W3 Total Cache 2.7.2

Does W3 Total Cache work with WordPress 6.5.4 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

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

Memory usage: 551.79 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 version6.5.4
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 900,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/
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Pages 20

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=c530503dc7
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.626 s
Memory usage 4.2 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 0.738 s
Memory usage 4.17 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 0.299 s
Memory usage 4.17 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 0.300 s
Memory usage 4.17 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 0.294 s
Memory usage 4.17 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 0.781 s
Memory usage 4.17 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 0.275 s
Memory usage 4.17 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 0.286 s
Memory usage 4.17 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 0.310 s
Memory usage 4.17 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 0.301 s
Memory usage 4.17 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 0.506 s
Memory usage 4.17 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 0.268 s
Memory usage 4.17 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 0.282 s
Memory usage 4.17 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 0.279 s
Memory usage 4.17 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 0.284 s
Memory usage 4.17 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 0.232 s
Memory usage 4.17 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 0.270 s
Memory usage 4.17 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 0.277 s
Memory usage 4.17 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 0.291 s
Memory usage 4.17 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 3.58 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.458 s0.481 s+0.023 s3.44 MiB4.01 MiB+ 585.35 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.227 s0.242 s+0.015 s3.46 MiB4.06 MiB+ 611.92 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.977 s1.150 s+0.173 s5.59 MiB6.22 MiB+ 642.54 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.653 s0.584 s-0.069 s3.38 MiB3.97 MiB+ 599.95 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.269 s0.243 s-0.026 s3.37 MiB3.91 MiB+ 544.99 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.307 s0.338 s+0.031 s3.35 MiB3.89 MiB+ 554.91 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.223 s0.216 s-0.007 s3.37 MiB3.94 MiB+ 588.94 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.597 s0.709 s+0.112 s5.59 MiB6.22 MiB+ 650.13 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.278 s0.353 s+0.075 s3.36 MiB3.9 MiB+ 555.09 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.278 s0.238 s-0.040 s3.39 MiB3.95 MiB+ 567.61 KiB
/0.662 s0.224 s-0.438 s3.42 MiB3.58 MiB+ 168.27 KiB
Average 0.448 s0.434 s-0.014 s3.79 MiB4.33 MiB+ 551.79 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
PHP91.6%123,42448,291826
JavaScript5.3%7,08286044
CSS2.7%3,7028517
Java0.2%231771
Markdown0.1%10802
INI0.1%84166
SVG0.0%6615
XML0.0%5741
Total 134,754 49,334 902

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 99,642
Total complexity 21,866
Median class complexity 12.0
Median method complexity 1.0
Most complex class wsdl
Most complex function W3TCL\Minify\JSMinPlus::parseTree()
Classes 718
Methods 6,030
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

PHP Error Log 37 lines

[05-Jun-2024 16:49:52 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:49:53 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:49:53 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:49:55 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:49:55 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:49:56 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:49:56 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:49:57 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:49:57 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:49:58 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:49:58 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:49:59 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:49:59 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:00 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:00 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:01 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:01 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:02 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:03 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:04 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:04 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:05 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:05 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:06 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:06 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:07 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:07 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:08 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:08 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:09 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:10 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:10 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:11 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:11 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:12 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:12 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php on line 1062
[05-Jun-2024 16:50:26 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 1062
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide W3 Total Cache Admin Menus