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Easy Object Cache is a simple and efficient plugin desgined to do just two things:
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<li>Generate and set up the so-called drop-in plugin named <code>object-cache.php</code> based on your settings.</li>
<li>Provide Alternate PHP Cache user data caching functionality (APCu) functionality, if your sever doesn’t have it.</li>
</ol>
The drop-in plugin <code>object-cache.php</code> can be installed, manually, as described in <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/apcu/" title="APCu Object Cache Backend" rel="ugc">APCu Object Cache Backend</a>. However, for automated and configurable installation, you may want to use Easy Object Cache, especially if you do not have APC or APCu installed on your server. In fact, this plugin reuses the code (although modified) from APCu Object Cache Backend.
<h4>Pro Version</h4>
In addition to the fully functional Lite version, Easy Object Cache also has a <a href="http://buy.thulasidas.com/easy-object-cache" title="Easy Object Cache -- simple page speed tool, $6.95" rel="nofollow ugc">Pro version</a>, which gives you more control over how the plugin works, with these extra features:
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<li>Full control over caching parameters like time to live (TTL), cache size and location for the APCu functionality that the plugin provides.</li>
<li>Ability to clean the database of transients for possible performance improvements.</li>
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Easy Object Cache

I wrote this plugin for my own use on a site that didn't have APCu at that time.



Author review

Easy Object Cache provides APC user caching functionality if not available on your server, and lets you control the drop-in plugin object-cache.php.

Daniel Bachhuber

Pantheon Systems

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For sites concerned with high traffic, speed for logged-in users, or dynamic pageloads, a high-speed and persistent object cache is a must. WP LCache improves upon Memcached and Redis object cache implementations by using APCu, PHP’s in-memory cache, in a way that’s compatible with multiple web nodes. Under the hood, WP LCache uses <a href="https://github.com/lcache/lcache" rel="nofollow ugc">LCache</a>, a library that applies the tiered caching model of multi-core processors (with local L1 and central L2 caches) to web applications.
Note: WP LCache development is currently on hold, and not recommendated for production use, due to an <a href="https://github.com/lcache/wp-lcache/issues/138" rel="nofollow ugc">issue with APCu cache fragmentation</a>. <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-redis/" rel="ugc">WP Redis</a>, also maintained by Pantheon, is a great alternative.
WP LCache is faster than other object cache implementations because:
<ul>
<li>By using APCu, which is in-memory, WP LCache uses the fastest possible persistent object cache backend and avoids costly network connections on every request. When using a Memcached or Redis-based persistent object cache where Memcached or Redis is on a different machine, the millisecond cost of each cache hit can add up to seconds of network transactions on every request.</li>
<li>By incorporating a common L2 cache, WP LCache synchronizes cache data between multiple web nodes. Cache updates or deletes on one node are then applied to all other nodes. Without this synchronization behavior, APCu can’t be used in server configurations with multiple web nodes because the cache pool is local to the machine.</li>
</ul>
Still not convinced? WP LCache includes features that no one else has:
<ul>
<li>Cache groups are handled natively, meaning you can delete an entire group of keys with <code>wp_cache_delete_group()</code>.</li>
<li>WordPress’ alloptions cache is sharded into distinct keys, mitigating cache pollution on high traffic sites. <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/31245" rel="nofollow ugc">Read #31245</a> for all of the gory details.</li>
</ul>
Read the installation instructions, then install WP LCache from <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-lcache/" rel="ugc">WordPress.org</a> or <a href="https://github.com/lcache/wp-lcache" rel="nofollow ugc">Github</a>.
Go forth and make awesome! And, once you’ve built something great, <a href="https://github.com/lcache/wp-lcache/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">send us feature requests (or bug reports)</a>.
<h3>Contributing</h3>
The best way to contribute to the development of this plugin is by participating on the GitHub project:
https://github.com/lcache/wp-lcache
Pull requests and issues are welcome!
You may notice there are two sets of tests running, on two different services:
<ul>
<li>Travis CI runs the <a href="https://phpunit.de/" rel="nofollow ugc">PHPUnit</a> test suite in a variety of environment configurations (e.g. APCu available vs. APCu unavailable).</li>
<li>Circle CI runs the <a href="http://behat.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">Behat</a> test suite against a Pantheon site, to ensure the plugin’s compatibility with the Pantheon platform.</li>
</ul>
Both of these test suites can be run locally, with a varying amount of setup.
PHPUnit requires the <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/testing/automated-testing/phpunit/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress PHPUnit test suite</a>, and access to a database with name <code>wordpress_test</code>. If you haven’t already configured the test suite locally, you can run <code>bash bin/install-wp-tests.sh wordpress_test root '' localhost</code>. You’ll also need to install and configure APCu in order to run the test suite against APCu.
Behat requires a Pantheon site. Once you’ve created the site, you’ll need <a href="https://github.com/pantheon-systems/terminus#installation" rel="nofollow ugc">install Terminus</a>, and set the <code>TERMINUS_TOKEN</code>, <code>TERMINUS_SITE</code>, and <code>TERMINUS_ENV</code> environment variables. Then, you can run <code>./bin/behat-prepare.sh</code> to prepare the site for the test suite.

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