Our cPanel servers are built on LiteSpeed, a highly efficient web server. One of the key features of LiteSpeed, which contributes to its speed, is the built-in caching. This makes your page load speed times much faster.
If you have a WordPress site hosted on your cPanel plan, you can further enhance your website speed by installing the WordPress Cache add-on. It's very easy to do, and this article will walk you through the required steps:
Enable the Cache Plugin
- Log in to your cPanel account
- Scroll down to the Advanced section and click on LiteSpeed Web Cache Manager
- Scroll down and click on WordPress Cache.
- You will see a list of all your WordPress installations (by directory) under your current cPanel account.
This will usually be ~/public_html, but may be different if you have more than one installation or you have installed WordPress in a different folder.
(If you don't see your website directory at all, click on Re-scan) - Tick the box next to your WordPress directory and then click on Enable.
If you ever need to disable the plugin, do the same thing but click on Disable instead - Now log in to your WordPress website as an admin
- On the left-hand side WordPress menu (usually at the bottom), you will now see LiteSpeed Cache. You will also see a diamond icon in the top admin toolbar. Hover your mouse on either of these and click on Settings.
- The default settings work for most cases, but the important button here is the Enable and Disable button. It's a good idea to turn off the cache if you are working on your site or installing/updating plugins.
You may also want to turn on the Automatic Upgrade feature too (scroll down as it's at the bottom of the page) - Under the Manage section, there are some important options like purging the cache and optimising your database.
- Also, have a look at the Image Optimisation settings and initialise this to speed up your website's images.
For a complete walkthrough on setting up LiteSpeed. See this article:
