You never know when your going to write a killer post that hits the front page of Digg. Can you imagine all that traffic? Is your server up to it, or your blog software for that matter? WP Super Cache is one of the best blog plugins for protecting your site from that super hit.
WP Super Cache does everything that WP Cache does but it goes that one step further and serves up static HTML files rather than loading the PHP scripts. PHP is memory and server load heavy so if your server is even slightly underpowered, a jump in traffic could cause server issues winding up with your site being suspended for a short period of time.
Loading static HTML files is not server friendly, it is also browser friendly. Pages load much faster, particularly those with graphics. A faster page load creates a much smoother experience for your visitors, this is particularly handy if your page is a little sluggish.
If you are expecting a huge flood of traffic, you can go in and use the ‘lock down’ option which will force all page views to come from the cache and not from running the PHP script.
Whilst WP Super Cache is one of those blog plugins that helps to keep your blog running smoothly, nothing beats having a good reliable web host to start with. This plugin will not prevent a problem if you are using a slow ill-equiped host to manage your web site.
