Why I Yanked W3 Total Cache Off My Recommended Plugins List
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That’s it. I’ve had it with the W3TC plugin. See why I won’t use it again and advise you don’t either.
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Get your site ready for the move to PHP 7 plus get rid of major security issues by eliminating your seriously old plugins in this fun, free, and easy challenge for the month of May.
See how an easy way to test your WordPress plugins for PHP 7 compatibility in this quick MaAnna Minute video and tutorial.
See the best way to check your plugins for the last time they were updated. There are some plugins so egregiously old that they are no longer even in the WordPress Plugins repository and some have serious security issues. You definitely want to get those off your site.
You work hard for your site traffic.
Are you losing too many of those visitors due to slow load times?
Are folks just bouncing away without converting or buying anything?
Well, let’s fix all that – for free!
A faster site means more money. When you have big images and run ads and have resource intensive plugins, you need to squeeze out every performance edge you can to compete with a saturated niche market. Adding the free CloudFlare service can cut your page load time in half and protect your site from bad bots. That means more traffic on smaller hosting. And that means more money in your pocket. See how easy it is to get the CloudFlare benefits on your site.
I tested 7 of the top WordPress cache plugins. There were 3 clear winners. See which plugins came out on top and why. Plus, discover the 3 things you have to know about the test conditions to achieve similar results for your site.
Bots crawl your site all the time. Some are good bots from search engines like Google. Some are bad bots, like link spammers and hackers. The robots.txt file allows you to give bots the direction those bots need to crawl your site in the most expedient way, and keep them out of areas where they have no business being.
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