There is no doubt that W3 Total Cache has so many options to optimize any WordPress site than any other caching plugin. Even if you use all the features it offers there are other ways to achieve the same, manually, with better efficiency and better results.
Additionally, if you have used W3 Total Cache plugin for at least a year, especially on a multisite, you’d know that it is not a perfect plugin. As with any other plugin out there, it has its own bugs, does some nasty things, some unsatisfied users, had some security flaws on some hosts and a lot more. What’s more, it is not actively developed as of now. The latest development log shows that it’s been 5 months since the last commit with the number of unanswered questions growing by every day in the WordPress support forums.
Updates:
- Jan 25, 2013 – W3 Total Cache is back in active development. Check out the screenshots of the beta version of the next major revision in W3TC!
- Jan 25, 2013 – mod_pagespeed added to the list of alternatives.
Whether you are an advanced user or a newbie, you may always have questions about WordPress. There are places where you can get one-to-one free help. In other places, your questions might be answered by more than 10! Anyway, there are two methods to get your questions answered.
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