Minify problem with W3 total cache

**madinina** · 01-21-2013, 10:17 AM

Hi guys, i'm using W3 total cache on my wordpress websites and i have a problem when using minify: the 2 minified files have huge "wait" times (>2sec in pingdom).
So in the end it is slower when I use minify than when I keep my 20s .js and .css ...
Any idea how to fix this ? I'd really like to merge these .css and .js into 2 files, but it has to be faster obviously

thanks

**panarasgr** · 01-21-2013, 10:42 AM

I am using WP Super Cache instead with mod_rewrite engine on and cloudflare with full optimizations and it works like a charm.

**madinina** · 01-21-2013, 04:08 PM

thanks, will consider this option if nobody comes up with a fix for W3

**philionaire** · 01-21-2013, 06:21 PM

I use "quick cache".

Ive had problems with w3 (killed my site and I couldnt get it back lol!).

With quick cache, you just install it and thats it - no changing settings or anything - just the way i like it.

can be found here:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/quick-cache/

out of curiosity, I checked that against w3 and someone has done comparisons here:

http://thinkpaid.com/2011/09/reviews...vs-quick-cache

very happy overall.

**W130SN** · 01-21-2013, 06:45 PM

I had problems with WP 3 Total cache initially. If you search goggle for W3 Total Cache settings you should find some hints.
Try this one http://wp.tutsplus.com/tutorials/the...ordpress-site/

**madinina** · 01-21-2013, 07:44 PM

seems like a great tut, will be applying the changes tomorow, thx !

**madinina** · 01-21-2013, 07:46 PM

Will first try to fix W3 as it seems to be quicker when set up right, thanks for your help anyway

Originally Posted by philionaire

I use "quick cache".

Ive had problems with w3 (killed my site and I couldnt get it back lol!).

With quick cache, you just install it and thats it - no changing settings or anything - just the way i like it.

can be found here:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/quick-cache/

out of curiosity, I checked that against w3 and someone has done comparisons here:

http://thinkpaid.com/2011/09/reviews...vs-quick-cache

very happy overall.

**madinina** · 01-22-2013, 02:32 PM

not done yet but the wait problem seems to be fixed

thx for the link and rep added

Originally Posted by W130SN

I had problems with WP 3 Total cache initially. If you search goggle for W3 Total Cache settings you should find some hints.
Try this one http://wp.tutsplus.com/tutorials/the...ordpress-site/