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W3 Total Cache 2.10.3

Does W3 Total Cache work with WordPress 7.0.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-08-05 18:48:12 UTC.

Summary

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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	0.743 s	0.745 s	+0.002 s	3.92 MiB	4.64 MiB	+ 732.5 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.586 s	0.584 s	-0.002 s	3.98 MiB	4.62 MiB	+ 651.21 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	2.449 s	2.049 s	-0.400 s	6.56 MiB	7.28 MiB	+ 735.55 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.826 s	0.800 s	-0.026 s	3.89 MiB	4.56 MiB	+ 682.79 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.628 s	0.656 s	+0.028 s	3.86 MiB	4.43 MiB	+ 583.28 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.631 s	1.057 s	+0.426 s	3.85 MiB	4.44 MiB	+ 601.89 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.579 s	0.723 s	+0.144 s	3.86 MiB	4.51 MiB	+ 655.85 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	1.950 s	1.593 s	-0.357 s	6.55 MiB	7.27 MiB	+ 739.32 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.821 s	0.801 s	-0.020 s	3.86 MiB	4.46 MiB	+ 609.46 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.619 s	0.616 s	-0.003 s	3.88 MiB	4.56 MiB	+ 695.63 KiB
/	0.371 s	0.258 s	-0.113 s	4.23 MiB	4.41 MiB	+ 185.94 KiB
Average	0.928 s	0.898 s	-0.029 s	4.41 MiB	5.02 MiB	+ 624.86 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	85.9%	107,780	53,727	625
	JavaScript	10.5%	13,225	1,304	40
	CSS	3.2%	4,008	93	19
	Java	0.2%	231	77	1
	Markdown	0.1%	111	0	3
	INI	0.1%	84	16	6
	XML	0.0%	57	4	1
	HTML	0.0%	7	0	1
	SVG	0.0%	4	0	4
Total			125,507	55,221	700

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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

[05-Aug-2026 18:48:41 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 />
[05-Aug-2026 18:48:41 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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