Introduction
Element Cache in Elementor 3.22 can significantly enhance your website’s speed and performance. It works by saving the rendered output of Elementor widgets after their first load, enabling faster subsequent loads. We have recently improved Premium Addons for Elementor plugin core to be compatible with this feature, ensuring that your widgets work seamlessly with Elementor’s caching functionality. This powerful combination helps you achieve optimal performance and loading speed for your WordPress site.
Why Element Caching Matters
Page speed is crucial for user retention, SEO rankings, and overall website performance. Elementor’s new element caching mechanism stores widget HTML outputs on the server, dramatically reducing memory usage and improving the Time to First Byte (TTFB) by up to 70%. Here’s how caching can transform your site:
- Memory Efficiency: Elementor’s performance tests show memory usage dropping from 3MB to 8KB when caching is enabled.
- Faster Response Time: TTFB, a key web performance metric, can improve by 33%-70%, leading to faster page loading.
- Reduced Server Load: By storing static widgets, the server doesn’t need to re-render each widget every time a user visits the page, improving efficiency.
For Premium Addons users, this means that all of our static widgets are optimized for caching, providing seamless performance improvements without any extra setup.
Element Caching Status for Elementor and Premium Addons Widgets
Starting with recent updates, Elementor’s caching feature is now enabled by default. If you need to verify or customize this setting, follow these steps:
- Go to WordPress Dashboard > Elementor -> Setting > Features tab.
- Confirm that the Element Caching feature is toggled to “Active.”
Excluding Elementor Elements from Being Cached
In certain cases, you may want to exclude specific widgets from being cached, especially those displaying dynamic or visitor-specific data. Here’s how to adjust cache settings for individual widgets:
- On the canvas, select a Premium Addons or Elementor widget.
- Go to the Advanced tab in the panel.
- Set Caching Settings to inactive.
For dynamic widgets that contain visitor-specific information, such as those using dynamic tags or shortcodes, caching is automatically disabled to avoid delivering outdated or incorrect data.
Compatibility with Premium Addons Widgets
All Premium Addons widgets are fully compatible with Elementor’s Element Caching, ensuring optimal performance across your website. You can safely enable caching for static widgets, knowing that they will load faster while saving server resources.
List of Premium Addons Widgets Suitable for Caching:
Clearing Elementor Element Cache
Over time, you may need to clear the widget cache to ensure content stays up-to-date, especially on pages with frequently changing information. Here’s how to clear the cache:
- Go to WordPress Dashboard > Elementor > Settings.
- Click the Performance tab.
- Under Element Cache Expiration, select a time interval for clearing the cache (e.g., daily, weekly).
This process applies to both Elementor and Premium Addons widgets, keeping your site running smoothly and ensuring content freshness.
Real-World Performance Gains with Element Caching
Elementor’s internal tests reveal substantial performance improvements with caching enabled. These gains apply equally to Premium Addons widgets. With memory usage reduced to just 8KB for static elements and a 70% faster TTFB, your website will load faster, handle more traffic, and improve user experience.
Conclusion
This means that if you use Premium Addons with Elementor’s Element Caching tool, your site will load faster, and people will enjoy it more. You can speed up your site without worrying about saving dynamic content incorrectly if you enable caching for basic tools. It’s possible to always use the newest and fastest tools because Elementor and Premium Addons work together.
