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W3 Total Cache 2.8.10

Does W3 Total Cache work with WordPress 6.8.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-07-15 16:26:53 UTC.

Summary

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Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Performance

Performance → Feature Showcase

Performance → General Settings

Performance → Page Cache

Performance → Minify

Performance → Database Cache

Performance → Object Cache

Performance → Browser Cache

Performance → Cache Groups

Performance → CDN

Performance → Support

Performance → Google PageSpeed

Performance → User Experience

Performance → Install

Performance → Setup Guide

Performance → About

Performance → Extensions

Performance → Statistics

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.369 s	0.451 s	+0.082 s	3.51 MiB	4.09 MiB	+ 599.1 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.210 s	0.201 s	-0.009 s	3.57 MiB	4.18 MiB	+ 619.51 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.839 s	1.090 s	+0.251 s	6.06 MiB	6.64 MiB	+ 592.77 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.773 s	0.559 s	-0.214 s	3.52 MiB	4.05 MiB	+ 538.32 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.236 s	0.224 s	-0.012 s	3.5 MiB	4.01 MiB	+ 520.95 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.261 s	0.233 s	-0.028 s	3.49 MiB	4.01 MiB	+ 529.15 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.196 s	0.192 s	-0.004 s	3.5 MiB	4.03 MiB	+ 539.82 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.751 s	0.667 s	-0.084 s	6.05 MiB	6.63 MiB	+ 591.25 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.440 s	0.445 s	+0.005 s	3.5 MiB	4.01 MiB	+ 517.45 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.259 s	0.464 s	+0.205 s	3.52 MiB	4.05 MiB	+ 537.05 KiB
/	0.318 s	0.202 s	-0.116 s	3.43 MiB	3.65 MiB	+ 222.84 KiB
Average	0.423 s	0.430 s	+0.007 s	3.97 MiB	4.49 MiB	+ 528.02 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.

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	90.3%	111,399	51,717	633
	JavaScript	6.1%	7,527	986	40
	CSS	3.1%	3,857	85	19
	Java	0.2%	231	77	1
	Markdown	0.1%	108	0	2
	INI	0.1%	84	16	6
	SVG	0.1%	65	1	4
	XML	0.0%	57	4	1
Total			123,328	52,886	706

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

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 6

• w3tc_cached_notices
• w3tc_extensions_hooks
• w3tc_install_date
• w3tc_post_update_admin_tasks_ran_versions
• w3tc_post_update_generic_tasks_ran_versions
• w3tc_state

PHP Error Log 6 lines

[15-Jul-2025 16:27:09 UTC] W3 Total Cache environment exception: Edit file <strong>/wp-config.php</strong> and add next lines:<textarea style="height: 100px; width: 100%;">/** Enable W3 Total Cache */
define(&#039;WP_CACHE&#039;, true); // Added by W3 Total Cache
</textarea><br />
[15-Jul-2025 16:27:09 UTC] W3 Total Cache environment exception: Edit file <strong>/wp-config.php</strong> and add next lines:<textarea style="height: 100px; width: 100%;">/** Enable W3 Total Cache */
define(&#039;WP_CACHE&#039;, true); // Added by W3 Total Cache
</textarea><br />

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