# How to boost website performance by setting up proper caching. 🚀 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elements Hosting\ **Tags:** elements-hosting, caching, performance, optimization\ **Created:** [September 29, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-boost-website-performance-by-setting-up-proper-caching/57735 "2026-09-29T12:00:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![differentdan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/differentdan/32/33530_2.png) [@differentdan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/differentdan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-boost-website-performance-by-setting-up-proper-caching/57735/1 "2026-09-29T12:00:27Z")
Hey Elements Hosters. 👋 We recently added a nice help guide to our documentation on how to set up cache-control headers on your websites in order to boost page load speed and performance. The help guide is here: > **[Add Cache-Control Headers | Hosting | RapidWeaver Elements Docs](https://docs.realmacsoftware.com/elements-docs/hosting/how-to/how-to-guides/add-cache-control-headers)** > > How to add cache control headers to your website While it might look a bit intimidating, it just involves some copying and pasting, and changing one Cloudflare setting, so it’s not too terribly involved, and the benefits of adding proper caching are worth it. 🙂 We also made a YouTube video if you need a visual guide on how to get caching set up and working. 🍿 Have a look, and if you have any questions feel free to let us know. If you host with us, we can help you get your caching set up and customized for your sites’ specific needs, so reach out if needed! ☺ ---
**Author:** ![DazFisher](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dazfisher/32/34385_2.png) [@DazFisher](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/DazFisher)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-boost-website-performance-by-setting-up-proper-caching/57735/3 "2026-09-29T20:50:57Z")
I watched the video and followed this precisely and was simple to follow. As my site [www.plattunited.co.uk](http://www.plattunited.co.uk) is historical with very few changes, I went with the aggressive caching scenario. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-boost-website-performance-by-setting-up-proper-caching/57735/4 "2026-09-29T20:54:12Z")
How did it work for you? Notice the difference? ---
**Author:** ![DazFisher](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dazfisher/32/34385_2.png) [@DazFisher](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/DazFisher)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-boost-website-performance-by-setting-up-proper-caching/57735/5 "2026-09-29T20:54:51Z")
Only just done it, so will test and revisit and look at the data. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-boost-website-performance-by-setting-up-proper-caching/57735/6 "2026-09-29T21:07:45Z")
I get a slight spin top word spin when I move from home to a page on your site ---
**Author:** ![DazFisher](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dazfisher/32/34385_2.png) [@DazFisher](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/DazFisher)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-boost-website-performance-by-setting-up-proper-caching/57735/7 "2026-09-29T21:09:17Z")
Sorry, how do you mean? ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-boost-website-performance-by-setting-up-proper-caching/57735/8 "2026-09-29T21:36:56Z")
Tried to screen capture - not fast enough… It’s a spinning circle in the picture before the title appears ![IMG_2692](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/6/0/6030bece500354cb52f96619f991ed3c8566b04b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![differentdan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/differentdan/32/33530_2.png) [@differentdan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/differentdan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-boost-website-performance-by-setting-up-proper-caching/57735/9 "2026-09-29T22:41:58Z")
Your caching setup is looking great @DazFisher, and the site is flying for me! 🚀 Happy to hear everything was easy to follow along with. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DazFisher](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dazfisher/32/34385_2.png) [@DazFisher](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/DazFisher)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-boost-website-performance-by-setting-up-proper-caching/57735/10 "2026-09-29T22:44:19Z")
Oh yeah, I know what you mean. That’s the pre-loader for the animation ---
**Author:** ![differentdan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/differentdan/32/33530_2.png) [@differentdan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/differentdan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-boost-website-performance-by-setting-up-proper-caching/57735/11 "2026-09-29T22:54:41Z")
You can set this up too @MichaelDroste, it should work on your web host as I believe they support `.htaccess` files. Give it a try to see how it goes.