Optimizing WordPress with the WP Rocket plugin

With the WP Rocket plugin, you can enable caching and many other optimizations to speed up your WordPress site. And through the hosting.com and WP Rocket partnership, you can purchase WP Rocket at a discounted price.

As site traffic increases and you add additional content, your site may begin to slow down. This is because WordPress has to recompile a page every time a visitor accesses it. WP Rocket's caching and additional optimizations reduce the amount of work WordPress needs to do for each page load, which in turn increases your site's overall performance and speed.

Ordering WP Rocket

To order WP Rocket, follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Hosting Panel at https://my.hosting.com.

2. Place an order for WP Rocket. During the ordering process, select the domain you want to use with WP Rocket.

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   Each license is for one domain, so you cannot use it for multiple domains. You must purchase additional licenses for additional domains.

3. After the order is complete, you receive an email that contains a URL where you can download the WP Rocket installation zip file.

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   The WP Rocket installation zip file also contains the license.

4. Install WP Rocket on your WordPress site. For detailed instructions about how to do this, go to the next section.

Installing WP Rocket

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Important

• You must install WordPress on your site before you can install the WP Rocket plugin.

• If you have not already done so, download the WP Rocket installation zip file to your local computer using the URL provided in the order confirmation email.

• Even if you already have WP Rocket installed on your WordPress site, you must re-install it using our installation zip file. Doing this ensures you have the correct license.

• WP Rocket is incompatible with other caching plugins like WP Super Cache and W3 Total Cache. If you have another caching plugin installed, you must deactivate it before you activate WP Rocket for your site.

To install WP Rocket, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your WordPress site as the administrator.

2. In the left-hand pane, click Plugins.

3. Click Add New.

4. Click Upload Plugin.

5. Click Browse, select the zip file on your local computer, and then click Open.

6. Click Install Now.

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   If you already have WP Rocket installed on your site, click Replace current with uploaded.

7. After WordPress finishes installing the plugin, click Activate Plugin.

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   After WordPress activates the plugin, WP Rocket validates the license and displays your key.

Configuring WP Rocket

After you install and activate the WP Rocket plugin, it enables the following features:

• Page caching.

• Gzip compression.

• HTTP header management.

• Image optimization.

These optimizations alone can significantly improve site performance, so additional configuration is often unnecessary. However, if you want to enable additional optimizations (such as CSS and JavaScript minification), or customize WP Rocket settings for your site, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your WordPress site as the administrator.

2. In the left-hand pane, click Settings, and then click WP Rocket.

3. Select the settings you want, and then click Save Changes.

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   • For detailed explanations of these settings, click the FAQ tab or visit https://docs.wp-rocket.me/.

   • For configuration best practices, visit https://docs.wp-rocket.me/article/1291-find-the-best-settings-for-your-site.

Support guidelines

If you have questions or an issue with your WP Rocket installation, here are guidelines for who to contact:

• For billing and ordering, domain assignments, and licensing questions, please contact hosting.com support.
• For basic plugin installation guidance, please contact hosting.com support.
• For plugin technical support (such as any errors or performance configuration, as well as advanced configuration and troubleshooting), please contact WP Rocket support. To do this, click the Support tab on the WP Rocket page in the WordPress administration interface, or visit https://wp-rocket.me/support/.

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Important

• If you cancel the WP Rocket license, it becomes invalid and deactivated.
• The WP Rocket license is bound to our hosting services. If you leave hosting.com, you must obtain a new WP Rocket license.

More Information

• For general information about WP Rocket, please visit http://wp-rocket.me.

• To view the official WP Rocket documentation, please visit http://docs.wp-rocket.me.

WP Rocket feature list

WP Rocket is loaded with features, including:

• A fast and easy setup -- you can install and set up WP Rocket in less than 3 minutes.

• Auto-activated web page caching to improve your sites' load speeds.

• Cache preloading to improve SEO rankings.

• Sitemap preloading.

• GZIP compression to optimize web browser rendering and help save bandwidth.

• Browser caching stores JavaScript, images, and CSS in the browser so static content does not need to re-loaded on subsequent page views.

• Database size optimization to help improve site performance.

• Google Fonts Optimization results in fewer HTTP requests.

• Deletes query strings from static files.

• Lazy loading so pages only load as you scroll down the site.

• Minification reduces the size of HTML, JavaScript and CSS content.

• Deferred JavaScript loading so files are loaded after the page has been rendered.

• Cloudflare integration so you can manage the CDN from within your WordPress control panel.

• DNS prefetching lowers DNS resolution times from external domains.

• Compatible with WordPress Multisite.

• Auto-exclusion of cart pages for WooCommerce, Easy Digtal Downloads, Jigoshop, iThemes Exchange, and WP-Shop users.

• Multilingual-friendly.