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W3 Total Cache 0.14.4

Does W3 Total Cache work with WordPress 5.5.1 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
2PHP notices
1JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 477.24 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 version5.5.1
PHP version7.4.8
MySQL version8.0.21
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=41205bd440
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.680 s
Memory usage 3.41 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 1.089 s
Memory usage 3.42 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 3.58 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 0.294 s
Memory usage 3.58 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 0.281 s
Memory usage 3.62 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 0.283 s
Memory usage 3.36 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 0.188 s
Memory usage 3.36 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 0.279 s
Memory usage 3.62 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 0.290 s
Memory usage 3.38 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 0.204 s
Memory usage 3.36 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 0.251 s
Memory usage 3.35 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 0.277 s
Memory usage 3.61 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 0.309 s
Memory usage 3.46 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 0.224 s
Memory usage 3.34 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 0.208 s
Memory usage 3.4 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 1.692 s
Memory usage 3.32 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 0.308 s
Memory usage 3.37 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 0.332 s
Memory usage 3.32 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=0.14.4:7:95526)\n    at setCharts (/wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/UsageStatistics_Page_View.js?ver=0.14.4:157:14)\n    at Object.success (/wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/UsageStatistics_Page_View.js?ver=0.14.4:33:5)\n    at i (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils&ver=5.5.1:2:27362)\n    at Object.fireWith [as resolveWith] (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils&ver=5.5.1:2:28121)\n    at x (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils&ver=5.5.1:4:22575)\n    at XMLHttpRequest.c (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils&ver=5.5.1:4:26776)",
        "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 0.186 s
Memory usage 3.34 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 0.257 s
Memory usage 2.74 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.522 s0.377 s-0.145 s2.75 MiB3.26 MiB+ 515.37 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.259 s0.248 s-0.011 s2.8 MiB3.28 MiB+ 499.81 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.634 s1.952 s+0.318 s4.54 MiB5.08 MiB+ 545.19 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.621 s0.634 s+0.013 s2.63 MiB3.16 MiB+ 547.63 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.209 s0.160 s-0.049 s2.64 MiB3.08 MiB+ 447.67 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.241 s0.208 s-0.033 s2.6 MiB3.07 MiB+ 479.87 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.197 s0.206 s+0.009 s2.64 MiB3.13 MiB+ 496.77 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page2.041 s1.484 s-0.557 s4.53 MiB5.06 MiB+ 536.77 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.333 s0.350 s+0.017 s2.61 MiB3.09 MiB+ 496.18 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.255 s0.235 s-0.020 s2.65 MiB3.13 MiB+ 495.72 KiB
/0.366 s0.229 s-0.137 s2.56 MiB2.74 MiB+ 188.68 KiB
Average 0.607 s0.553 s-0.054 s3 MiB3.46 MiB+ 477.24 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 2 lines

[01-Sep-2020 19:36:12 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/PageSpeed_Widget_View_FromApi.php on line 48
[01-Sep-2020 19:36:12 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/PageSpeed_Widget_View_FromApi.php on line 50
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide W3 Total Cache Admin Menus