Using Redis for the MyBB cache store — follow-up

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— always check for this guard in your own plugin files.

Spam registrations dropped to nearly zero after enabling a good Q&A challenge.

Make sure you take both a files and a database backup before upgrading.

I switched the cache store to Redis and the ACP feels snappier now.

Curious what everyone else here thinks about it.

Cron-based task runs fixed my missed backups as well.

Redis works great, but file cache is fine for small boards.

Interesting — I will have to try that.

Do not forget to disable plugins before the upgrade.

Bumping this because I ran into the same thing today.

Q&A captcha beat every image captcha I tried.

Could not agree more.

Q&A captcha beat every image captcha I tried.

Q&A captcha beat every image captcha I tried.

Could not agree more.

I disagree slightly, but I can see where you are coming from.

Cron-based task runs fixed my missed backups as well.

Redis works great, but file cache is fine for small boards.

Cron-based task runs fixed my missed backups as well.

Thanks for sharing, saved me a lot of time.

Q&A captcha beat every image captcha I tried.

That has been my experience as well.