Report - W3 Total Cache 2.4.1

Does W3 Total Cache work with WordPress 6.3.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2023-08-29 17:14:27 UTC.

Summary

Errors

37	PHP deprecation warnings
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors

Performance

Memory usage: 506.41 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 version	6.3.1
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-06-24T18:05:00+00:00
Active installs	900,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 20

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=2d334bb053
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.472 s
Memory usage	3.4 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

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	0.437 s
Memory usage	3.89 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

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	0.264 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

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	0.263 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

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	0.249 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

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	0.613 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

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	0.243 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

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	0.264 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

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	0.297 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

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	0.396 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

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	0.240 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

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	0.239 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

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	0.244 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

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	0.241 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

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	0.240 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Performance → Setup Guide

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.212 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

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	0.245 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

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	0.263 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

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	0.247 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.229 s
Memory usage	3.34 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.326 s	0.458 s	+0.132 s	2.82 MiB	3.35 MiB	+ 534.55 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.201 s	0.183 s	-0.018 s	2.85 MiB	3.37 MiB	+ 531.91 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.835 s	1.532 s	+0.697 s	5.21 MiB	5.8 MiB	+ 603.12 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.638 s	0.470 s	-0.168 s	2.77 MiB	3.3 MiB	+ 549.6 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.287 s	0.193 s	-0.094 s	2.76 MiB	3.24 MiB	+ 493.83 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.426 s	0.269 s	-0.157 s	2.74 MiB	3.23 MiB	+ 503.75 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.180 s	0.183 s	+0.003 s	2.76 MiB	3.26 MiB	+ 517.77 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.761 s	0.610 s	-0.151 s	5.21 MiB	5.79 MiB	+ 598.7 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.221 s	0.265 s	+0.044 s	2.75 MiB	3.24 MiB	+ 503.92 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.427 s	0.211 s	-0.216 s	2.78 MiB	3.28 MiB	+ 516.45 KiB
/	0.338 s	0.209 s	-0.129 s	3.13 MiB	3.34 MiB	+ 216.93 KiB
Average	0.422 s	0.417 s	-0.005 s	3.25 MiB	3.75 MiB	+ 506.41 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
	PHP	92.2%	120,710	46,590	806
	JavaScript	4.9%	6,371	659	41
	CSS	2.6%	3,411	132	20
	Java	0.2%	231	77	1
	Markdown	0.1%	108	0	2
	INI	0.1%	84	16	6
	XML	0.0%	57	4	1
	SVG	0.0%	4	0	4
Total			130,976	47,478	881

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	98,404
Total complexity	21,516
Median class complexity	12.0
Median method complexity	1.0
Most complex class	wsdl
Most complex function	W3TCL\Minify\JSMinPlus::parseTree()

Classes	708
Methods	5,966
Functions	127

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` 2

w3tc_extensions_hooks
w3tc_state

PHP Error Log 37 lines

[29-Aug-2023 17:14:45 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:46 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:46 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:47 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:48 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:48 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:49 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:51 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:51 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:52 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:52 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:53 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:53 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:54 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:54 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:55 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:55 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:56 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:56 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:57 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:57 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:58 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:58 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:59 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:14:59 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:15:00 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:15:00 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:15:01 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:15:02 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:15:02 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:15:03 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:15:03 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:15:04 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:15:04 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1080
[29-Aug-2023 17:15:15 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 1080

W3 Total Cache 2.4.1

Summary

Pages 20

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

Code Statistics

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Additions

Options wp_options 2

PHP Error Log 37 lines

Options `wp_options` 2