I have setup W3 Total Cache with Cloudflare using the EXTENSIONS and syncing up my Cloudflare account through my API. Great.
Does this mean when I purge the W3TC cache now it will also purge the Cloudflare cache – if so that is GREAT!
Do I also need the Cloudflare WordPress plugin for performance or is everything automatically configured with W3TC (Hope I only have to use one plugin).
Any suggested optimizations apart from the default from Cloudflare and W3TC integration?
Correct, W3 Total Cache will automatically clear your CDN Cache for you, unless you’ve selected the Only purge CDN manually option in the Performance > CDN menu.
You shouldn’t need the CloudFlare plugin as long as everything has been configured correctly. The only reason I can think of (off the top of my head) that you might need it is if you’re using the CloudFlare Universal SSL option, but I haven’t seen that used much since free SSL’s have become so common at hosting providers.
CloudFlare does offer some additional documentation about using their CDN with WordPress, but in my experience you’ll only need to start tweaking things in advanced scenarios.
I wanted to clarify my answer to your first question. The CDN is purged when you use either the Empty All Caches button, or use the top-bar Performance > Purge Modules > Cloudflare:all options.
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