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- Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello John, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! - The deactivation of the plugin may not be directly related to the W3 Total Cache itself, but may have something to do with the permissions set on the server. 
 I’m sorry to hear about the trouble you’re having after activating the plugin — that definitely shouldn’t be happening, and I understand how frustrating it is when your site slows down like that.- Let’s get things back to normal quickly. Here are a few steps you can try: - Force deactivate the plugin: - Go to your site’s File Manager (via iPage control panel) or connect with FTP/SFTP. 
 Navigate to /wp-content/plugins/.
 Rename the plugin folder (for example, change w3-total-cache to w3-total-cache-disabled).
 This will automatically deactivate the plugin in WordPress.- Clear any residual cache files: - In the same directory, delete the /wp-content/cache/ and /wp-content/w3tc-config/ folders if they exist. 
 Also, check your .htaccess file for any leftover W3TC code blocks (they begin with # BEGIN W3TC and end with # END W3TC) and remove those lines.- It would be great if you could reach out to us directly via the plugin in the Performance>Support section so we can assist you without sharing any sensitive information - Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Michael, - Thank you for reaching out and for bringing this to our attention. - I’ve checked this with the team, and this will be fixed in the upcoming W3 Total Cache release. - Thank you for your patience! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Caroline, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! 
 I’ve checked your website, and as I can see, one of the things that impacts your website’s LCP is rendering blocking requests.
 This being said, in order to eliminate render-blocking CSS or JS, first you should minify the files with the W3 Total Cache. Minifying files helps by reducing a website’s loading time and bandwidth usage by removing unnecessary characters like spaces, comments, and line breaks from code, making the files smaller without changing their functionality. This leads to a faster website for users, which improves their experience and can positively impact search engine rankings.
 Once the files are minified, both CSS and JS, you should go to advanced settings and choose the embed type for JS files to- and for CSS files simply enable the option to Eliminate render blocking CSS by moving it to HTTP Body. - Please let me know if this helps and if you need more details, and if you have any other question about this - Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Thymo, - Thank you for reaching out and I am happy to help! 
 For Page Fragment Caching in the W3 Total Cache, the comment/code blocks should be added to your theme template files as HTML and not within the PHP open () tags, as it will cause a PHP parse error/syntax error. Do not include any sensitive information in your code fragments; the code can be revealed if W3 Total Cache is deactivated, the Page Cache is changed to use an incompatible storage engine, or the defined W3TC_DYNAMIC_SECURITY string value is changed or not defined.- Page Fragment Cache cannot be used in combination with Page Cache mode Disk: Enhanced because that mode will load the cached page directly from Apache or Nginx. We recommend using Disk: Basic, which will run PHP to process the requests with the benefit of speeding up responses by loading a cached page instead of building the page from scratch. You can use Page Cache engines Redis or Memcached on dedicated or VPS servers as well. - This being said, can you please confirm that the comment is outside of php tags and which caching method is used? - Thanks! October 24, 2025 at 10:06 am in reply to: Excluding a custom RSS endpoint from Page Cache (Disk: Enhanced) + regex guidanc #164914- Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Luzio, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! - I’ve checked both URLs u shared: 
 The first one that contains a query string has an output:
 - Mise en cache de page à l’aide de Disk: Enhanced (Requested URI contains query)
 By default, the W3 Total Cache, when using Disk: Enhanced, does not cache URIs with query strings. So the output means that the feed is not cached, because it contains a query string.- As for the pretty URL, the output is: 
 - Mise en cache de page à l’aide de Disk: Enhanced (Requested URI is rejected)
 As you can see- (Requested URI is rejected)means that the feed is not cached.- In both cases, this is excluded from the cache - Please let me know if this answers your question and if there is anything else I can help you with 
 Thanks!October 24, 2025 at 9:49 am in reply to: Website no longer works due to W3 Total Cache plugin #164912- Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Natascha, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! 
 Can you please share more information about how the website stops working and what happens in the front end?
 How did you determine that the W3 Total Cache is responsible for the issue you are having?- Can you please disable the settings one by one in Performance>general settings, save the settings and purge the cache after each setting is disabled, and see which one might be causing the issue? - Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Kayla, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! - I’ve checked your website, and the score is looking good!  
  - What you should also do is to preload the LCP image: https://www.kelanabykayla.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/sidemen-floralbath-kids-view-scaled.webp 
 And also, make sure to eliminate render-blocking CSS and JS- Have you configured the W3 Total Cache plugin accordingly? - Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Rumyana, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! 
 As I can see, the W3 Total Cache Pro license key is applied to your website.
