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This guide is for WP installs. We use WPE (Varnish) + WP Rocket
WP Rocket
Use seperate cache if mobile specific layouts or functions (wp_is_mobile etc)
File Optimization: check all minifications + combine + deferred
Excluded Inline JavaScript: recaptcha
Excluded JavaScript Files: ionicons.js
LazyLoad (add smooth css transition if not using Client Boilerplate theme)
WebP compatibility (use Optimus on AWS, WPE Imagify)
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WPE + Wp-Rocket + webP
Allow sitemap based preloading (Yoast)
Optional: Fonts to preload: add custom heading font woff2
Advanced Rules: Required for Woocommerce (more in github)
CDN add from my.wpengine.com
Add CDN address to WP Rocket settings
Addons: Check - Improve browser caching for Google Analytics
Test all js functionalities on the website after cache setup (exclude js if need to) + ping to our #testing channel in Slack
WPE
Enable object caching from my.wpengine.com
Woocommerce / Member plugins etc.
Pages like cart, checkout, forgot-password, login should be excluded from both WPE caches and WP-Rocket and TESTED