How to check if FlyingPress is working on your site
Once you've installed and activated FlyingPress and see the "Pages cached" count, FlyingPress should already be working:
![FlyingPress cached pages count](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/fbc2de7683b3d800/image_1aima7a.png)
Here are four different methods to verify if FlyingPress is caching and optimizing your pages:
1. Inspecting the FlyingPress Footprint:
FlyingPress appends a unique mark to optimized pages.
To verify, view your site's source code ("View Page Source") and find "Powered by FlyingPress for lightning-fast performance" at the bottom of the page.
If you've enabled HTML Minify in Cloudflare, this will not be visible.
![FlyingPress footprint](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/fbc2de7683b3d800/screenshot-2023-11-16-at-21747_15nmpe0.png)
2. Searching for FlyingPress Tags:
Look for the keyword "flying-press" within the source code.
Its presence indicates that optimizations like CSS/JS minify, remove unused CSS, etc are working correctly.
![FlyingPress tags](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/fbc2de7683b3d800/image_6jefpn.png)
3. Checking Response Headers:
Open the network tab in your browser, refresh your site, and click on the first network request.
Look for "X-Flying-Press-Cache" in the response headers, indicating "HIT" (cached) or "MISS" (not cached).
If you have another caching layer, like Cloudflare APO or Varnish or any other server-side caching, the FlyingPress cache might show "MISS", as the other caching layer could be serving the cache; this is expected.
![FlyingPress response header](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/fbc2de7683b3d800/screenshot-2023-11-16-at-21307_1owcg7c.png)
4. Inspecting the Cache Folder:
Optimized pages and files are stored in "wp-content." Using FTP or a plugin like "File Manager," navigate to "wp-content" > "cache" > "flying-press"
If you see minified CSS & JS files, fonts files, HTML pages etc, FlyingPress is working as intended.
![FlyingPress cache folder](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/fbc2de7683b3d800/screenshot-2023-11-16-at-20935_3q7dzt.png)
Updated on: 16/11/2023
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