W3 Total Cache 2.0.1

Does W3 Total Cache work with WordPress 5.6 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
No PHP errors, warnings or notices
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Looks good! No problems were detected.
Performance

Memory usage: 471.87 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 version5.6
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 21

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=e7fcd6dfe3
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.549 s
Memory usage 3.36 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance

Page screenshot: Performance
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_dashboard
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.550 s
Memory usage 3.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → General Settings

Page screenshot: Performance → General Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_general
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.249 s
Memory usage 3.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Page Cache

Page screenshot: Performance → Page Cache
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_pgcache
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.203 s
Memory usage 3.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Minify

Page screenshot: Performance → Minify
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_minify
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.214 s
Memory usage 3.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Database Cache

Page screenshot: Performance → Database Cache
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_dbcache
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.201 s
Memory usage 3.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Object Cache

Page screenshot: Performance → Object Cache
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_objectcache
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.222 s
Memory usage 3.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Browser Cache

Page screenshot: Performance → Browser Cache
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_browsercache
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.424 s
Memory usage 3.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → User Agent Groups

Page screenshot: Performance → User Agent Groups
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_mobile
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.238 s
Memory usage 3.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Referrer Groups

Page screenshot: Performance → Referrer Groups
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_referrer
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.211 s
Memory usage 3.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Cookie Groups

Page screenshot: Performance → Cookie Groups
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_pgcache_cookiegroups
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.205 s
Memory usage 3.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → CDN

Page screenshot: Performance → CDN
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_cdn
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.203 s
Memory usage 3.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Fragment Cache

Page screenshot: Performance → Fragment Cache
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_fragmentcache
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.212 s
Memory usage 3.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → User Experience

Page screenshot: Performance → User Experience
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_userexperience
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.338 s
Memory usage 3.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Extensions

Page screenshot: Performance → Extensions
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_extensions
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.210 s
Memory usage 3.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Support

Page screenshot: Performance → Support
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_support
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.206 s
Memory usage 3.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Install

Page screenshot: Performance → Install
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_install
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.383 s
Memory usage 3.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Statistics

Page screenshot: Performance → Statistics
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_stats
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.208 s
Memory usage 3.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Setup Guide

Page screenshot: Performance → Setup Guide
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.174 s
Memory usage 3.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → About

Page screenshot: Performance → About
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_about
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.300 s
Memory usage 3.28 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 0.246 s
Memory usage 2.71 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.274 s0.397 s+0.123 s2.79 MiB3.3 MiB+ 521.62 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.186 s0.197 s+0.011 s2.84 MiB3.33 MiB+ 508.74 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.849 s1.045 s+0.196 s4.93 MiB5.46 MiB+ 538.29 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.484 s0.435 s-0.049 s2.67 MiB3.2 MiB+ 548.8 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.170 s0.182 s+0.012 s2.68 MiB3.13 MiB+ 452.77 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.232 s0.200 s-0.032 s2.65 MiB3.12 MiB+ 484.97 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.194 s0.192 s-0.002 s2.68 MiB3.23 MiB+ 565.88 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.067 s0.578 s-0.489 s4.92 MiB5.44 MiB+ 525.88 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.350 s0.275 s-0.075 s2.65 MiB3.14 MiB+ 501.28 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.235 s0.211 s-0.024 s2.75 MiB3.24 MiB+ 500.82 KiB
/0.272 s0.224 s-0.048 s2.67 MiB2.71 MiB+ 41.57 KiB
Average 0.392 s0.358 s-0.034 s3.11 MiB3.57 MiB+ 471.87 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 3

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

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