Does W3 Total Cache work with WordPress 7.0 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .
| 2 | Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log |
| No JavaScript exceptions | |
| All test pages loaded successfully | |
| No resource errors |
Memory usage: 621.88 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.
| WordPress version | 7.0 |
|---|---|
| PHP version | 8.1.12 |
| MySQL version | 10.6.10 |
| PHP memory limit | 512M |
| Last updated | |
|---|---|
| Active installs | 900,000+ |
| WordPress.org page | https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/ |
| Badges |
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| 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=9f21639521 |
| Aspect | after-activation |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 1.313 s |
| Memory usage | 5.12 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
| 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 | 0.829 s |
| Memory usage | 5.43 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
| 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 | 0.613 s |
| Memory usage | 4.76 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
| 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 | 0.905 s |
| Memory usage | 4.76 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
| 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 | 0.649 s |
| Memory usage | 4.76 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
| 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 | 0.674 s |
| Memory usage | 4.76 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
| 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 | 0.765 s |
| Memory usage | 4.76 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
| 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 | 0.677 s |
| Memory usage | 4.76 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
| 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 | 0.586 s |
| Memory usage | 4.76 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
| 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 | 0.870 s |
| Memory usage | 4.76 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
| 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 | 0.693 s |
| Memory usage | 4.76 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
| 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 | 0.695 s |
| Memory usage | 4.76 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
| 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 | 0.828 s |
| Memory usage | 4.76 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
| 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 | 0.686 s |
| Memory usage | 4.76 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
| 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 | 0.649 s |
| Memory usage | 4.76 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
| URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=w3tc_setup_guide |
|---|---|
| Aspect | menu-item |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.746 s |
| Memory usage | 4.76 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
| 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 | 0.596 s |
| Memory usage | 4.76 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
| 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 | 0.591 s |
| Memory usage | 4.76 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
| 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 | 0.775 s |
| Memory usage | 4.76 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
| URL | / |
|---|---|
| Aspect | front-page |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.259 s |
| Memory usage | 4.41 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
| URL | Load time | Memory usage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inactive | Active | Change | Inactive | Active | Change | |
| /wp-admin/index.php | 0.799 s | 0.761 s | -0.038 s | 3.92 MiB | 4.64 MiB | + 732.5 KiB |
| /wp-admin/edit.php | 0.622 s | 0.572 s | -0.050 s | 3.98 MiB | 4.62 MiB | + 651.21 KiB |
| /wp-admin/post-new.php | 2.452 s | 2.111 s | -0.341 s | 6.56 MiB | 7.28 MiB | + 735.55 KiB |
| /wp-admin/upload.php | 0.840 s | 0.804 s | -0.036 s | 3.89 MiB | 4.56 MiB | + 682.79 KiB |
| /wp-admin/options-writing.php | 0.634 s | 0.596 s | -0.038 s | 3.86 MiB | 4.44 MiB | + 590.9 KiB |
| /wp-admin/media-new.php | 0.844 s | 0.742 s | -0.102 s | 3.85 MiB | 4.43 MiB | + 592.91 KiB |
| /wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category | 0.577 s | 1.018 s | +0.441 s | 3.86 MiB | 4.48 MiB | + 633.04 KiB |
| /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page | 2.077 s | 1.769 s | -0.308 s | 6.55 MiB | 7.27 MiB | + 739.32 KiB |
| /wp-admin/options-discussion.php | 0.734 s | 1.099 s | +0.365 s | 3.86 MiB | 4.46 MiB | + 609.46 KiB |
| /wp-admin/edit-comments.php | 0.612 s | 0.667 s | +0.055 s | 3.88 MiB | 4.56 MiB | + 687.09 KiB |
| / | 0.386 s | 0.259 s | -0.127 s | 4.23 MiB | 4.41 MiB | + 185.95 KiB |
| Average | 0.962 s | 0.945 s | -0.016 s | 4.41 MiB | 5.01 MiB | + 621.88 KiB |
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% | 107,582 | 53,485 | 625 | |
| JavaScript | 10.5% | 13,195 | 1,300 | 40 | |
| CSS | 3.2% | 4,010 | 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 | 125,281 | 54,975 | 700 | ||
| Lines of code | 83,759 |
|---|---|
| Total complexity | 18,544 |
| Median class complexity | 16.0 |
| Median method complexity | 2.0 |
| Most complex class | PgCache_ContentGrabber |
| Most complex function | W3TCL\Minify\JSMinPlus::parseTree() |
| Classes | 537 |
|---|---|
| Methods | 4,731 |
| Functions | 73 |
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.
wp_options 6[06-Jul-2026 17:48:39 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('WP_CACHE', true); // Added by W3 Total Cache
</textarea><br />
[06-Jul-2026 17:48:39 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('WP_CACHE', true); // Added by W3 Total Cache
</textarea><br />