W3 Total Cache 0.14.2

Does W3 Total Cache work with WordPress 5.4.2 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

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

Memory usage: 642.28 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 version5.4.2
PHP version7.2.16
MySQL version8.0.15
PHP memory limit256M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 1,000,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/
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Pages 20

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: 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=f0cdbcac73
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.682 s
Memory usage 4.59 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance

Page screenshot: Performance
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_dashboard
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.872 s
Memory usage 4.68 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → General Settings

Page screenshot: Performance → General Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_general
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.374 s
Memory usage 4.72 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Page Cache

Page screenshot: Performance → Page Cache
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_pgcache
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.300 s
Memory usage 4.71 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Minify

Page screenshot: Performance → Minify
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_minify
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.270 s
Memory usage 4.8 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Database Cache

Page screenshot: Performance → Database Cache
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_dbcache
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.219 s
Memory usage 4.55 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Object Cache

Page screenshot: Performance → Object Cache
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_objectcache
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.160 s
Memory usage 4.55 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Browser Cache

Page screenshot: Performance → Browser Cache
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_browsercache
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.273 s
Memory usage 4.79 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → User Agent Groups

Page screenshot: Performance → User Agent Groups
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_mobile
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.234 s
Memory usage 4.57 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Referrer Groups

Page screenshot: Performance → Referrer Groups
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_referrer
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.227 s
Memory usage 4.56 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Cookie Groups

Page screenshot: Performance → Cookie Groups
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_pgcache_cookiegroups
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.229 s
Memory usage 4.54 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → CDN

Page screenshot: Performance → CDN
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_cdn
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.251 s
Memory usage 4.79 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Fragment Cache

Page screenshot: Performance → Fragment Cache
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_fragmentcache
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.275 s
Memory usage 4.64 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → User Experience

Page screenshot: Performance → User Experience
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_userexperience
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.171 s
Memory usage 4.53 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Extensions

Page screenshot: Performance → Extensions
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_extensions
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.188 s
Memory usage 4.59 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Support

Page screenshot: Performance → Support
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_support
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.522 s
Memory usage 4.5 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Install

Page screenshot: Performance → Install
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_install
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.258 s
Memory usage 4.56 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Statistics

Page screenshot: Performance → Statistics
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_stats
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.277 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=0.14.2:7:95526)\n    at setCharts (/wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/UsageStatistics_Page_View.js?ver=0.14.2:157:14)\n    at Object.success (/wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/UsageStatistics_Page_View.js?ver=0.14.2:33:5)\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

Page screenshot: Performance → About
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_about
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.160 s
Memory usage 4.53 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.261 s
Memory usage 3.51 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.331 s0.308 s-0.023 s3.64 MiB4.31 MiB+ 685.62 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.214 s0.258 s+0.044 s3.67 MiB4.33 MiB+ 679.63 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.188 s1.642 s+0.454 s5.43 MiB6.13 MiB+ 715.97 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.448 s0.422 s-0.026 s3.5 MiB4.25 MiB+ 763.53 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.381 s0.165 s-0.216 s3.58 MiB4.19 MiB+ 626.63 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.238 s0.195 s-0.043 s3.48 MiB4.18 MiB+ 720.24 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.172 s0.175 s+0.003 s3.58 MiB4.24 MiB+ 673.15 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.005 s1.011 s+0.006 s5.42 MiB6.11 MiB+ 709.15 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.346 s0.248 s-0.098 s3.48 MiB4.2 MiB+ 736.55 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.214 s0.196 s-0.018 s3.59 MiB4.25 MiB+ 672.09 KiB
/0.344 s0.209 s-0.135 s3.43 MiB3.51 MiB+ 82.47 KiB
Average 0.444 s0.439 s-0.005 s3.89 MiB4.52 MiB+ 642.28 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

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide W3 Total Cache Admin Menus