June 21st, 2024

Your WooCommerce Store Just Got Faster: Introducing Elasticsearch and Litespeed Cache Enhancements

We've made some major performance enhancements to WooCommerce, making your online store faster and more efficient for both you and your customers.

What's New?

We've supercharged WooCommerce performance on the Rapyd platform through two key enhancements:

  • Elasticsearch Integration: By integrating the ElasticPress plugin and a local Elasticsearch server, we've dramatically improved the speed and efficiency of your product searches. This means your customers can find what they're looking for faster, resulting in a smoother shopping experience.

  • LiteSpeed Cache for WooCommerce: This advanced caching solution, featuring "smart purge" technology, ensures that your cache remains up-to-date, keeping your pages loading incredibly quickly. Additionally, Live Cart provides each customer with a dedicated private cart cache using LiteSpeed Edge Side Includes (ESIs), which means each user's cart is stored in their own private cache for an exceptionally smooth shopping experience.

How It Works

These new features can be managed from the WooCommerce tab in the site management area, which is visible for any site that has WooCommerce installed.

  • New WooCommerce Sites: These enhancements are automatically enabled for new WooCommerce installations. Simply check the "Add WooCommerce to this site" checkbox during the Add Site flow.

  • Existing WooCommerce Sites: For sites that already have WooCommerce installed, you can activate these new features by navigating to the WooCommerce tab in your Rapyd dashboard and turning them on.

Important Note:

These performance enhancements are available for Developer plans and above. If you're on a Lite plan, we encourage you to consider upgrading to unlock the full potential of your online store.

Learn More

For detailed instructions and additional information, please visit our knowledge base guide: Getting Started with WooCommerce on Rapyd