How to do W3 Total Cache Setting for Better Cache

17/01/2013 By 20 Comments

W3 Total Cache is one of the famous plugin in WordPress Plugin repository with 1,511,312 downloads till now.

You must be aware that page speed is one of the factor of good SEO. If you blog is taking time to load then you are in danger and Google will not prioritize your blog on higher SERP.

Many people ask me about W3 Total Cache Setting and I always tell them every single step to do so that they can configure it on their blog properly.

W3 Total Cache improves the user experience of your site by improving your server performance, caching every aspect of your site, reducing the download times and providing transparent content delivery network (CDN) integration.

Here is simple to implement W3 Total Cache Setting Guide

After you activated the plugin see on your admin sidebar called “Performance.”

click on the “General Settings” sub-section.

Step 1: Under “General,” Check “Toggle all caching types on or off at once.”

This will activate all the features in W3Total Cache and you can see all of them.

Note: I would recommend uncheck CDN setting if you are not using any CDN on your blog.

Here are guide to know about what is CDN?

Step 2: Click on the Browser Cache sub-section.

Under General, Cascading Style Sheets & JavaScript, HTML, and Media & Other Files headings enable the following:

  • Set expires header
  • Set cache control header
  • Set entity tag (eTag)

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Step 3: Se setting of Minify in General Setting.

It must be enable now (if not then click it) and select minify mode as auto.

Save All Settings.

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In General Setting, click on the Minify sub-section.

Under HTML & XML, check Enable in the HTML minify settings. You can also check the other options, but make sure to test your site to see if it breaks.

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Save the Settings.

 

Do all W3 Total Cache Setting carefully and see the speed of your blog before and after the settings.

For sure you will see improvement in speed.

You can use GTMetrix to check the speed of your blog.

Now your turn !!

If you have any configuration with this then you can ask me in comments and don’t forget to share before and after speed of your blog with this plugin.

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  1. Lea @ Doula Training says:
    18/01/2013 at 9:52 AM

    Thanks for the simple guide to cache setting. I would try this thing if it works and I’ll get back to you in case I encounter some issues in setting up.
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  2. Gaurav Heera says:
    18/01/2013 at 11:43 AM

    i heard this plugin first time and it’s looking very useful for a blog. i will definitely implement it on my blog and hope it will work same as discussed above. thanks kulwant for such a nice post and plugin.

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  3. Sam@India Trip says:
    18/01/2013 at 12:21 PM

    Thanks for sharing this tool which have so many qualities to do that kind of things which will be prove really good for your site/blog.
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  4. shasha says:
    18/01/2013 at 4:30 PM

    Thanks for the settings Kulwant. I want to know which is better to use W3 total cache or super cache?
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  5. rahul says:
    18/01/2013 at 6:44 PM

    great explanation of points
    just follow all the pionts on my blog plugin
    thanx for info buddy

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  6. Dinesh says:
    22/01/2013 at 12:11 PM

    Can i use the CDN API Key (getting after $39 Payment) for more than one websites.

    or
    Have to purchase seprate API key for each website ?

    Is it compulsory to pay for API Key?
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    • Kulwant Nagi says:
      22/01/2013 at 12:17 PM

      Dinesh, you can make many APIs and use them on your sites. So no need to purchase other.
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      • Dinesh says:
        22/01/2013 at 12:35 PM

        Thanking You !
        1. >You mean i have to pay $39 every year and can use for my all sites.
        2. >Can you tell me about yahoo ads, their CPC and revenue, should i apply for yahoo or not ?
        3.>when we upload any image / pdf file to media then it’s generate seprate page id for each file that’s a drop back, any solution?
        4.>Similarly for each comment also unique url generated, any suggestion.
        5.>Please also tell me which plugin you are using to prevent from comment spam, Sign up to our newslatter as your.

        Thanking You So much !
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        • Kulwant Nagi says:
          27/01/2013 at 3:50 PM

          You are welcome Dinesh.
          1. For MaxCDN you will have to spend $39 every year (If traffic is more then you might need to spend more).
          2. Yahoo ads are working fine for me. Their requirement is 2000 impressions a day.
          3. Each file have its own ID. So what is the issue with you?
          4. You must change your Anchor Text for comments.
          5. I am using commentluv Premium plugin on my blog which have premium GASP plugin as inbuilt.
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  7. Mukesh Dutta says:
    24/01/2013 at 5:14 PM

    Hi Kulwant, I tried this plugin some but I was not able to set the settings properly. Thanks for the simple steps. I will try it again now!
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  8. Narender Chopra says:
    19/03/2013 at 4:44 PM

    Page Load time plays an vital role in advanced SEO. I am using W3 Total Cache Plugin on all of my blogs. However I think its not compatible with WordPress 3.5.1.
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  9. Akshay Sharma says:
    03/04/2013 at 9:03 AM

    Completely Agree with Kulwant Sir,
    I am also using W3 Total Cache with wordpress 3.5.1 and i don’t see any bugs. The inbuilt Google PageSpeed tool is awesome it helps me to optimize my site even better.
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