Lesson - Using caching to improve website performance - W3 Cache Total plugin

[westnz]

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Intro to caching and helpful tips.

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[westnz]

https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/assets/89751452/86ad8ae6-4e1f-4bf9-abff-9bbd6ddab664

[quitevisible]

Nice one as always @westnz . Just a couple of items I noticed...

• In my mind, the stock video clips of the individuals used towards the beginning while explaining caching were interesting, but didn't directly relate to the narrative. I found myself momentarily tuning out from what was being said while subconsciously trying to connect it with the visual.
• One suggestion might be to use clips of screen records off https://pagespeed.web.dev/ or even people getting frustrated on their phones (presumably due to slow site loads). I'm thinking something that might directly relate to the narration could work better.
• More than half the tutorial involves the W3 Total Cache plugin. Consider adding the plugin name into the tutorial title? I know that starts to get pretty long

Caching and performance often get overshadowed by design. Great tutorial to (re)introduce the topic!

[westnz]

I appreciate your helpful feedback! @quitevisible

[digitalchild]

A good overview of the different caching types. I agree with @quitevisible in regard to half the tutorial being about W3 Total Cache plugin. If not in the title, definitely in the description. For the stock videos, maybe have comparison of page speed with various caching enabled.

You mention 4 kinds of caching Page, Browser, Server and CDN, but then in the plugin overview you have Database and Object caching. You should probably outline what these are also.

I would also suggest that you only enable caching after you have finished building your site, to stop unnecessary issues during the build due to caching.

[westnz]

Thank you for the suggestions @digitalchild 💪

[westnz]

Published: https://learn.wordpress.org/tutorial/improving-website-performance-with-caching/

[westnz]

Note: (W3 Total Cache changed the UI a bit)

[westnz]

Updated and sharing for review again.

[westnz]

https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/assets/89751452/2e615325-f810-4c07-9b92-fede2e1b2bf0

[digitalchild]

A good overview, I have some feedback.

• For page caching, it might be worth mentioned what it is. Creates a static version of a page so that it is no longer querying the database.
• I think it would be good to mention the different levels of caching as per - https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/performance/cache/ or reference it.
• For minify mode, I would mention that if you experience unexpected behavior or there are issues with your site rendering properly, it can be because of minification.
• Is there an outro that goes over what was covered in the video?

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[westnz]

Thank you for the good feedback @digitalchild

[westnz]

https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/assets/89751452/185595d2-6c2a-40ea-9ce7-bf616c810f43

[westnz]

Hey @digitalchild Thank you for helping with updating the script. Here is the updated video. Can you watch the video one more time and let me know if we are ready to publish it?

[digitalchild]

Great, this is ready to go from my feedback perspective.

[westnz]

Thank you, Jamie 🥇

[westnz]

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