Ever seen WordPress Site Health telling you to use a persistent object cache? Looking to speed up your WordPress admin area and page loads?
You’re in the right place. Redis object caching is exactly what Site Health is nudging you towards, and it takes pressure off the database behind slow dashboards, sluggish baskets and laggy checkouts. It’s now included on our Business and BusinessPro WordPress hosting plans, and you can switch it on with a single toggle.
So, What Is Redis Object Caching?
Every time WordPress builds a page, it fires off dozens of questions at the database: site settings, menus, product details, user information. The frustrating part is that it asks the same questions over and over, for every visitor.
Redis is a lightning-quick in-memory data store. With object caching switched on, WordPress keeps the answers to those repeated queries in Redis and simply reads them back next time. No repeat trip to the database, no waiting around.
Standard WordPress has an object cache too, but it forgets everything at the end of each page load. Redis makes it persistent, so those answers stick around and keep working for you.
Already Using LiteSpeed Caching? Brilliant. Now Add Redis.
Every Ecenica WordPress plan includes LiteSpeed caching, which is superb at serving ready-made pages to visitors who all see the same thing. But some pages can’t be pre-made, because they’re different for every person:
- WooCommerce baskets and checkouts
- Customer account pages
- Membership and forum content
- The WordPress admin area
This is where Redis shines. LiteSpeed handles the pages everyone sees. Redis speeds up the pages that have to be built on demand. Together, they cover both sides.
Who Will Love It?
Store owners: keep shoppers moving
Online shoppers don’t wait. WooCommerce generates a huge amount of database activity, from product lookups and stock checks to baskets and sessions. Redis takes the repeated work off your database, so browsing, adding to basket and checking out feel smoother, even when plenty of customers are shopping at once. A faster store means fewer abandoned baskets and happier customers.
Site admins: say goodbye to the sluggish dashboard
Admin screens skip page caching altogether, so a plugin-heavy site can feel painfully slow to manage. Object caching is often the biggest improvement you can make there. Your time is valuable, so spend it working on your site rather than waiting for it.
Agencies and developers: faster sites, fewer client complaints
"Why is my site so slow?" emails have a knack for arriving at the worst possible moment. Redis object caching helps you get ahead of them. By taking repeated queries off the database, it keeps dynamic client sites, from WooCommerce stores to membership sites, feeling quick for their visitors. It also makes the WordPress admin much more responsive, so you and your clients’ teams spend less time waiting on edits, updates and content changes.
Business covers 10 WordPress websites and BusinessPro covers 20, both with Redis included, so you can run a whole client portfolio from one plan. BusinessPro also adds staging and cloning, WP-CLI, Git and SSH, so you can build and test changes safely, then push them live with confidence.
The result: faster sites, quicker edits, fewer anxious client emails and more time for the work you’re actually paid to do.
Set Up in Seconds, Not Hours
Many hosts expect you to install server software, edit configuration files and debug connection errors. We think you have better things to do. With Ecenica, the server side is already taken care of.
- Toggle Redis on in your Ecenica WordPress hosting plan.
- Configure your preferred Redis plugin in WordPress.
- Enjoy a faster site.
If you’d like a hand, our UK-based support team is always happy to help.
How Much Faster Could Your Site Get?
Supercharge your website with up to 80% faster performance. That’s the kind of boost Redis object caching can deliver when your site spends a lot of time waiting on the database.
The more dynamic your site, the bigger the gains. WooCommerce stores, membership sites and plugin-heavy builds tend to see the biggest improvements, because so much of what they do can’t be served as a ready-made page. Every repeated query that Redis answers from memory is a trip to the database your site no longer has to make.
Ready to Make Your Site Fly?
Your visitors and customers notice every slow page. With Redis object caching, a faster WordPress or WooCommerce site is one toggle away.
Already have a WordPress site with another host? Don’t let the thought of moving put you off. With a qualifying yearly WordPress hosting plan, our team will migrate your site to Ecenica at no extra cost. We handle the files, databases and SSL preparation, then you review the migrated site before the final switch, so you stay in control. Allow up to 72 hours for a typical migration request, and request yours within 30 days of purchase. Curious how it goes? Read how Everest Heating & Plumbing moved to Ecenica WordPress hosting, or find out more about our free website migration service.
Don’t let a sluggish site hold you back. Choose your WordPress hosting plan, let us migrate your existing site for free, and switch on Redis today. Not sure which plan suits you? Contact our team and we’ll help you pick the right one.
