{"id":4575869,"date":"2022-09-05T12:06:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T10:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-rocket.me\/?p=4575869"},"modified":"2022-09-09T09:01:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T07:01:46","slug":"wp-rocket-3-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-rocket.me\/blog\/wp-rocket-3-12\/","title":{"rendered":"WP Rocket 3.12: Revamping Preload Cache to Improve Reliability and UX"},"content":{"rendered":"

Delivering a great user experience is more crucial than ever \u2013 you\u2019re probably aware of it. Do you also know how to make a great first impression when new users visit your website? The easiest way is to take advantage of the preload cache option.<\/p>

And preload cache is exactly at the center of our new major release. Say hello to WP Rocket 3.12! Our latest version focuses on enhancing the Preload Cache feature, making it more reliable and effective in improving user experience.<\/p>

Keep reading and learn what WP Rocket 3.12 entails for your site. You\u2019ll discover why we decided to work on Preload Cache and how your site will benefit from enabling the new option right away.<\/p>

Read until the end of the blog post \u2013 there\u2019s also an announcement all Rocketeers were waiting for!<\/p>

Introducing the New Preload Cache Feature<\/h2>

Let\u2019s take a step back and understand why preload is important for enhancing user experience and what\u2019s the difference between cache and preload cache.<\/p>

When you enable WP Rocket without the Preload Cache option, users landing on your site for the first time will experience a pretty slow page. That\u2019s normal because it\u2019s just the first session, and the pages are not cached yet. In fact, the cache will be generated after the first visit. So, the same pages will load much faster during the second and subsequent sessions. <\/p>

What happens when you take advantage of the Preload Cache? In this case, users will get a faster page as soon as they visit the website for the first time. That\u2019s possible because the preload cache option will simulate a visit to that page before any user session. So, when users land on the same page for the first time, they will immediately get the cached version. That\u2019s helpful, especially because a bad first impression on your site could mean that users will leave and never return. A cached version also allows search engine bots to visit the pages quicker and improve page indexation and crawling budget.<\/p>

Can you see why Preload Cache is a great asset to improve user experience and optimize SEO performance?<\/p>

Of course, we do! That\u2019s why we focused on revamping the Preload Cache feature for WP Rocket 3.12. The previous Preload Cache option didn\u2019t provide the most effective results because the process could be a bit slow or incomplete \u2013 meaning that not all URLs would be preloaded. As a result, some pages could still be too slow when visited for the first time.<\/p>

And there was something more. Looking at some usage data about WP Rocket 3.11, we noticed that not all our customers would take advantage of such a useful feature.<\/p>

On the one hand, 89% of Rocketeers enabled the Activate Preloading option to preload only the homepage and the links included on the page. <\/p>

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The old Activate Preloading option 
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On the other hand, only 48% also activated the Sitemap-based cache preloading option \u2013 which would fetch the sitemap and preload almost all URLs.<\/p>

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The old Sitemap-based cache preloading option
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We realized there was room for improvement for the feature itself and the adoption from our users. Preload greatly affects user experience and can impact websites, starting from their conversion rate.<\/p>

We aimed to make the Preload Cache option easier, more reliable, and more powerful when providing a better UX to anyone browsing our users’ websites.<\/strong><\/p>

You can watch our video or jump to the next section to find out what we achieved.<\/p>

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