What is W3 Total Cache?

W3 Total Cache is a plug-in designed to accelerate performance for WordPress websites.

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Purpose

W3 Total Cache is a WordPress plug-in designed to accelerate a website’s load-times and enhance the overall UX. The plug-in uses caches and CDN integration to improve the hosting server’s performance, thereby creating a more seamless experience for site visitors. When configured correctly, W3 Total Cache does not affect your WordPress theme or other plug-ins.

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Features

This following list is not all-inclusive:

Mobile support
Compatibility with shared hosting, VPNs, and dedicated servers and clusters
In-memory and on-disk caching of objects, database objects, and search-results pages
On-disk and CDN caching of minified and compressed pages, posts, CSS, and JavaScript
Minification of:
- Posts
- Pages
- Feeds
- Inline, embedded, or third-party JavaScript with automated updates