To enable Redis, you’ll have to have Redis installed on your site. You can request this from Servebolt support. There are multiple plugins available to enable Redis for WordPress. This example uses the plugin Redis Cache which has 60K installs and is actively maintained.
Time needed: 5 minutes
After you have received confirmation from our Support team that Redis is enabled for your site, you can enable it by following this recipe.
- Add the configuration to wp-config.php
define( 'WP_REDIS_PATH', '/run/redis/redis.sock' );define( 'WP_REDIS_SCHEME', 'unix' );
Please note that if you are running WordPress out of some other directory or subfolder, you’ll have make the path to the socket relative to your applications directory. - Install the Redis Cache plugin
wp plugin install redis-cache --activate - Enable Redis in the plugin using WP-CLI
wp redis enable - Verify that Redis is working
You can verify the Redis connection from the command line by running:
wp redis status|grep -i status
If Redis is connected and working correctly, the output should show:Status: Connected
You can also run the following command to view the full Redis status and configuration:wp redis status
Once Redis is connected, browse a few pages on your site to populate the object cache.
And as always, should you have any additional questions please don’t hesitate to contact our support chat at servebolt.com!
