Continue using W3TC, or switch?

  • Resolved vultan

    (@vultan)


    3 years, 6 months ago

    I’ve been using W3 Total Cache (the A2 version) on my site for a while, as well as this A2 Optimized WP plugin. Now that this plugin has its own cache, what are the pros and cons of continuing to use W3TC? I understand that W3TC will continue to work with A2 Optimized WP. I’m asking about whether it is worthwhile to simplify my life by no longer using W3TC since A2 Optimized WP has its own cache instead. Which cache is better, and how/why?

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  • Plugin Author A2 Hosting

    (@a2hosting)

    Hello,

    Basically the internal caching of A2 Optimized will be considered the supported method and the W3TC version that works with A2 Optimized will not be getting updates in the future.

    The performance between the two methods is comparable on a plain vanilla install of WordPress. However, on our “large” testing sites (~5k posts and loaded with popular themes & plugins), the internal caching engine used way less system resources and was much more responsive.

    Thread Starter vultan

    (@vultan)

    Fantastic, that makes sense. I’ll likely plan on moving away from W3TC, then.

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