 If you still do not see the Pro version active, remove the license key from Performance>General settings, Licensing sub-box, license field, and save all settings. Re-enter the license and save all settings.- W3 Total Cache Pro should be active after these steps! - Let me know if this helps! - Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Steven, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! - Your W3 Total Cache Pro subscription is now canceled, and no additional invoices will be issued for this subscription. - Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Adel, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! - Just to confirm, you wish to switch the W3 Total Cache Pro to another domain? 
 Can you please reach out to us directly using this contact form and provide the information about your subscription so we can avoid sharing sensitive data on a public forum, and we can do this for you?
 Thanks!- Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello David, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! - Just to confirm, you wish to cancel the W3 Total Cache Pro renewal? 
 Can you please reach out to us directly using this contact form and provide the information about your subscription so we can avoid sharing sensitive data on a public forum?
 Thanks!- Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Brad, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! 
 When the Object Cache is enabled in the W3 Total Cache, W3TC adds a drop-in file object-cache.php in the /wp-content/ folder
 If you are using any other form of Object Caching by any other plugin, it may also add the drop-in file with the same name to utilize persistent Object Caching.
 You can manually check the mentioned file and see if it’s added by the W3TC or any other plugin by opening the file directly in the cPanel or via any text editor.- Please make sure to check with WPMUDEV.com if they are adding the drop-in file, in which case, you should disable the W3TC Object Caching, and if you want to use the Object Caching in the W3 Total Cache, make sure to disable the other one. - Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Mark, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! 
 You posted this in the W3 Total Cache forum section. Can you please confirm that the issue is related to the W3 Total Cache?
 And if so, does the issue persist if you temporarily disable the W3TC?
 Thanks!- Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello, - Can you please double-check your email? 
 I’ve re-sent the reply again.- Please let me know if you are receiving the replies - Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Simon, - Thank you for your feedback 
 The widget is located in the Dashboard section of the W3 Total Cache. So under the Performance section, as shown in the screenshot in my previous reply, click the “Dashboard”. Scroll a bit, and you’ll see the Google Page Speed widget as shown in the screenshot below: - Let me know if this helps! 
 Thanks!- Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Simon, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! 
 What you share in the screenshot is the Google Page Speed tool section in the W3 Total Cache General settings. There, you can only authorize the Google Page Speed tool- To actually run the Google Page Speed within the W3 Total Cache, go to the left side admin section and select Performance> Google Page Speed as shown in the screenshot below: 
  - There, you can run the tests, which will also reflect in the Dashboard widget - Can you please share what you are seeing in the dashboard? - Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! - we encounter 500 errors in tasks such as testing the General page and Object Cache. - Can you please clarify this and share some screenshots of where in the W3 Total Cache you are seeing the 500 error? 
 Is the webp only active or are you running the conversions?
 Thanks!September 24, 2025 at 10:46 am in reply to: Memory exhausted fatal error from Cache_Redis.php:150 #163427- Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! 
 This depends on how big the website is, so if the website has a huge theme or a lot of plugins, it’s quite possible that the memory limit was reached.
 Also, which module are you using Redis as a caching method for in W3 Total Cache?
 It’s also possible that the Redis memory is bloated, so you should also check this
 Check Redis memory usage- redis-cli info memory 
 redis-cli info stats- See if your Redis instance is bloated. - Sometimes, memory is genuinely too low for your site’s workload. If after cleaning up the cache usage, you still hit the limit, raising to 768M or 1G is fine: - memory_limit = 1G - in php.ini or - I hope this helps! - Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! - Can you please reach out to us via the W3 Total Cache plugin in Performance>Support>Billing, or via this contact form, so we can avoid sharing any sensitive information in a public forum? - Awaiting your email - Thanks! September 19, 2025 at 12:59 pm in reply to: Request for Annual Subscription to Total Caché PRO License #163071- Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Amaranta - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! - Can you please reach out to us via the W3 Total Cache plugin in Performance>Support>Billing, or via this contact form so we can avoid sharing any sensitive information in a public forum? - Awaiting your email - Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! 
 I’ve replied to yoru email via the W3 Total Cache support channel and provided the information about this.
 Please check your email and continue any correspondence there so we can avoid duplicating the answers
 Thansk!- Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Elias, - Thank you for contacting W3 Total Cache support. - Unfortunately, due to the 5 failed collection attempts since Sep 10, 2025 5:08 AM EDT the subscription is now terminated and the license is canceled. We cannot re-enable the terminated subscription for security reasons. 
 Most likely the card is expired and you should have updated the billing info- Please purchase a new W3 Total Cache Pro license and replace the old one in Performance>General settings>Licensing, to be able to continue using the Pro version. 
