w3 Total Cache is still present after uninstall!

  • Resolved andre77

    (@andre77)


    12 years, 9 months ago

    I was testing W3 Total Cache in the past, but it caused some strange behavious in certain browsers – and therefore I uninstalled/and deleted it from the admin panel.

    A month later or so, I notice information in Fire Bug, indicating that is still active!

    I found some posts on the internet with instructions on how to remove it manually. The instructions were basically as follows:

    * wp-config.php. Remove the following line in wp-config.php` file: define(‘WP_CACHE’, true);

    * FTP > WP-Content > delete the following: advanced-cache.php, db.php, w3tc/ (delete entire folder) and w3-total-cache-config.php

    There was no “define” in the wp-config.php file, and the only file I found was w3-total-cache-config.php, which I deleted. But I still get the following message in Firebug for every “GET” request:

    X-Powered-By: W3 Total Cache/0.9.2.2
    Cache-Control: max-age=604800

    I also searched through every file, looking for text such as “Total”, “Cache” etc. but didn’t find anything. How can I remove it completely?

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  • tgeorge

    (@tgeorge)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    @andre77
    You need to remove the lines added by W3 Total Cache in file .htaccess in your root folder. The .htaccess file is hidden, so in your FTP program, look for a setting called “show hidden files”. Edit the .htaccess file with a text editor.

    Thread Starter andre77

    (@andre77)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    Hi tgeorge!

    You were right. There was still a lot of Total Cache code in the .htaccess. I don’t see any mentioning of Total cache anymore when using Firebug – so I guess this did the trick.

    Thanks for the help!

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