Object cache is a way to cache transients set by plugins and themes. Default WordPress object cache uses the MySQL database which we all know can get bogged down. This led developers to seek out alternatives to store these transients elsewhere to speed up the WordPress backend experience. Redis and Memcached are two popular options … Learn more…
Memcached is a high speed caching system for storing objects in RAM. It works well with WordPress and WooCommerce as an object cache for storing transients so they are not stored in the MySQL database. On WooCommerce particularly object caching can help considerably because of the number of transients used by plugins and orders. Unix sockets … Learn more…
Memcached can be used to speed up WordPress and WooCommerce. Many WordPress plugins and themes use transients as settings. These transients are temporary and by default are stored in the MySQL database. This means MySQL will be used when retrieving these settings from the database stored on the hard drive. Memcached uses RAM to store … Learn more…