WP Super Cache vs. W3 Total Cache. Which one?

I have used W3 Total Cache in the past and it works, so that's the one I would recommend. Also, there are a few more tweaks you can use to reduce page load time - I recommend reading a few articles on the topic.

I've used to use WP SuperCache for all my website.. and it seems work without having any problems. I have used W3 total cache, but those plugin made one of my website went blank and got some error.

Don't use both of plugin at same time. It will make your site get error or problem.

Quick Cache is simple and powerfull plugin I always have used for all my WP sites.

According to world's top most wp bloggers, w3 total cache plugin is best.

I wrote up some tips on how to improve WP performance.

Recently, we've been moving away for W3TC. The plugin has become somewhat bloated - trying to do too much.

We've opted for

• WP Supercache
• APC Object Cache

APC object cache requires APC on your server. If you are on shared hosting, this may not be available. Even if it is available, many shared hosting have PHP setup in a way that breaks Opcode caching.


The important thing is to test. There are two tests I recommend:

• Webpagetest.org
• Blitz.io

Use Webpagetest.org to get a sense of where the bottlenecks are in your site. Run at least 5 tests to get an average


Use blitz.io to see how the site standup under a very high user levels. We usually test at 25-50% above actual peak levels.


Optimize Images
This should really not have to be said these days, but I find all too often people just grab or create images and upload them to WP without thinking about the performance impacts.



Bandwidth is no longer the issue (unless you have a large mobile audience). The real benefit for keeping images small is on the server-side.


Your web server usually has a limited number of requests/sec that it can serve. The larger the image, the longer one of these slots will be held for downloading an image. On a low volume site, this is not an issue. On a site that serves >5000 requests/sec, trimming 0.1s from an image's download can be significant.



There's a Yahoo Smushit plugin you may want to consider. Works reasonable well on most site.


Javascript
A major issue with real-world performance is not server side but browser rendering. Too many plugins call JS files in the wrong order or wrong location. I am not programmer and don't have any tips on this other than:


Don't use a plugin just to include a JS file (think tracking codes).



Test, Test, Test
Many of the plugins that claim to boost performance in fact do not do so for all sites. So always test. For more advanced tuning, we use blitz.io to simulate 100 users of 5 minutes. Gives us a good sense of how the site and server performs. Combine this with New Relic data and Webpagetest.org and you can easily cut load times in half.

Hi

I,m web developer and i use W3 Total Cache in my and clients blog . I recommend W3 Total Cache

Thanks

+1 for W3 Total Cache
with the right setup I get over 90% page speed grade

I have personally used W3 Total Cache and found it very useful with lots of options.

I wont recommend super cache cause I had very bad experience using it. Was some bug maybe, but guests / new visitors on my blog were not able to see new post on homepage

Both of them are decent plugins.

I personally opt for W3 Total Cache, after testing both, I prefer that. I think it's more user-friendly (for me), and it gets the job done exactly how I want it.

I had some weird bugs when using WP Super Cache, but that was only on one of my sites. It was actually increasing load times for certain pages. Probably just a fault of my own.

I would recommend trying both out and making the final call based on your own preferences.

Total Cache gave me good grade GTMetrix, but site still takes long to load. How can that be?
APage Speed:
(95%)
CYSlow:
(75%)
Page load time: 12.11 seconds
Total page size: 1.91 MB
Total number of requests: 89

I use Total Cache but always, always manually configure.

Before you start masking the problem with caching plugins, you need to tackle the platform issue. If you want a super-fast website that's highly rated by Google, you're not going to get that on shared hosting. But you're in luck. I have a gig for that at Fiverr ~ http://bit.ly/300xfaster

I have used both WP Super Cache & W3 Total Cache. Though I prefer W3 Total Cache due to it have a ton more options. I recommend minifying the CSS & JS (you may have to change the minify method if it breaks your site) as well as using object & database caching.

Though another thing I find works good is getting a VPS server. Shared Hosts are now using CloudLinux which limits the amount of ram & cpu your site can use thus slowing down your site significantly.

Check out LowEndTalk/LowEndBox there are tons of posts that talk about how people run 100k+ visitor/month wordpress blogs on 128mb ram. Its rather interesting to know plus will help you out on the long run versus a shared host