I saw there's a (new) cache setting for applications.
What is being used to implement this?
Does using something like WP Super Cache for Wordpress still add value?
Cache on Applications
HelenaGwyn our cache feature is very basic - it sets a cache expiry header for browser-side caching. It's mostly useful only for purely static assets.
Most cache plugins for Wordpress go beyond browser-side caching, for example they can pre-render pages to HTML and serve the HTML instead of spinning up PHP on every request, or they can do object caching in a memcached instance, etc.
IMO the best approach would be to use both, for example you can serve your WP static assets from a symlink app with our caching enabled and use a caching plugin to do server-side caching where appropriate for dynamic pages.
2 years later
Sean, what would be your recommendation regarding Django projects?
turpialdev you should use Django's built-in caching for your dynamic pages and use the caching option we provide only for your static media apps.