocket excludes all <\/span>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pages by default).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, since <\/span>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1.4.2, <\/span>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has set the DONOTCACHEPAGE constant, which implies that theoretically, the pages do not need to be excluded from your caching solution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, if the caching plugin does not support the DONOTCACHEPAGE constant, it must be excluded. Most cache plugins, if they have them, clearly state <\/span>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">compatibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Step 2: Disable caching for WooCommerce sessions.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This step will differ based on the <\/span>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">caching plugin used; most caching plugins do not include database caching. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, some do, and in those cases, &#8220;_wc session_&#8221; must be excluded from caching.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is done automatically in W3 Total Cache and can be accessed under wp-admin &gt; Performance &gt; Database Cache:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Step 3: Disable WooCommerce cookie caching.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Has one ever added some products to the cart to test the cache, then cleared the cart, reloaded the page, and the goods were still in the cart?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not only is it upsetting and perplexing for users, but it also breeds suspicion on the site, and potential buyers will eventually abandon it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fortunately, there is a simple solution: prevent <\/span>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cookies from being cached.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are now four <\/span>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cookies that should be excluded from the cache:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cart hash \u2014 Handles the helpers that decide whether the cart should be updated or refreshed. It is critical to exclude things from caching in order for the cart to represent the proper items.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">items in cart \u2014 Another utility that assists <\/span>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in determining what data should be in the cart. It is critical to exclude things from caching in order for the cart to represent the proper items.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress <\/span>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">session \u2014 This cookie holds a unique code for the visitor, assigned to each customer, and it assists <\/span>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in finding the shopping cart data for each customer in the database. It is critical that you remove this from the shopping basket once again.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recently viewed \u2014 This cooking powers the recently viewed widget, and once again, this cooking must be excluded from caching to guarantee the recently viewed widget appears correctly for each and every visitor.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Whether or not to minify<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">itself advises against minifying JavaScript. But if one doesn&#8217;t minify, they miss out on possible performance gains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead, we advise continuing to minify JavaScript while leaving the <\/span>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scripts out of the process.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Recommended WordPress Caching Plugins for WooCommerce<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-rocket.me\/\" rel=\"noopener\">WP Rocket<\/a>: This is a powerful caching plugin that offers easy-to-use features like page caching, browser caching, and lazy loading to improve website speed and performance.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/cache-enabler\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Cache Enabler<\/a>: This is a lightweight caching plugin that offers simple and effective page caching for your WooCommerce site. It&#8217;s designed for faster loading times and improved website performance.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-fastest-cache\/\" rel=\"noopener\">WP Fastest Cache<\/a>: This plugin is another popular choice that offers a variety of caching options, including minification, GZIP compression, and browser caching, to help speed up your WooCommerce site.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/w3-total-cache\/\" rel=\"noopener\">W3 Total Cache<\/a>: This plugin is one of the most popular and feature-rich caching plugins available. It offers a variety of caching methods, including page caching, object caching, and database caching, and is designed to optimize the performance of WooCommerce sites.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-super-cache\/\" rel=\"noopener\">WP Super Cache<\/a>: This caching plugin is designed to generate static HTML files for your WooCommerce site, which are served to visitors instead of the heavier PHP scripts. It offers easy configuration options and can help reduce the load on your web server.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/autoptimize\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Autoptimize<\/a>: This plugin optimizes your website&#8217;s HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files for faster load times. It also offers options for image optimization and lazy loading.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/nitropack\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NitroPack<\/a>: This is a premium caching and optimization plugin that uses artificial intelligence to optimize your website for speed and performance. It includes features like image compression, lazy loading, and content delivery network (CDN) integration.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/hummingbird-performance\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Hummingbird<\/a>: This is a comprehensive caching and optimization plugin that includes features like page caching, browser caching, GZIP compression, and image optimization. It also includes a range of website analysis and monitoring tools.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/swift-performance-lite\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Swift Performance Lite<\/a>: This caching plugin offers a range of performance optimization features, including image optimization, database optimization, and lazy loading. It&#8217;s designed to be user-friendly and easy to set up.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best load speeds that today&#8217;s users and search engines demand are provided by cache plugins, so online businesses should absolutely utilize them on <\/span>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">websites<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rationale for caching the <\/span>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website is straightforward. However, the mechanisms behind such caching are frequently very complex for the ordinary WordPress user. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result, if one looks into the settings of a <\/span>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">caching plugin, one might not know how to tell if it&#8217;s any good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If one wants to start managed <\/span>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hosting for their online business, they can get it from <\/span>Exabytes<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/contact\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact us<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> now and talk to our experts about setting up your <\/span>WooCommerce <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">store.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-cta-wrapper\">\n<h3><strong>Build your WordPress website with Exabytes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"cta-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/web-hosting\/wp-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get Started<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Related articles:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/what-is-woocommerce-how-to-start-using-it\/\">What is WooCommerce &amp; How to Start Using It?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/woocommerce-vs-shopify-e-commerce-platform\/\">WooCommerce vs Shopify E-commerce Platform \u2013 Who Wins?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WooCommerce has several characteristics that contribute to its success as an eCommerce platform, but one of the most crucial is its cache. 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