W3 Total Cache
slug: w3-total-cache
WordPress plugin by BoldGrid · detected on 325 sites in our index (6.10% 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 5,328 sites — appearing on roughly 6.10% 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 70% 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 AI70% of W3 Total Cache sites · 227 sites
- Redirection39% of W3 Total Cache sites · 126 sites
- Classic Editor37% of W3 Total Cache sites · 120 sites
- Contact Form 734% of W3 Total Cache sites · 109 sites
- Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security30% of W3 Total Cache sites · 99 sites
- Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection29% of W3 Total Cache sites · 93 sites
- Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder23% of W3 Total Cache sites · 74 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.
- 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
- marcos.comtheme unknown · host unknown · scanned 2026-05-22
- followfollow.comsnack-followfollow · host unknown · scanned 2026-05-22
- panorama.itPanorama-it · 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.