Timeline for Where are cached files stored by the W3 total cache plugin?
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| Nov 9, 2014 at 4:52 | comment | added | Bill | @OsamaNuman No on the server as an HTML file | |
| Nov 8, 2014 at 9:17 | comment | added | Osama Numan | @Billy thanks for answering :) one thing: you mentioned that W3 stores the outputted HTML from WP ... where is it stored ? on client's PC ?? | |
| Nov 8, 2014 at 3:42 | comment | added | Bill | @OsamaNuman Yes you are right most browsers will cache CSS, JS and Images. W3 total cache stores the outputted HTML from WordPress so that when someone requests that page your server doesn't need to run all the wordpress database functions, it just gives the HTML file. This plugin also updates cached HTML files when anything is published in the admin that should affect them | |
| Nov 7, 2014 at 20:05 | comment | added | Osama Numan | Please excuse my ignorance :> what I meant is that even if I am not using (W3 total cache) or any caching plugin, browsers are still caching on client's side, right? that my (W3 Plugin) will help only for my side, not related to clients side whatsoever ?? sorry again for asking too much :) but I want is just to check if in case I am using W3 plugin, will it cause the storage of cached files on clients PC or the browser is the cause ? | |
| Nov 7, 2014 at 19:49 | comment | added | user399666 | No. Browsers should be caching resources by default. You can, however, bust this cache if you want to (look up cache busting). | |
| Nov 7, 2014 at 19:47 | comment | added | Osama Numan | Thanks A LOT!! just correct me if I am wrong ... I believe now that browsers are caching files on client's side not depending on my side if using caching or not, right? | |
| Nov 7, 2014 at 19:42 | history | edited | user399666 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 7, 2014 at 19:41 | comment | added | user399666 | Browser's will cache client-side resources pretty aggressively. However, W3 Total Cache will allow you to implement server-side caching, which will obviously speed up your website. Personally, I think that all Wordpress installations should have a caching plugin installed, simply because page load speed matters in terms of SEO. | |
| Nov 7, 2014 at 19:36 | comment | added | Osama Numan | Thanks for the information (Y) ..... I am assuming as (W3 total cache) is used for speeding up the website, so is it a Client Side Caching? or does browsers cache files on visitors computers even if I am not using caching for my website ?? | |
| Nov 7, 2014 at 19:31 | history | answered | user399666 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |