> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.noxity.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Overview

> AccelerateWP is CloudLinux's WP Rocket-style WordPress speed plugin. Page caching, file optimization, lazy loading, and database cleanup, all from cPanel.

AccelerateWP is a WordPress optimization plugin built into your cPanel. If you've used WP Rocket, the feature set will look familiar: full-page caching, JS/CSS minification, lazy loading, and database cleanup. CloudLinux ships and maintains it, and we expose it through cPanel for free.

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  <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/noxity/images/cpanel/software/accelerate-wp/page-dark.png" alt="AccelerateWP main page with feature toggles" className="hidden dark:block" />
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## What you get on Noxity

Noxity includes the **free** AccelerateWP feature set. That's:

| Feature                                                 | Page                                                                                        |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Full-page caching, mobile/user separation, preload      | [Caching](/web-hosting/cpanel/software/accelerate-wp/caching)                               |
| CSS/JS minification, combination, defer, delay          | [File optimization](/web-hosting/cpanel/software/accelerate-wp/file-optimization)           |
| Image lazy loading, font optimization, image dimensions | [Media optimization](/web-hosting/cpanel/software/accelerate-wp/media-optimization)         |
| Database cleanup, Heartbeat control, MAx Cache add-on   | [Database and Heartbeat](/web-hosting/cpanel/software/accelerate-wp/database-and-heartbeat) |
| Smart Advice (suggests features when you'd benefit)     | This page, below                                                                            |

<Note>
  **Premium AccelerateWP features (Image Optimization, CDN, Object Caching) are not included on Noxity plans.** This page documents what we offer. The CloudLinux upstream docs cover the premium features but they're not toggleable from your cPanel.
</Note>

## Requirements

Before activating:

* **PHP 7.3 or higher.** Most accounts already are. If you're not, switch via [Select PHP Version](/web-hosting/cpanel/software/select-php-version/overview).
* **WordPress 5.8 or higher.**
* **No other caching plugin installed.** WP Super Cache, W3 Total Cache, LiteSpeed Cache, and AccelerateWP all manipulate the same `.htaccess` and cache directories. Pick one. Deactivate and uninstall the others before activating AccelerateWP.
* **Not in WordPress Multisite mode.** Multisite isn't supported.

## Activate the feature

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open AccelerateWP in cPanel">
    cPanel home → **Software** → **AccelerateWP**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select your WordPress install">
    AccelerateWP scans for WordPress sites under your account and lists them. If yours doesn't appear, the install isn't being detected, usually because it's in an unusual location. See the common issues below.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click Activate">
    AccelerateWP installs a Must-Use plugin into the WordPress install and turns on full-page caching by default.

    The activation runs a quick health check (HTTP 200 response, no errors in the log). If the check fails you can either let AccelerateWP roll back automatically or override and continue.
  </Step>
</Steps>

After activation, the feature page shows a dashboard with toggles for every optimization. Page caching is on; everything else starts off and is opt-in.

## Smart Advice

AccelerateWP watches your site's slow requests for a few days after activation. When it detects an optimization that would help, an **Advice available** badge appears next to the relevant feature.

Click **Apply advice** and AccelerateWP enables the feature for you. If the result is bad, click **Rollback** and the change reverts.

Smart Advice is a passive system. It won't enable anything without your click. The features it most often recommends:

* Lazy loading for image-heavy posts
* JS deferral for sites with multiple analytics scripts
* DB cleanup for sites with thousands of post revisions

For features Smart Advice doesn't recommend, you can still enable them manually from the feature pages.

## Why AccelerateWP versus a WordPress plugin

|                  | AccelerateWP                                   | A WordPress caching plugin                             |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| Where it runs    | At the cPanel/Apache layer                     | Inside WordPress                                       |
| Update path      | We update centrally; you don't manage versions | Manual or auto-update via WP admin                     |
| Conflict surface | Lower (no PHP plugin to conflict with)         | Higher (interacts with every other plugin)             |
| Coverage         | Free tier includes most of what you'd pay for  | Pay for the full feature set in plugins like WP Rocket |
| Granularity      | Account-wide settings                          | Per-site settings                                      |

If you already pay for WP Rocket and it works, you don't need to switch. If you're on a free plugin (Cache Enabler, Autoptimize) and want one of the included features without juggling, AccelerateWP is the upgrade.

## Common issues

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="My WordPress site doesn't show up in the AccelerateWP list">
    Either WordPress isn't in the standard `public_html` location, or `wp-config.php` is missing/unreadable. Move the install to a recognized location, or symlink it. We can also detect installs added recently by hitting the **Refresh** button on the page.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="The activation post-check fails">
    AccelerateWP expects an HTTP 200 from the homepage and no fresh errors in the log after enabling. If it fails, the homepage probably already has an issue (the new caching just exposes it). Disable AccelerateWP, fix whatever's returning the non-200, then re-activate.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Activation succeeds but the site is broken">
    A full-page cache caches the broken response. Deactivate AccelerateWP, fix the WordPress issue (probably a plugin conflict; disable everything except AccelerateWP and reactivate plugins one at a time), then re-enable.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="My PageSpeed score went down after enabling AccelerateWP">
    Often AccelerateWP enables gzip compression that mod\_pagespeed (if your stack uses it) can't optimize further. Also, not every optimization is on by default. Enable [File optimization](/web-hosting/cpanel/software/accelerate-wp/file-optimization) and [Media optimization](/web-hosting/cpanel/software/accelerate-wp/media-optimization) features one at a time and re-test.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="A purchase or login isn't showing dynamic content">
    The page is being served from the static cache. WooCommerce, BuddyPress, and similar plugins set cookies AccelerateWP recognizes and bypasses, but custom flows might not. Add the URL to **Never Cache URLs** under [Caching → Advanced rules](/web-hosting/cpanel/software/accelerate-wp/caching).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Settings vanished after a WordPress update">
    Backup your AccelerateWP settings periodically. The feature page has **Export settings** at the bottom; download the file before risky updates. To restore, **Import settings** from the same page.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

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