W3 Total Cache 2.3.1

Does W3 Total Cache work with WordPress 6.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
39PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 437.81 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 version6.2
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
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=796dff1688
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.573 s
Memory usage 3.59 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 0.761 s
Memory usage 3.57 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Feature Showcase

Page screenshot: Performance  → Feature Showcase
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_feature_showcase
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.249 s
Memory usage 3.56 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 0.254 s
Memory usage 3.56 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 0.254 s
Memory usage 3.56 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 0.665 s
Memory usage 3.56 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 0.247 s
Memory usage 3.56 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 0.240 s
Memory usage 3.56 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 0.248 s
Memory usage 3.56 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Cache Groups

Page screenshot: Performance  → Cache Groups
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_cachegroups
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.296 s
Memory usage 3.56 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 0.244 s
Memory usage 3.56 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 0.252 s
Memory usage 3.56 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 0.262 s
Memory usage 3.56 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Performance → Google PageSpeed

Page screenshot: Performance  → Google PageSpeed
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_pagespeed
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.227 s
Memory usage 3.56 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 0.254 s
Memory usage 3.56 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 0.238 s
Memory usage 3.56 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 0.228 s
Memory usage 3.57 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 0.240 s
Memory usage 3.56 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 0.231 s
Memory usage 3.56 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 0.230 s
Memory usage 3.56 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 0.287 s
Memory usage 3.15 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.302 s0.435 s+0.133 s3.07 MiB3.53 MiB+ 468.19 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.217 s0.214 s-0.003 s3.1 MiB3.56 MiB+ 466.6 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.909 s1.042 s+0.133 s5.02 MiB5.57 MiB+ 559.32 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php1.006 s0.338 s-0.668 s3.02 MiB3.49 MiB+ 483.23 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.237 s0.161 s-0.076 s3.02 MiB3.41 MiB+ 407.51 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.295 s0.276 s-0.019 s2.99 MiB3.42 MiB+ 431.06 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.205 s0.414 s+0.209 s3.01 MiB3.45 MiB+ 451.41 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.683 s0.795 s+0.112 s5.01 MiB5.55 MiB+ 550.91 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.265 s0.246 s-0.019 s3 MiB3.43 MiB+ 437.23 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.276 s0.220 s-0.056 s3.03 MiB3.45 MiB+ 434.08 KiB
/0.392 s0.216 s-0.176 s3.03 MiB3.16 MiB+ 126.37 KiB
Average 0.435 s0.396 s-0.039 s3.39 MiB3.82 MiB+ 437.81 KiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

PHP
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP92.8%119,98146,288805
JavaScript4.7%6,11362240
CSS2.1%2,75811220
Java0.2%231771
Markdown0.1%10802
INI0.1%84166
XML0.0%5741
SVG0.0%404
Total 129,336 47,119 879

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 97,427
Total complexity 21,404
Median class complexity 12.0
Median method complexity 1.0
Most complex class wsdl
Most complex function W3TCL\Minify\JSMinPlus::parseTree()
Classes 708
Methods 5,945
Functions 123

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 39 lines

[29-Mar-2023 19:48:08 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:10 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:10 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:11 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:11 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:12 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:12 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:13 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:13 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:14 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:15 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:16 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:16 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:17 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:17 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:18 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:18 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:19 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:19 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:20 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:20 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:21 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:21 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:22 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:22 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:23 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:23 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:24 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:24 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:25 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:25 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:26 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:27 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:27 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:28 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:28 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:28 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:28 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
[29-Mar-2023 19:48:39 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1041
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide W3 Total Cache Admin Menus