W3 Total Cache WARNING

W3 Total Cache is what I call SLOPPY SOFTWARE, when you deactivate it and then delete it you might reasonably expect it to be removed, but NO, all sorts of remenants are left on your site.

Why is this important?

Well if you want to be able to migrate your site here are some issues, deactivate W3 Total Cache and run backup plugin (leaving it on screws will any of them).

Migrate the site to a Dev subdomain and try to delete and re-install W3-total cache. FAIL – 404 error

So go have a look at your site with FTP and find loads of W3-total cache files left behind, so you rename them and try to upload W3-total cache again, FAIL. 404 error

Well you could try and upload the plugin manually but by this time I am so p’ed off that I am going to install WP Super Cache.

I have had W3-total cache break sites when wordpress updates in the past so I have never trusted it, this experience was on a client site.

What W3-total cache need to do is put in an uninstall routine that REALLY does uninstall all files and nukes all W3-total cache database tables when you uninstall.

As I said SLOPPY SOFTWARE