Websites hosted on a Nginx web server have additional tools available to them in the control panel.
The following Nginx tools can be configured on a per-domain basis:
FastCGI caching
FastCGI caching will maintain a static cache of rendered pages to avoid passing the request to PHP. This will greatly improve performance for your website users when a cached page is served.
To configure FastCGI caching:
- Select Websites from the left-hand menu
- Select the website you would like to edit the Nginx settings for
- Visit Developer tools and scroll to the Nginx card
- Select the domain you would like to edit and configure the settings
Cache Exclusion
This will prevent specific paths from being cached. This is useful for pages which must be dynamic such as shopping carts. An exact path like /wp-admin or a regular expression like ^wp can be excluded.
To configure Cache Exclusion:
- Select Websites from the left-hand menu
- Select the website you would like to edit the Nginx settings for
- Visit Developer tools and scroll to the Nginx card
- Select the domain you would like to edit and configure the settings
Purge Cache
This will delete all currently cached pages from the cache.
To purge cache:
- Select Websites from the left-hand menu
- Select the website you would like to edit the Nginx settings for
- Visit Developer tools and scroll to the Nginx card
- Select the domain you would like to edit and configure the settings
URL Rewriting
This will rewrite paths to a PHP script if the file does not exist. This is useful for WordPress permalinks functionality and other rewrites which would typically use .htaccess files.
To configure URL rewriting:
- Select Websites from the left-hand menu
- Select the website you would like to edit the Nginx settings for
- Visit Developer tools and scroll to the Nginx card
- Select the domain you would like to edit and configure the settings
