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Mesi Cache converts your WordPress site into a fully static HTML version served 
directly by Apache. Once a page is cached, it is delivered instantly without 
executing PHP or querying MySQL.
This design removes the need for PHP-FPM and database access on every visit, 
reducing server load to almost zero. The result is a pure static experience with 
instant page delivery and total control over your server resources.
Mesi Cache is minimalist, open, and transparent. It integrates cleanly with 
 .htaccess, uses no cron jobs, and requires no external services.
What it does 
* Creates static HTML files of posts, pages, categories and authors. 
* Serves files directly from disk, bypassing PHP and MySQL completely. 
* Invalidates relevant cache files when new content is published. 
* Allows manual cache generation and cleaning from the admin panel. 
* Works in root and subdirectory installations. 
* 100% local — no APIs, no remote calls, no external dependencies.
What it does not do 
* No CSS or JS minification. 
* No CDN integration (can be added manually). 
* No object or fragment caching. 
* No user/session-aware pages or dynamic content. 
* Does not serve cached content to logged-in users.
Mesi Cache focuses purely on static HTML delivery for public visitors. 
When cached, pages are served as plain files — no PHP or database code executes.
The plugin code is open, commented, and easy to extend. 
Developers can add features like preloading or CDN hooks using ChatGPT, Gemini, 
or manual edits.
<h3>License</h3>
This plugin is licensed under GPLv2 or later. 
You are free to use, modify, and redistribute it.

Mesi Cache

Ultra-light static HTML caching system for WordPress.

Stefano Lissa

Hyper Cache is a cache plugin specifically written to get the maximum speed for your WordPress blog.
It can be used in low resources hosting as well on high end servers.
Hyper Cache is purely PHP and works on every blog: no complex configurations are needed and when you deactivate it no stale settings are left around.
NOTE
Mobile detection server side and serving different content to mobile and desktop device is now obsolete. 
Every modern WP theme deals with mobile/desktop contexts using the media queries, progressive enhancement and so on. 
So I don’t see the need to keep the mobile/desktop cache separation and all the overhead in the plugin. The feature will be removed as version 3.5.
Short list of features:
<ul>
<li>Mobile aware: double cache for desktop and mobile site versions</li>
<li>HTTPS ready</li>
<li>Mobile theme switch option: change the theme on mobile device detection</li>
<li>Able to serve expired pages to bots to increase the perceived blog speed by bots</li>
<li>Manages compression even on the fly for non cached pages</li>
<li>Lots of configurable bypasses: matching cookies, matching urls, user agents, …</li>
<li>Comments aware: is able to serve cached pages even to visitors who commented the blog (perfect for blog with great readers paritipation)</li>
<li>Cache folder can be moved outside your blog space to exclude it from backups</li>
<li>Controls over cache cleaning on blog events (post edited, comments, …)</li>
<li>Autoclean to controls the cache used disk space</li>
<li>CDN support</li>
<li>Other special options</li>
<li>Response header signature to check the working status</li>
<li>bbPress specific integration</li>
</ul>
More can be read on the <a href="https://www.satollo.net/plugins/hyper-cache" rel="nofollow ugc">Hyper Cache official page</a>.
You can further optimize the blog installing <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoptimize/" rel="ugc">Autoptimize</a> which cleans up the HTML, minifies and concatenates CSS and JavaScript.
Other plugins by Stefano Lissa:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.thenewsletterplugin.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Newsletter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.satollo.net/plugins/header-footer" rel="nofollow ugc">Header and Footer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.satollo.net/plugins/include-me" rel="nofollow ugc">Include Me</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.satollo.net/plugins/thumbnails" rel="nofollow ugc">Thumbnails</a></li>
</ul>

Hyper Cache

Super fast, not overly complicated but with enough settings to customize for any set up. Most importantly: works like a charm on VPS!

THE caching plugin

Really well coded plugin, improved pagespeed for google from 86 to 93 compared to lightspeed cache. Simple and reliable.

Simply faster

Hyper Cache is a performant and easy to configure cache system for WordPress.

Mesi Cache vs Hyper Cache