{"id":25917,"date":"2020-12-21T02:51:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T18:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.mwwsb.com.my\/pjci\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=25917"},"modified":"2022-09-08T21:25:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T13:25:21","slug":"w3-total-cache-wordpress-plugin","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/w3-total-cache-wordpress-plugin","title":{"rendered":"W3 Total Cache WordPress Plugin"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25917\" class=\"elementor elementor-25917\" data-elementor-post-type=\"kb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e86326 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9e86326\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c9c56ab\" data-id=\"c9c56ab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73d7993 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"73d7993\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">W3 Total Cache WordPress Plugin\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7039fb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7039fb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One way to optimize WordPress is to install\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/w3-total-cache-wordpress-plugin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">W3 Total Cache<\/a> (W3TC). You can install it from your WordPress Dashboard under <strong>Plugins<\/strong>. We recommend the following settings:<\/p><ul><li>Page Cache:\u00a0<strong>Enable<\/strong><\/li><li>Page Cache Method:\u00a0<strong>Disk (Enhanced)<\/strong><\/li><li>Database Cache:\u00a0<strong>Disabled<\/strong><\/li><li>Object Cache:\u00a0<strong>Disabled<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>Other options for optimizing WordPress include\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/wp-super-cache-plugin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">WP Super Cache<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50a6812 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"50a6812\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">What is W3 Total Cache?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea325a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea325a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>W3 Total Cache is one of the\u00a0leading caching plugins available\u00a0for WordPress, along with\u00a0WP Super Cache, with both receiving downloads in the millions. These plugins enable you to speed up the time it takes for your site to load. This helps to reduce the time visitors have to wait for your content to be displayed.<br \/><br \/><br \/>In basic terms, they deliver this speed improvement. They reduce the amount of load that is put on your server and database. This is done by creating local copies of your files on the visitor\u2019s computer, as well as reducing the number of times your database is accessed. Also, lowering the number of times each page is generated.<span id=\"more-9077\"><\/span><br \/><br \/><br \/>While this might sound quite technical, these plugins make light work of enabling this. However, they do have a considerable amount of settings to work through. These settings usually have the potential to cause problems for your site if configured incorrectly.<br \/><br \/><br \/>Do you need the <b>benefits of a faster site<\/b>, such as\u00a0increased visitor retention\u00a0and\u00a0improved ranking in the search engines? If so, a free caching plugin such as W3 Total Cache is the right choice. You can use it without paying an expensive managed to host service. Even if you do use such a hosting service, a caching plugin could still help.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3398c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3398c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Installation<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d570b30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d570b30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As this is a free plugin, you can install <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/w3-total-cache\/\" rel=\"noopener\">W3 Total Cache<\/a> directly from your site. From the admin dashboard of your WordPress site, simply go to Plugins &gt; Add New and then search for \u2018W3 Total Cache\u2019 and it should be the first plugin in the search results. Hit \u2018Install Now\u2019.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-817c0bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"817c0bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/001-install-w3tc1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e06bef1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e06bef1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Then, activate the plugin once it\u2019s installed. Once the plugin is live on your site, the settings can be accessed from the \u2018Performance\u2019 menu item on the left-hand sidebar menu.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85ac1c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85ac1c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFind out more about WordPress in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\">Knowledge Base<\/a>!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>W3 Total Cache WordPress Plugin One way to optimize WordPress is to install\u00a0W3 Total Cache (W3TC). You can install it from your WordPress Dashboard under Plugins. 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