NGINX Proxy Cache & Microcaching: Complete Guide


by Danila Vershinin, January 26, 2026

Master NGINX proxy cache and microcaching to achieve up to 400x performance improvement. This comprehensive guide covers proxy_cache_path, proxy_cache_valid, thundering herd prevention with proxy_cache_lock, stale-while-revalidate patterns, and microcaching for dynamic content. Includes production-ready configurations tested on Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux.

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Supercharging WordPress with NGINX Cache Purge – Say Goodbye to Mounts and Permissions Hassles!


by Danila Vershinin, November 2, 2024

Welcome to the world of powerful and efficient NGINX caching for WordPress on RPM-based systems! If you’re a GetPageSpeed RPM repository subscriber, you’re already one step ahead. With access to the ngx_cache_purge, you’re empowered to manage cache purges in an incredibly seamless and robust way—without the typical complexity of permissions and mount setups. In this […]

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Magento 2: Distributing cache purge requests over multiple Varnish instances


by Danila Vershinin, August 24, 2022

Speeding up Magento 2 admin when multiple Varnish instances are being used, by distributing HTTP purge requests via NGINX mirror module

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Speed up WordPress with Persistent Object Cache powered by latest Redis


by Danila Vershinin, October 25, 2020

Greatly increase your WordPress performance with Persistent Object Cache powered by Redis. Make wp-admin as fast as possible!

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Deployment and cache purge on Citrus powered servers


by Danila Vershinin, January 18, 2017

Clear Varnish and PHP opcode cache in your deployment script.

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