Hyper Nova: Caching and Performance

Hyper Nova is a high-performance caching engine for WordPress. It serves cached pages in microseconds, reduces server load, and works alongside Nova Scan to keep your site both fast and secure.

Installation

Hyper Nova requires Nova Core (like all Nova plugins). If you already have Nova Core installed and your license activated:

Download hyper-nova.zip from your Nova Heaven dashboard
Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin → upload and activate
Hyper Nova appears under the Nova Core menu

How It Works

Hyper Nova creates static HTML snapshots of your pages and serves them directly, bypassing PHP and database queries entirely. When a visitor requests a page:

Hyper Nova checks if a fresh cached copy exists
If yes: serves it instantly (no PHP execution, no database queries)
If no: lets WordPress generate the page normally, then caches the result for next time

The Dashboard

Hyper Nova’s dashboard shows real-time performance metrics:

Cache hit rate: Percentage of requests served from cache
Response time: Average page load time
Pages cached: Total number of cached pages
Cache size: Disk space used by the cache

Cache Management

Purge All: Clears the entire cache. Use after major site changes.
Purge URL: Clear cache for a specific page
Auto-purge: When you update a post or page, Hyper Nova automatically clears the cached version

Configuration

Key settings in the Settings tab:

Cache lifetime: How long pages stay cached before regenerating
Exclusions: URLs or patterns to never cache (e.g. cart, checkout, account pages)
Mobile caching: Separate cache for mobile devices if your theme serves different markup
Logged-in users: Whether to serve cached pages to logged-in users

Redis Object Cache

If your host provides Redis, Hyper Nova can use it as an object cache backend. This speeds up database queries for dynamic pages that cannot be fully cached (admin pages, WooCommerce carts, etc.).

Enable Redis in Settings → Object Cache and enter your Redis connection details.