Recommendations to others considering LiteSpeed Technologies:
Make sure you choose a host that supports Litespeed. Not all of them do. This makes it easier to find the best host. Scalahosting and chemicloud are very good entry level hosting companies specifically for Wordpress that offer a free Litespeed license. Litespeed only works on specific platforms such as:
WordPress
PrestaShop
Xenforo
Magento
Joomla
Drupal
MediaWiki
OpenCart
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What problems is LiteSpeed Technologies solving and how is that benefiting you?
Litespeed cache is truly a masterpiece! My site is running much faster (average loading times are 880ms on desktop and 2-3 seconds on mobile. Before desktop speeds were 4-5 seconds and mobile speeds were 5-7 seconds. Mind you, my site is heavy on javascript (notification popups, woocommerce installed, uncompressed images, etc.). If I strip these superfluous add-ons as well as optimize my images, average loading time will be under 1 sec. This goes to show that even with these constraints, Litespeed has enough horsepower to still make a positive difference in loading times.
I was also mesmerized by their active support team on slack. Usually whenever something is for free, support diminishes. My experience was the complete opposite. I thought the slack channel would be dead like ghost town, but much to my surprise, I got all my questions answered. I had no trouble with their competent team. They answered all my demanding questions productively with enough details not to leave me in bewilderment.
When I paired Litespeed cache with Cloudflare it substantially rejuvenated my site. A perfect performance enhancer without spending any money. Luckily, my host has Litespeed servers in place otherwise the plugin won't work.
All and all, Litespeed is definitely paving the way for caching! Might I also add how multi-faceted their free plugin is? You can compress images similar to Shortpixel or Tinypng and optimize your database (cleaning post revisions, removing transient options, etc.) similar to wp-optimize or autoptimize. I never seen a caching plugin do so many chores at once.
This saves on bloat (you dont need to install additional plugins for these types of jobs). And I am sure down the road, they will add more features and customization options for image compression. It has most of what you need for free. No need to spend extra dollars on Shortpixel and any other paid image optimization plugin.
I highly recommend Litespeed over WP rocket, W3 Total Cache, SG Optimizer, and any other caching plugin. It's simple to configure with robust loading speeds! And if you get lost in the tracks, rest assured, their hands-on tutorial guides and slack channel won't leave you hanging. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
