As WordPress developers, we’re often pushing things to the limit. Custom post types with massive amounts of data, records fetched from external APIs, information that requires complicated database queries.
One key skill that separates the intermediate WordPress developers from the advanced is their ability to harness caching for better performance. Complicated plugins with lots of data need to be properly leveraging the many tools built into WordPress to keep queries down.
There’s a few different ways to optimize your site, but we’ll focus specifically on WP Object Cache. To put it simply, the WP Object Cache (especially when paired with proper hosting and a persistent cache plugin) can keep your custom code moving at top speed.
Want better performance experience when developing custom features? Learn WP Object Cache. In this video, we’ll discuss setting/retrieving data from the cache, making sure you have a persistent object cache on your site, and how to make sure you’re clearing your cache at the right time.
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