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# Configure Memcached Wordpress plugin with Unix socket

In this tutorial, we will install and activate "MemcacheD Is Your Friend" on Wordpress to reduce the server load and improve the site speed.

1. Enable Memcached server from cPanel, for more information, please refer to the following [article](https://clientarea.mochahost.com/knowledgebase/848)

2. Login to your Wordpress as admin

3. Go to plugins -> **Add New**

4. Search for **"Memcached Is Your Friend"** and **install it**

5) Open **wp-config.php** with cPanel File Manager and add the following line:

`$memcached\_servers = array( 'default' => array('/home/YourUsername/memcached.sock:0'));`

You can view the exact memcached.sock path from cPanel -> Mocha Memcached.

Port should be set to "0", when the socket is in use.

6. Under **Wordpress Admin -> Tools -> Memcached** you can see the unix socket is in use

`memcached: /home/demo/memcached.sock:0 
 pid: 16005 
 uptime: 523 
 threads: 4 
 time: 1526849433`