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Dashboard

The Dashboard provides an at-a-glance overview of your site's performance and cache status.

Dashboard Overview​

The Performance Toolkit Dashboard displays:

Cache Status​

  • Current Status — enabled/disabled status of page caching
  • Cache Size — total size of cached files on disk
  • Cached Pages — number of pages currently cached
  • Cache Hit Rate — percentage of requests served from cache vs. origin
  • Last Purge — timestamp of the last cache purge event

Performance Metrics​

  • Server Response Time (TTFB) — time from browser request to first byte received
  • Page Load Time — average time to fully load a cached page
  • Cache Effectiveness — estimated performance improvement from caching

Recommendations​

The Dashboard shows actionable recommendations based on your current configuration:

  • Enable page caching if not already active
  • Enable file optimization to reduce asset sizes
  • Optimize database tables
  • Enable image lazy loading
  • Set up CDN integration for global content delivery

Quick Actions​

Buttons for common tasks:

  • Clear Cache — manually purge all cached files
  • Refresh Metrics — update Dashboard statistics
  • Settings — shortcuts to key configuration pages

Using Dashboard Insights​

Improving Cache Hit Rate​

A low cache hit rate (< 80%) may indicate:

  • Too many excluded URLs — check Cache settings for overly broad exclusions
  • Cache TTL too short — increase TTL if content doesn't change frequently
  • High traffic from new visitors — this is normal; monitor over time as hit rate improves with repeat visitors

Acting on Recommendations​

Review action items in order of priority:

  1. Enable caching — provides the biggest performance boost
  2. Enable minification & defer scripts — reduces file sizes and improves render time
  3. Enable lazy loading — speeds up initial page load
  4. Optimize database — improves query performance
  5. Set up CDN — offloads static content serving

Monitoring Over Time​

For best results:

  • Check Dashboard weekly for performance trends
  • Review metrics after making configuration changes
  • Monitor cache hit rate to ensure caching is working effectively
  • Act on recommendations as they appear

The Dashboard is your command center for performance monitoring and optimization decisions.

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