W3 Total Cache
slug: w3-total-cache
WordPress plugin by BoldGrid · detected on 328 sites in our index (6.05% of WordPress sites scanned)
Search Engine (SEO) & Performance Optimization (WPO) via caching. Integrated caching: CDN, Page, Minify, Object, Fragment, Database support.
Where W3 Total Cache sits in the WordPress plugin ecosystem
W3 Total Cache is the #44 most-detected WordPress plugin in our scan index of 5,424 sites, appearing on roughly 6.05% of WordPress sites we've fingerprinted. Most sites running W3 Total Cache are hosted on Pantheon (71% of identified hosts). The most common companion plugin is Yoast SEO: Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI, present on 69% of W3 Total Cache sites. The most frequent theme is Hello Elementor Child.
Every data point here comes from actual scans of public WordPress sites, not vendor case studies or curated showcases. We don't accept submissions; everything you see is detected automatically when a site is scanned through the tool.
Plugins commonly used with W3 Total Cache
From co-occurrence analysis across sites running W3 Total Cache in our index.
- Yoast SEO: Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI69% of W3 Total Cache sites · 227 sites
- Redirection38% of W3 Total Cache sites · 126 sites
- Classic Editor37% of W3 Total Cache sites · 121 sites
- Contact Form 734% of W3 Total Cache sites · 112 sites
- Wordfence Security: Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security30% of W3 Total Cache sites · 99 sites
- Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection28% of W3 Total Cache sites · 93 sites
- Elementor Website Builder: more than just a page builder23% of W3 Total Cache sites · 75 sites
- Yoast Duplicate Post23% of W3 Total Cache sites · 74 sites
Themes commonly running W3 Total Cache
Top themes on sites using this plugin.
- Hello Elementor Child2% of W3 Total Cache sites · 6 sites
- divi2% of W3 Total Cache sites · 5 sites
- Hello Elementor2% of W3 Total Cache sites · 5 sites
- Dada1% of W3 Total Cache sites · 4 sites
- GeneratePress1% of W3 Total Cache sites · 3 sites
- newspaper1% of W3 Total Cache sites · 3 sites
Hosting providers running W3 Total Cache
Limited to sites where we identified the hosting provider.
Sites using W3 Total Cache
Most-recently-scanned sites detected with this plugin.
- aquadigitizing.comaquadigitizing · host unknown · scanned 2026-07-27
- jtcpltd.comCarvox Child · host unknown · scanned 2026-07-20
- responseabout.comGeneratePress Child · host unknown · scanned 2026-06-25
- cyberwurx.comCloudHost · host unknown · scanned 2026-05-22
- swizzonic.chDada · host unknown · scanned 2026-05-22
- nintendoeverything.comne_new · host unknown · scanned 2026-05-22
- photographylife.comPhotography Life Responsive Theme · host unknown · scanned 2026-05-22
- amcglobalmedia.comAMC Global Media · host unknown · scanned 2026-05-22
- main.sbcounty.govBolt Main Child Theme · host unknown · scanned 2026-05-22
- redorbit.comredorbit_new · host unknown · scanned 2026-05-22
- wid.worldtheme unknown · host unknown · scanned 2026-05-22
- psafe.comtonykuehn · host unknown · scanned 2026-05-22
How we detect W3 Total Cache
Five-vector detection: /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/ asset paths, /wp-json/ REST API namespaces, HTML signature patterns, sitemap XML comments, and asset-probe HEAD requests against the top-100 popular plugins on wordpress.org. Each detected plugin carries provenance pills showing which sources corroborated it; cross-vector matches indicate high-confidence detections. More on how detection works.
Data comes from real-time scans of public WordPress sites, not vendor case studies or curated showcases. Every claim on this page traces back to a specific detection in our scan corpus, observable via our methodology. Affiliate links are disclosed per the affiliate disclosure.