Memcached is no longer available
Memcached has been retired on WebGee shared and reseller hosting. Use Redis object caching instead, which is a drop-in replacement.
Memcached is no longer available on WebGee shared and reseller hosting. The PHP
memcached extension and the LSMCD service were both retired, and there is
nothing to enable.
Use Redis object caching instead. It delivers the same benefit — caching database query results in memory so WordPress and Magento stop repeating them — with better stability, and it is what the platform supports today.
If your site is still configured for Memcached
A site left pointing at Memcached is not caching at all. It is not broken, but it is doing the full set of database queries on every page load, which is exactly the cost object caching exists to avoid.
Switch it over:
- Enable Redis and the PHP extension by following Enable Redis object caching.
- In WordPress, go to LiteSpeed Cache → Cache → Object.
- Change Method from
MemcachedtoRedis. - Set Host to
127.0.0.1, and enter the port and password from cPanel → Redis. - Select Save, then confirm the connection status reads Passed.
An earlier version of this article described enabling Memcached through the LSMCD User Manager, and stated that Redis was not supported on shared hosting. Both statements are now wrong. If you configured Memcached following those instructions, use the steps above to move to Redis.
Related
Which object cache should I use?
Redis is the object cache available on WebGee hosting. Memcached has been retired, so the choice that used to exist no longer does.
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