Wordpress LScache Plugin: Ttfb with quic.cloud CDN
Last Updated on: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:02 hello everyone, let me send you this message. I am a small French commer?ant and with the coronavirus crisis I decided to create an online store. 3 weeks ago I had never touched anything other than the Google browser page but I managed to make a site that seems coherent to me. I am currently hosted by a provider called o2switch, the concern is that the response time that gtmetrix give me was important 0.8 seconds. I therefore decided to install and the cache which is proposed with this host, and to make a CDN link with quic cloud. a priori everything is functional, I just have a problem during the first connection: when I test my site on gtmetrix it told me that the ttfb is 1.2 seconds, when I run a 2nd test the ttfb is lower at 0.2 seconds. and if I wait 2 minutes I have to redo the manipulation ?. is it normal or not? this means that each person who will connect on my if you will have a longer loading time the first time and I dont think the person will recruit on my link in less than 2 minutes (I dont see the point) I do not know if I can give the address of my site on this forum. Is there a manipulation or something that I forgot? I have yet to activate the static cache and the dynamic cache. thank you and excuse me for the mistakes in english because i use a translator. Best regards The page I need help with: http://Funeranimal.fr The host you use from O2 is a low budget hosting. If you pay 5 Euros/monthly you get the speed for 5 Euros. Nothing in the world can make a page fast if you must share all system resources of a server with hundreds other users on the same server. Sorry, if that hurts, but this is only truth. If you want a faster page you must invest a little bit more. Good hosts already starts at 20 Euros. Then your page will fly? Hello, thank you for your message. yes it is a low cost web host. but I understood that the cdn sent the data therefore independent of the host, no? Im not sure I understood suddenly the role of a cdn You are right and wrong. A CDN like quic.cloud is/could be valuable, but not all the time and not in all conditions. Basically a CDN brings content closer to the user. Closer means closer, but not always faster. If you have almost only visitors from your own country the content is already close to the user. If the CDN host isnt closer as your own server a CDN cant be faster than your own server and makes no sense to use a CDN. Sometimes a CDN isnt as fast as your own server, but has to be tested for each case and depends on the users location. I hope I could give you information for a better understanding? hello thank you I think I understood better. The only thing that questions me is between the first server interrogation and the second the loading time is clearly different. if on the other hand I wait 5 minutes and I restart the test, the time will be longer again https://zupimages.net/up/21/09/zaha.jpg https://zupimages.net/up/21/09/jozo.jpg Best regards Answer: The test server forgets DNS address and doesnt store the routing information like a browser does it. Thats why the result is worse again if you wait some minutes after the first test. thank you for your answer I see it more clearly. So it is normal that for a new user of the site the loading time is longer the first time, is that right? thank you is that right? YES. ok thats perfect thank you for your clear answer. thank you for helping me. Best regards There is one additional optimization that is not part of cache plugin for WP and can help to reduce TTFB. Maybe plugin support should think about to add this to cache plugin. This optimization is about HSTS preload header that let the browser know that the requested page is always connectable by HTTPS. If the browser has this information before the page is loaded it saves the time for checking. To use this feature you must first register your page at https://hstspreload.org/, a Google based service. But before registering you must add the code below to your .htaccess. Header always set Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=63072000 includeSubDomains preload This feature is only supported at a browser and is not supported with any test service, so you wont see any difference, but your visitors will get advantage of it. After registering be patient, it can take some weeks to deliver the URL of your page to the browser. Hi, @flokker44 QC is still at beta stage , the cache TTL on CDN-side may not be as long as it supposed to be , like in plugin you set it to few days , but in reality , it stores for much shorter time , depends on node condition. @CacheCrawler thanks , duly noted , will pass to our devs Best regards,
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