Report - W3 Total Cache 0.14.1

Does W3 Total Cache work with WordPress 5.4.2 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on 2020-06-10 23:01:37 UTC.

Summary

Errors

	No PHP errors, warnings or notices
1	JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors

Performance

Memory usage: 642.4 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

Environment

WordPress version	5.4.2
PHP version	7.2.16
MySQL version	8.0.15
PHP memory limit	256M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2025-08-15T16:14:00+00:00
Active installs	1,000,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 20

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=w3-total-cache%2Fw3-total-cache.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=bbe6eda635
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.670 s
Memory usage	4.59 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Performance

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_dashboard
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.794 s
Memory usage	4.68 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Performance → General Settings

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_general
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.400 s
Memory usage	4.72 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Performance → Page Cache

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_pgcache
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.250 s
Memory usage	4.71 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Performance → Minify

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_minify
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.245 s
Memory usage	4.8 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Performance → Database Cache

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_dbcache
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.199 s
Memory usage	4.55 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Performance → Object Cache

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_objectcache
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.173 s
Memory usage	4.55 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Performance → Browser Cache

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_browsercache
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.266 s
Memory usage	4.79 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Performance → User Agent Groups

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_mobile
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.258 s
Memory usage	4.57 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Performance → Referrer Groups

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_referrer
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.189 s
Memory usage	4.56 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Performance → Cookie Groups

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_pgcache_cookiegroups
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.217 s
Memory usage	4.54 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Performance → CDN

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_cdn
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.233 s
Memory usage	4.79 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Performance → Fragment Cache

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_fragmentcache
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.272 s
Memory usage	4.64 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Performance → User Experience

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_userexperience
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.159 s
Memory usage	4.53 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Performance → Extensions

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_extensions
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.189 s
Memory usage	4.59 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Performance → Support

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_support
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.582 s
Memory usage	4.5 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Performance → Install

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_install
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.237 s
Memory usage	4.56 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Performance → Statistics

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_stats
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.296 s
Memory usage	4.5 MiB
JS errors	[ { "message": "TypeError: Cannot set property '_options' of undefined\n at ni.update (/wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/pub/js/chartjs.min.js?ver=0.14.1:7:95526)\n at setCharts (/wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/UsageStatistics_Page_View.js?ver=0.14.1:157:14)\n at Object.success (/wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/UsageStatistics_Page_View.js?ver=0.14.1:33:5)\n at i (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=5.4.2:2:27362)\n at Object.fireWith [as resolveWith] (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=5.4.2:2:28121)\n at x (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=5.4.2:4:22575)\n at XMLHttpRequest.c (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=5.4.2:4:26776)", "trace": null, "code": null } ]
Resource errors	None

Performance → About

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_about
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.154 s
Memory usage	4.53 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.228 s
Memory usage	3.51 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.314 s	0.317 s	+0.003 s	3.64 MiB	4.31 MiB	+ 685.77 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.191 s	0.248 s	+0.057 s	3.67 MiB	4.33 MiB	+ 679.76 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	1.291 s	1.556 s	+0.265 s	5.43 MiB	6.13 MiB	+ 716.09 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.454 s	0.427 s	-0.027 s	3.5 MiB	4.25 MiB	+ 763.66 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.188 s	0.169 s	-0.019 s	3.58 MiB	4.19 MiB	+ 626.76 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.434 s	0.196 s	-0.238 s	3.48 MiB	4.18 MiB	+ 720.37 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.184 s	0.173 s	-0.011 s	3.58 MiB	4.24 MiB	+ 673.27 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	1.103 s	1.153 s	+0.050 s	5.42 MiB	6.11 MiB	+ 709.27 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.327 s	0.457 s	+0.130 s	3.48 MiB	4.2 MiB	+ 736.68 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.221 s	0.191 s	-0.030 s	3.59 MiB	4.25 MiB	+ 672.22 KiB
/	0.304 s	0.209 s	-0.095 s	3.43 MiB	3.51 MiB	+ 82.59 KiB
Average	0.456 s	0.463 s	+0.008 s	3.89 MiB	4.52 MiB	+ 642.4 KiB

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Options `wp_options` 5

w3tc_extensions_hooks
w3tc_generic_widgetservices
w3tc_state
w3tc_stats_hotspot_end
w3tc_stats_hotspot_start

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

W3 Total Cache 0.14.1

Summary

Pages 20

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Performance

Performance → General Settings

Performance → Page Cache

Performance → Minify

Performance → Database Cache

Performance → Object Cache

Performance → Browser Cache

Performance → User Agent Groups

Performance → Referrer Groups

Performance → Cookie Groups

Performance → CDN

Performance → Fragment Cache

Performance → User Experience

Performance → Extensions

Performance → Support

Performance → Install

Performance → Statistics

Performance → About

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Benchmark

Additions

Options wp_options 5

PHP Error Log

Options `wp_options` 5