Klix Image DimSum vs Varnish/Nginx Proxy — WordPress

Klix Image DimSum vs Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching

Name: Klix Image DimSum
Rating: 1 (1 reviews)

Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points

Klix Image DimSum

1.0·1reviews·10+installs

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1. Listing metadata

Field-level data

	Klix Image DimSum	Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching
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Description	2992 / 5000 chars60% used	2216 / 5000 chars44% used
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Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	adrianboston	Razvan Stanga
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2. Categories & rankings

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Feature comparison between Klix Image DimSum and Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching
Metric	Klix Image DimSum	Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching
Rating	1.0 ★	★ 5.0 ★
Total reviews	1	★ 10
Active installs	10+	600+
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3. App details

Long-form description · keyword frequency

Klix Image DimSum

Addicted to speed. Heck, who isn’t. Squeeze out better performance with little effort. And get a shot at a higher Google ranking. Search engines, notably Google introduced speed in their ranking algorithm a few years ago. Yet, the average site runs above 10 seconds to the user. Big guns like Facebook, Twitter and Google deliver their site in under 2 seconds to the user. Yours should shoot for the same performance. A lot of sites suffer in speed tests because large images really slows down the delivery of a website. Specifically, many sites serve huge images when they’re viewed as tiny thumbnails by the user. Caching can significantly speed up WP, but if you’re delivering elephants then caching elephants can only do so much. DimSum turns those big elephant images into ones that are small and quality-controlled. And it does so in real-time. This plugin resizes all blog images (home, post and pages) to their tagged width and height, and changes the compression for a perfect balance between quality and speed as seen fit by you, the site owner. It makes elephants into bite-sized dimsum whenever possible. Results include not only increased performance but also increased site aesthetics and ease of use. A) Performance issues include faster page delivery. Speed increases range from minor to significant, depending on the mis-matching of underlying file to that image seen by the user in the browser. It’s particularly useful for front pages that don’t use official thumbnail features but embed smaller representations of larger images. Optimizing large content is often the best way of increasing page delivery. As a corollary, DimSum decreases bandwidth usage which is important for (cloud) users who pay per usage. B) Ease of use improvements are significant. Use an image without regard for its size. Which means no endless sizing in Photoshop or GIMP. One image is resized to perfectly suit each different page use in real-time. Moreso, don’t rely on the few thumbnail sizes given to you by your theme. Generate any size you want without disturbing your site delivery time. Save in the highest quality in Photoshop/Gimp. Upload and then downgrade in DimSum until a perfect tradeoff between quality and size is found. And, in WordPress, select the perfect size to match your content, using the 90%, 80%, 70%, 60% … scaling in the post area. Finally, within seconds crank up or down the compression quality setting to suit the number of visitors (and thus server load) your site receives to better address your customer’s needs — until you upgrade to a faster server. Because one drowned server can ruin your day. C) In the aesthetic department, images are not stretched out beyond their viewable resolution. In fact, images are perfect WYSIWYG between image on the filesystem and image in the browser, in terms of resolution and size. Nevertheless, nothing can increase quality beyond that found in the original file, so use the highest quality in the first upload.

Top keywords

images7×1.41%
quality6×1.20%
site6×1.20%
speed6×1.20%
image5×1.00%
size5×1.00%
delivery4×0.80%
dimsum4×0.80%
perfect4×0.80%
performance4×0.80%
user4×0.80%
between3×0.60%

Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching

Complete WordPress Varnish Cache 3.x/4.x/5.x and Nginx Proxy Cache integration. This plugin handles all integration with Varnish Cache and Nginx Proxy Cache. It was designed for high traffic websites. Main features admin interface, see screenshots console for manual purges, supports regular expressions so you can purge an entire folder or just a single file supports every type of Varnish Cache implementation, see screenshots for examples unlimited number of Varnish Cache servers use of custom headers when communicating with Varnish Cache does not interfere with other caching plugins, cloudflare, etc Varnish Cache configuration generator purge key method so you don’t need to setup ACLs debugging actively maintained You can control the following from the Varnish Caching admin panel : Enable/Disable caching Homepage cache TTL Cache TTL (for every other page) IPs/Hosts to clear cache to support every type of Varnish Cache implementation Override default TTL in posts/pages Purge key based PURGE Logged in cookie Debugging option console for precise manual purges This plugin also auto purges Varnish Cache / Nginx Proxy Cache when your site is modified. Varnish Caching sends a PURGE request to Varnish Cache / Nginx Proxy Cache when a page or post is modified. This occurs when editing, publishing, commenting or deleting an item, and when changing themes. Not all pages are purged every time, depending on your Varnish / Nginx Proxy Cache configuration. When a post, page, or custom post type is edited, or a new comment is added, only the following pages will purge: The front page The post/page edited Any categories or tags associated with the page Varnish Cache / Nginx Proxy Cache is a web application accelerator also known as a caching HTTP reverse proxy. You install it in front of any server that speaks HTTP and configure it to cache the contents. This plugin does not install Varnish/Nginx for you, nor does it configure Varnish/Nginx for WordPress. It’s expected you already did that on your own using the provided config files. Inspired from the following : https://wordpress.org/plugins/varnish-http-purge/ https://github.com/dreamhost/varnish-vcl-collection/

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cache20×5.71%
varnish15×4.29%
varnish cache10×2.86%
nginx8×

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Common questions about this comparison

Which has better reviews, Klix Image DimSum or Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching?

Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching has the higher average rating (5.0★ from 10 reviews) compared to Klix Image DimSum (1.0★ from 1 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.

Should I choose Klix Image DimSum or Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching?

Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 1.0★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, Klix Image DimSum or Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching has the deeper published review base (10 vs 1), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.

Which works better for small vs large WordPress Plugin Directory site owners?

Klix Image DimSum typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (1 reviews). Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (10 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.

Can I migrate data between Klix Image DimSum and Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching?

Migration support varies by app and category. Klix Image DimSum and Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Klix Image DimSum" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

Klix Image DimSum vs Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching

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3. App details

Frequently asked

Which has better reviews, Klix Image DimSum or Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching?

Should I choose Klix Image DimSum or Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching?

Which is faster to set up, Klix Image DimSum or Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching?

Which works better for small vs large WordPress Plugin Directory site owners?

Can I migrate data between Klix Image DimSum and Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching?

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