Caching

The VIP Platform’s infrastructure includes several caching layers to enhance site performance.

Page cache

VIP’s page cache is the first layer of caching encountered by each request made to a WordPress or Node.js environment.

If a request meets specific criteria to bypass the page cache (e.g., a unique request, or a request with no-cache headers), the request will be routed to the origin server. If it qualifies, the new response will be cached at VIP’s global network of edge cache server locations for future requests. The cached version of content is served by the edge cache server closest to the user making the request.

The edge cache servers also act as a content delivery network (CDN) and serve static assets stored in the VIP File System and applies Brotli or Gzip file compression.

Object cache

The WordPress object cache is the second layer of caching, encountered by requests that pass through the page cache and are routed to the origin servers. The object cache stores common or expensive operations directly into memory so that subsequent requests can quickly access them. It is regularly used for saving the results of database queries, remote HTTP requests, and any other operations that may be especially costly.