Total page size doubled
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After installing W3 Total Cache and some overall configuration, my total page size and amount requests almost doubled in size.I disabled plugin, and checked again with GT Metrix, but the page size still is doubled from what I had before installation. Do you know what could couse this, and how to fix it?
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Hello @pbrodinski
I am sorry about the issue you are experiencing and I am happy to assist you with this.
I’ve tested your website on GtMetrix and I am not seeing any reason why would W3 Total Cache increase the size and the number of requests of your website as there is no optimization of the files by W3 Total Cache.
You have:
74 images – 3.6 MB
64 JS files – 655 KB
37 CSS files – 391 kB
10 fonts – 479 KB
And this brings us to the total amount (approx) 5MB page size and 185 requests.
I can also see is that you have endurance cache enabled on Bluehost which means that you have server-side caching enabled and i’ts not recommended to have multiple layers of caching on the website.
I would suggest to completely remove W3 Total Cache following the steps below, and if you want to re-install W3 Total Cache you should disable server-side caching (Endurance Cache) on Bluehost:1. Purge Cache
2. Deactivate and Delete Plugin
3. Check .htaccess File (make backup)
W3TC will create many directives in the .htaccess file to control the caching behavior. Each section will start and end with comments like “#BEGIN W3TC Page Cache core” and “#END W3TC Page Cache core”.
Ensure that no residual entries are leftover in your .htaccess file after deleting the plugin.
4. Delete wp-content files and folders
– cache folder
– w3tc-config folder
– object-cache.php (if exists)
– advanced-cache.php (if exists)
– dbcache.php (if exists)
– upgrade folder
– delete w3-total-cache folder in wp-content/plugins/ (if exists)
5. Delete Cached Files from CDN (if using CDN)
Besides deleting all the relevant files, if you use CDN then ensure to purge the cached content from your CDN. This is necessary when you enabled the minify option in W3TC settings. You should delete the minified and combined scripts and CSS files from your CDN server to avoid the site breaking on the browser.Thank you!
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