LiteSpeed
Up to 6× faster than Apache for WordPress sites.
What is it?
LiteSpeed Web Server is a high-performance, commercial web server that replaces Apache on our servers. It serves your website's HTML, images, CSS, and JavaScript files to visitors' browsers. LiteSpeed also includes its own caching engine (LSCACHE) that stores pre-built versions of your pages so they load instantly.
Why does your website need it?
Every millisecond of page load time costs you visitors. Studies show a 1-second delay reduces conversions by 7%. LiteSpeed handles more simultaneous visitors with less CPU and RAM than Apache, which means your site stays fast even during traffic spikes — like when your WhatsApp link goes viral or you run a sale. Google's Core Web Vitals score also improves, which helps SEO rankings.
How does it work?
LiteSpeed uses an event-driven architecture (similar to Nginx) rather than Apache's process-per-request model. This means one LiteSpeed worker can handle thousands of connections simultaneously. The built-in LSCACHE plugin for WordPress hooks directly into the server memory, serving cached pages in under 5 milliseconds. Dynamic PHP requests are passed to PHP-FPM for processing.
LiteSpeed is included in every VillageHosting plan.
You don't need to configure or manage it. Our team sets it up for you.