Hello @essene1618
I am sorry for the issue you are experiencing and I am happy to help!
It would be great if you could share more dateails about this.
To confirm, W3 Total Cache does add some rules, drop-in files and creates cached files and this all depends on the configuration
- .htaccess – W3TC adds the rewrite rules based on the configration. This is necesarry for the Browser Caching and for example Page Caching if you are using Disk: Enhanced. Depending on the .htaccess file and the server configruration (permissions etc) somethimes the rules may be injected in awkward way. The reason for this is because some rules may be added manulay and were just pasted and not added the propper way. I am not saying this is the case here, I am just trying to explain how some issues with .htacces may occur
- wp-config.php – W3TC does add
define(‘WP_CACHE’, true); // Added by W3 Total Cache?– this is important for Page Caching so if the constant is not added there will be no caching. Nothing else is being added by the W3 Total Cache and this constand is added only if it was not defined before.
- other files – W3TC does add some drop-in files depending on the configruration that are needed for the caching functionality. In wp-content folder:?
advance-cache.php?(for Page Cache),?object-cache.php?(If object caching is enabled),?db.php?(if Database caching is enabled).
wp-content/w3tc-config/?– This is where the configuration of the plugin is stored in the file called?master.php
W3 Total Cache also creates a?/cache/?folder in wp-content – The cached files are stored in that folder and served to visitors of the website.
This being said, it would be great if you could share the website URL and provide more information like step-by-step proccess so we can check this and possibly try to replicate the problem and assist you with this further.
Thanks!
