{"id":4146,"date":"2023-01-17T16:36:46","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T15:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/help\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=4146"},"modified":"2024-12-11T11:59:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T10:59:32","slug":"make-your-hosting-faster-with-boost","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/help\/kb\/make-your-hosting-faster-with-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"Make your hosting faster with Boost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With Boost, you can make your hosting and website faster in just a few clicks.<br>Because unlike other caching methods (such as Varnish), Boost does not<br>require complicated configuration.<br>All you need to do is activate the option in our control panel and install a plug-<br>in for your CMS (e.g. WordPress).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ht-block-toc  is-style-outline htoc htoc--position-wide toc-list-style-plain\" data-htoc-state=\"expanded\"><span class=\"htoc__title\"><span class=\"ht_toc_title\">IN THIS ARTICLE<\/span><span class=\"htoc__toggle\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\"><g fill=\"#444\"><path d=\"M15 7H1c-.6 0-1 .4-1 1s.4 1 1 1h14c.6 0 1-.4 1-1s-.4-1-1-1z\"><\/path><path d=\"M15 1H1c-.6 0-1 .4-1 1s.4 1 1 1h14c.6 0 1-.4 1-1s-.4-1-1-1zM15 13H1c-.6 0-1 .4-1 1s.4 1 1 1h14c.6 0 1-.4 1-1s-.4-1-1-1z\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/span><\/span><div class=\"htoc__itemswrap\"><ul class=\"ht_toc_list\"><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#h-what-is-boost\">What is Boost? <\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#htoc-activate-boost-on-your-hosting-package\">Activate Boost on your hosting package<\/a><ul class=\"ht_toc_child_list\"><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#htoc-activate-boost-through-the-control-panel\">Activate Boost through the control panel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#htoc-install-the-litespeed-plug-in-for-your-cms-or-framework\">Install the LiteSpeed plug-in for your CMS or Framework<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-boost\">What is Boost? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With Boost, your hosting does not work with Apache but with more advanced<br>Litespeed technology. This has several advantages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Up to 6x faster load time for static content (images, css, javascript)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Additional DDoS protection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your website is more resistant to sudden visitor spikes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And can handle more simultaneous visitors without loss of speed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The code of your website should not be modified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/my.combell.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Activate Boost on your hosting package through the control panel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"htoc-activate-boost-on-your-hosting-package\">Activate Boost on your hosting package<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To activate Boost on your Combell hosting package, you do not have to<br>modify anything in your code. You just need to activate the option via the<br>control panel and install a plug-in for your CMS or framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"htoc-activate-boost-through-the-control-panel\">Activate Boost through the control panel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/my.combell.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow these steps in the control panel<\/a> to activate Boost on your hosting<br><\/strong>package<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Go to &#8220;My Products&#8221; > &#8220;Web hosting&#8221; > Your domain name<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the menu on the left, choose &#8220;Performance &amp; Caching&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At Boost, click on &#8220;View this upgrade&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boost is a paid option. Complete the order to activate the option.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"htoc-install-the-litespeed-plug-in-for-your-cms-or-framework\">Install the LiteSpeed plug-in for your CMS or Framework<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>LiteSpeed has developed a plug-in for almost every CMS or framework. Install<br>that plug-in to optimize images and shrink CSS and Javascript files in addition<br>to caching. This will make your website load even faster in browsers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Find all available plug-ins at <a href=\"https:\/\/lscache.io\/plugins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/lscache.io\/plugins\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-tabs wp-block-hb-tabs\"><ul class=\"wp-block-hb-tabs__nav\" role=\"tablist\"><li class=\"wp-block-hb-tabs__head\" data-tab=\"tabs-0\" data-hb-tabs-tab--state=\"active\"><span class=\"wp-block-hb-tabs__head_item\" for=\"tab0\">WordPress<\/span><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-hb-tabs__head\" data-tab=\"tabs-1\" data-hb-tabs-tab--state=\"inactive\"><span class=\"wp-block-hb-tabs__head_item\" for=\"tab1\">Drupal<\/span><\/li><\/ul><div id=\"tabs-0\" class=\"wp-block-hb-tabs__content\" role=\"tabpanel\" data-hb-tabs-tab--state=\"active\"><p><strong>Install the LSCache plug-in on WordPress<br><\/strong><br>1. Go to your website&#8217;s WordPress environment and follow these steps<br>2. Go to &#8220;Plugins&#8221; &gt; &#8220;New plugin&#8221;<br>3. Search for the plugin: &#8220;LSCache&#8221;<br>4. Click &#8220;Install Now&#8221;<br>5. Done. No additional configuration is required.<br><br><strong>More info: <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/litespeed-cache\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/litespeed-cache\/<\/a><br><\/strong><br>Sometimes it is useful to exclude certain pages from the cache.<br>To do this, go to &#8220;Cache&#8221; in the LiteSpeed plug-in menu<br><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22880\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/unknown.png\" alt=\"\"><br>Choose &#8220;Excludes&#8221; in the tab at the top<br><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22881\" style=\"width: 550px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/unknown-1.png\" alt=\"litespeed wp tab\"><br>Enter the url of the page that should not be cached in the &#8220;Do not cache<br>urls&#8221; field or enter the cookie of pages that should not be cached under<br>&#8220;Do not cache cookies&#8221;.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"tabs-1\" class=\"wp-block-hb-tabs__content\" role=\"tabpanel\" data-hb-tabs-tab--state=\"inactive\"><p><strong>Install the LiteSpeed module for Drupal<br><\/strong><br>1. Download the Drupal module from: <meta charset=\"utf-8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/litespeedtech\/lscache-drupal\/archive\/master.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/github.com\/litespeedtech\/lscache-drupal\/archive\/master.zip<\/a> &nbsp;<br>2. Go to Home &gt; Manage &gt; Extension<br>3. Click &#8216;add new module&#8217;<br>4. Select the downloaded module on your computer<br>5. Go to Home &gt; Manage &gt; Extension and check the &#8216;LiteSpeed Cache&#8217;<br>module<br>6. Click &#8216;install&#8217; at the bottom<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Boost, you can make your hosting and website faster in just a few clicks.Because unlike other caching methods (such as Varnish), Boost does notrequire complicated configuration.All you need to do is activate the option in our control panel and install a plug-in for your CMS (e.g. WordPress). 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