1. Will AACC be updated to work with WP 3.1.1?
2. Can this work with other cache plugins, like Quick Cache?
3. Will this work on Cloud hosts like Rackspace?

Much appreciated.

I was checking some of your post - great job :D - and I noticed the feed link seems to be broken:

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Hope you'll fix it, because I would love to subscribe :D

Regards

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@ Matt

Actually the way the AACC plugin works is pretty simple as it was one of my earliest attempts at a WP plugin and socket networking with php in a real way.

The way that ALL the caching plugins work (hyper, wp-super, wp-cache, etc.) is by creating a cached resource for a page when it is requested by a visitor. A request causes WordPress to generate the html, and the caching plugins control saving that output to a static file or database entry, and then determining how often to send the static cached file until it should be re-generated. It is essentially an extremely low-memory intensive (compared to almost every other plugin) sequential url requester. Arriving at this plugins design came about in 3 stages that you can read about if you desire.

• Part I
• Part II
• Part III

@ Cracks

Since writing the AACC plugin I have been developing my own caching plugin designed from scratch (like hyper-cache's original design) to be as good as I can make it. I've been using it on this blog for over a year and am planning to release it within a year... A custom socket-level class optimized for low-memory usage and speed + all the htaccess caching and server tricks like storage and permissions is what I have.

So I look at ALL the WP caching-related plugins and pick the source code apart looking for any cool code I can use (most of it's crap), since I'm definately still learning how to write optimized php. I also very actively view the disk IO, swap usage, CPU, etc..

But actually, I haven't checked out the plugin you mention in enough detail.. Thanks I'm going to have to check that out.. I will say that of all the plugins I liked the hyper-cache model the most for being the most optimized, though it's clear I recommend WP-Super-Cache.

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Why does it show 16,000+ referals from askapache.com?

You might have read the same Yoast article as I..? http://yoast.com/wordpress-2-9-geeky-bits/

He says (in his comments) "W3 Total Cache, hands down" when asked about the WP Super Cache V's W3 Total Cache comparison.