WP Cache installation instructions for future reference

The original, complete version is located at Ricardo Galli’s blog

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Installation

  1. Upload to your plugins folder, usually wp-content/plugins/ and unzip the file, it will create a wp-content/plugins/wp-cache/ directory.

  2. If you have Gzip Compression enabled turn it off (in Options->Reading).

  3. Activate the plugin on the plugin screen.

  4. Go to “Options” administration menu, select “WP-Cache” from the submenu, the plugin will try to autoconfigure everything. The plugin will try to autoconfigure everything and guide you through the process. In case of failure –normally due to the lack of files’ privilegies– it tell you and give the instructions to solve the problems.

Manual Installation

In case you don’t want to make wp-config.php writeable by the server, or you want to make all steps manually:

  1. Upload to your plugins folder, usually wp-content/plugins/ and unzip the file, it will create a wp-content/plugins/wp-cache/ directory.

  2. If you have Gzip Compression enabled turn it off (in Options->Reading).

  3. Create wp-content/cachedirectory and make sure the web server can write in it.

  4. Make wp-content writeable by the web server.

  5. Create a symbolic link from wp-content/advanced-cache.php to wp-content/plugins/wp-cache/wp-cache-phase1.php.

    ln -s wp-content/plugins/wp-cache/wp-cache-phase1.php wp-content/advanced-cache.php

  6. Add the following line to your wp-config.php file:

    define(’WP_CACHE’, true);

  7. Go to “Options” administration menu, select “WP-Cache” from the submenu and enable cache.

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