 You can use this link to purchase at a 50% discount- Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello, - Thank you for your feedback. - This will be fixed in the upcoming release - Thank you for your patience! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! 
 Can you please update the W3 Total Cache in wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin.php
 And replace line 603 with:- if ( is_array( $strings ) && count( $strings ) ) {- Please let me know if this helps! - Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Christina, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! 
 I’ve checked your website, and it appears that you have multiple layers of optimization.
 This includes Jetpack, some CDN that I cannot recognize, and W3 Total Cache on top of this.
 Can you please specify what kind of hosting plan you have, and where the website is hosted?- Also, do you have any information about the optimization/caching server-side? - Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Max, - I’ve replied to your email on Aug 27th, asking for the details about the subscription and some clarification 
 I’ve just re-sent the email.
 Please check your email and let me know if you received it.- Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Dan, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! 
 I’ve sent you an email via the W3 Total Cache support channel, sharing the information you requested.
 Please check your email and continue any correspondence there so we can avoid duplicating the answers and sharing sensitive information in a public forum!
 Thanks!- Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Ralph, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! 
 I’ve sent you an email via the W3 Total Cache support channel.
 Please check your email so we don’t share any sensitive information in the public support forum- Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Maximilian, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! 
 We’ve received all your emails and replied to all of them, and provided all answers via the W3 Total Cache support channel.
 Please check your email and continue any correspondence there so we can avoid duplicating the answers- Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Maximilian, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! 
 We’ve received all your emails and replied to all of them, and provided all answers via the W3 Total Cache support channel.
 Please check your email and continue any correspondence there so we can avoid duplicating the answers- Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Maximilian, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! 
 We’ve received all your emails and replied to all of them, and provided all answers via the W3 Total Cache support channel.
 Please check your email and continue any correspondence there so we can avoid duplicating the answers- Thanks! August 25, 2025 at 1:09 pm in reply to: Request to Identify Account Linked to Brex Card Ending in 9117 #161977- Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Tamta, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! 
 Since this is a public forum and no sensitive information should be shared here, I’ve sent you an email via the W3 Total Cache support channel and provided the requested information.
 The email I sent the information to is the CloudLinux email you provided here.
 Please check your email and let me know if there is anything else I can assist you with- Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Richard, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! 
 I’ve replied to your emails via the W3 Total Cache support channel.
 Please check your email and follow the instructions there, and let me know if you have any other questions
 Thanks!- Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Eva, - Thank you for your feedback. 
 So the files are in wp-content/cache/object/ folder.
 If the W3 Total Cache is disabled and you may have Object Caching enabled in the W3TC settings, and if the caching method was set to Disk, those files may be cached in that folder.
 As I’ve mentioned before, it’s not recommended to use Object Caching if the only option for caching is Disk.
 Please make sure to delete the entire /cache/ folder. Wait for one day and see if the folder is created again.
 Please check if you have any other plugins that may be doing the Object Caching or any other form of caching
 Check the wp-content folder for the object-cache.php file and check if that file is a W3TC drop-in.- I hope this helps! - Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Jessica, - I’ve re-sent the replies. - Please check your email and let me know if you got them. - Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Eva, - Thank you for your feedback. 
 If the W3TC is disabled, it will not create any files. You can safely delete the cache folder manually, and please check if you are using any other plugin for caching like SG optimizer- With the W3TC files should be cached in /cache/page_enhanced/yourwebsite.com/ folder 
 Are those files there?- Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Eva, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! 
 W3 Total Cache is the most complete optimization plugin with a lot of optimization settings and caching.
 Depending on the configuration, you may have set everything to cache to disk. In cases where the Inodes are limited and on shared hosting, it’s not recommended to use the Disk caching method with Object Caching and DB Caching. And in this case, depending on how big the website is, it may create a lot of cache files and therefore hit the limit.- Can you please share the content of the wp-content/cache/ folder? 
 Also, if you manually delete the /cache/ folder, is it created again?- Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Mark, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! 
 Regarding your question, I can see that you opened a topic on wp.org in the W3 Total Cache support forum.
 Please continue the correspondence there so we can avoid going back and forth in different forums- Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello, - Thank you for reaching out, and I am happy to help! 
 I’ve sent you an email via the W3 Total Cache support channel and provided you with the requested information.
 Since this is a public forum, it’s not advisable to share any sensitive information here.
 Please check your email and continue any correspondence there so we can avoid duplicating the answers.- Thanks! - Marko Vasiljevic Keymaster- Hello Amber, - Thank you for your feedback. 
 We are working on a fix for this, and it will be available in the next patch release.
 Please keep process background images disabled until the patch is out.- Thanks! 
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