Osclass Cache Master Plugin 2023-01-28

The cache plugin for Osclass Classifieds generates static html files from your dynamic Osclass website. Basically without a plugin when any page is rendered, PHP and MySQL are used and osclass executes all required functions and queries to render the website. This requires server RAM and CPU and decreases the performance of Osclass (more plugins and listings are active, slower performance is). If many users come to a website, the server uses lots of RAM and CPU so the page is rendered so slowly and it leads to bad performance and user experience. To avoid this scenario, it is required to use a cache system not to render page again and again, but just once, and then reuse html output for other visitors.

Osclass Cache to improve osclass speed​

Using cache you improve the load speed of your osclass which leads to a better evaluation of your website in terms of SEO as search engines like fast websites. Better SEO means more visitors and that leads to higher income from your web.

The cache plugin is designed to create a cache for the following pages​

• home
• Search (all combinations of search parameters)
• item/listing (each listing separately)
• contact
• static pages (content)
• register / login

Additional plugin features​

• caching for logged-in users - requires more space as files for each user has to be generated separately
• refresh/renewal interval of cache - automatically recreate cache when it has expired it's life cycle
• clear cache after XY days - to remove old unused cache and leverage space on the server
• compress cache files - to reduce space on the server required (must be tested if supported by hosting)

The cache is recreated after many actions as new listing published, new comments added/edited, and more to avoid showing old content to visitors.

This is only a functional cache plugin for osclass, hope you enjoy it!