Cache Manager Profile Summaries

This guide summarizes cPanel Cache Manager profiles and provides example use cases. These predefined configurations help optimize caching settings for sites on the server, where the choice depends on factors such as content, traffic, and the Content Management System (CMS).

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Cache Manager Profiles

1. Honor Cache Headers
   1. Use Case
      1. Ideal when your website or web application sends cache control headers in its responses
   2. Function
      1. Respect cache control headers and obey the caching instructions provided by the web application/CMS
          
2. No Caching
   1. Use Case
      1. Development and/or Debugging
   2. Function
      1. Completely disables caching, ensuring that no content is cached
          
3. Pass All (No Optimizations or Protections)
   1. Use Case
      1. Best when you want to handle caching and optimization at a higher level (e.g., within your web application or CMS)
   2. Function:
      1. Allows all traffic to pass through without applying any specific caching, optimization, or protection rules
          
4. WordPress/Generic
   1. Use Case
      1. Tailored for WordPress websites and similar CMS
   2. Function
      1. Applies caching and optimization suitable for most WordPress sites, enhancing performance and reducing server load
          
5. WordPress - Dynamic/Microcaching
   1. Use Case
      1. Ideal for dynamic WordPress sites that frequently update content
   2. Function
      1. Utilizes microcaching techniques to cache pages briefly, reducing server load while
         keeping content relatively fresh
          
6. WordPress Multisite (WPMU)
   1. Use Case
      1. Designed for WordPress Multisite (WPMU) installations where multiple WordPress sites share the same codebase
   2. Function
      1. Provides caching and optimizations tailored to WordPress Multisite setups, enhancing performance and scalability