WP Grid Builder – Caching 1.2.1

Overview

WP Grid Builder - Caching is a powerful add-on designed to significantly enhance the performance and user experience of your WordPress grids and facets. By intelligently caching filtered content and facets, this add-on reduces loading times when visitors interact with grids or templates, providing a much faster and smoother browsing experience. Unlike typical caching methods, WP Grid Builder - Caching stores queried content in a custom database table specifically optimized for asynchronous requests, ensuring accelerated responses without compromising accuracy.

Perfect for websites with dynamic grid layouts and complex filtering systems, this add-on stands out by offering granular controls over caching behavior. Users can exclude specific facets or grids from caching, customize cache lifespan, and clear cache selectively or globally—all from intuitive menus integrated directly into the WordPress admin dashboard and toolbar. Its seamless integration with WP-CLI also empowers developers and site admins to manage cache effortlessly via the command line, allowing for streamlined maintenance and improved site scalability.

Key Features

• Cache Asynchronous Requests for Faster Filtering – Dramatically speeds up grid and facet filtering by storing query results in a dedicated cache table, reducing server load and response time.
• Granular Cache Control – Easily exclude specific grids or facets from caching to maintain precision, such as disabling cache for search facets to avoid storing infinite filter combinations.
• Customizable Cache Lifespan – Define how long cached content remains valid with easy-to-use settings or PHP filters, enabling balance between freshness and performance.
• One-Click Cache Clearing – Clear cache globally or individually by page via admin menus or the WordPress toolbar for quick troubleshooting and content updates without hassle.
• WP-CLI Support for Cache Management – Manage cache operations directly from the command line, including clearing entire cache, specific grids or templates, and cleaning up expired cache items.
• Automatic Cache Expiry and Cleanup – Built-in cron jobs run regularly to purge expired cache ensuring your site serves up-to-date content without manual intervention.
• Developer-Friendly Customization – Includes PHP filters to bypass cache under certain conditions, adjust cache lifespan, modify cleanup intervals, or disable cron jobs entirely for advanced use cases.
• Seamless Integration with WP Grid Builder V2 – Fully compatible with the latest version, leveraging all the new improvements and ensuring a smooth upgrade path.
• Multilingual and PHP 8.2 Compatible – Supports multilingual setups and is tested for compatibility with the latest PHP releases for enhanced security and performance.
• Admin Bar Tools & Dashboard Links – Quick access to caching controls and WP Grid Builder dashboard directly from the WordPress admin bar for streamlined workflow.