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Lately I've become somewhat obsessed with page speed optimization and I wanted to find out can CMS caching mechanism (For example Joomla cache), Gzip compression and Cloudflare work all together in perfect harmony?

I understand how each system works by itself (more or less), but I don't understand would they work together. Is it even recommended to use all of them at once?

If I use cloudflare do CMS cache and Gzip even matter?

P.S What other tools do you use?

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Short answer: yes — they work together and usually should all be enabled. They act at different layers: the CMS cache reduces PHP/DB work on the origin, gzip (or Brotli at the edge) reduces bytes on the wire, and Cloudflare caches and serves content from the edge to lower latency and origin load. That means using all three gives the best results when configured correctly.

Practical setup notes and gotchas tied to this thread: , keep server-side compression enabled (it helps clients and origin bandwidth). was on the right track that server/configuration matters — gzip is typically provided by the web server or app stack — but Cloudflare also performs compression at the edge and will serve compressed variants to clients. Use Cloudflare page rules or Edge Cache TTL for HTML only when pages are truly cacheable (or use “Cache Everything” plus careful cookie rules). Make sure admin/logged-in pages are excluded (bypass by cookie or path) so you don’t cache personalized responses.

Quick checks and example headers to validate behavior:

curl -I -H "Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate" https://example.com/

Look for Content-Encoding: gzip (or brotli) and cf-cache-status: HIT/MISS. For static assets use headers such as:

Cache-Control: public, max-age=31536000, immutable

Troubleshooting tips: if pages appear corrupted after enabling Cloudflare, temporarily disable origin compression to isolate the issue (rarely needed). Purge Cloudflare cache or use cache-busting when you update versioned assets. Use tools like Lighthouse, WebPageTest or curl and check server logs to confirm origin hits drop when edge caching is working. Finally, minify/optimize either at origin or via Cloudflare — avoid applying aggressive optimizations in both places until you’ve tested for breakage.

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I understand how each system works by itself (more or less), but I don't understand would they work together. Is it even recommended to use all of them at once?

Why did you post this question in Web Design, HTML and CSS section?

I don't think HTML/CSS code can make CMS Cache, Gzip and Cloudflare work.

You can used PHP to make cache and gzip as for cloudflare it's an application.

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To be honest, I didn't know where else to post

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To be honest, I didn't know where else to post

PHP.

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