Title: Quick Question About MultiSite
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Quick Question About MultiSite

 *  [Zachary DuBois](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zachary-dubois/)
 * (@zachary-dubois)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-question-about-multisite/)
 * So I am using this on multisite and I was wondering why the setting pages are
   displayed on each sub-site when I have it network activated and the settings 
   are visible in the network administration.
    Few questions:
    - Can site admins (Not network) view and edit these settings?
    - If I edit only the network settings for W3 Total Cache and enable caching,
      will it be enabled and run on all sub-sites?
    - If I am using S3 and CloudFront, will it work using the same bucket if it 
      does need to be configured for each site?
    - If the network settings work for all sub-sites, can I use S3 and CloudFront(
      Same bucket)?
    - Does this work with a subdomain instal using WPMU Domain Mapping?
    - What settings do you recommend for using this with BuddyPress and bbPress?
 * If anyone can answer any of these questions that would be greatly appreciated!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/)

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 *  [Danielle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nashua-indigo/)
 * (@nashua-indigo)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-question-about-multisite/#post-3889041)
 * you can only activate and edit by Network, you can not edit it indivual. don’t
   use w3total cache on multisite. it does not work ! new posts will not show this
   is because of the last modified header in browser option, if you disable it, 
   it works but it makes the plugin useless. I use no cache plugins, because they
   all have the same problem as above, wp super cache and quick cache both don’t
   also work on multisite.
 *  Thread Starter [Zachary DuBois](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zachary-dubois/)
 * (@zachary-dubois)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-question-about-multisite/#post-3889043)
 * Are you sure it doesn’t work? Have you tried a plain install with it? I need 
   a cache because my multisite gets a ton of traffic and during the day it starts
   to slow down. So, could anyone please help me with my issues/questions?
 *  Thread Starter [Zachary DuBois](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zachary-dubois/)
 * (@zachary-dubois)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-question-about-multisite/#post-3889054)
 * I could really use a hand from the developer so I can have this set up correctly.
   MultiSite is really needed.
 *  [Danielle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nashua-indigo/)
 * (@nashua-indigo)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-question-about-multisite/#post-3889068)
 * Yes I am sure, that is why I replied ! I have installed and testing this plugin
   so many times now and no it does not work on multisite, besides that I am a Developer
 * I use also Domain Mapping.
 * W3Total cache works fine on single installations
 *  Thread Starter [Zachary DuBois](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zachary-dubois/)
 * (@zachary-dubois)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-question-about-multisite/#post-3889072)
 * Well, he really needs to add multisite. The load on my server is tremendous. 
   Right now the average page takes 5-7 seconds to load and I am on a VPS at Linode.
 *  Thread Starter [Zachary DuBois](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zachary-dubois/)
 * (@zachary-dubois)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-question-about-multisite/#post-3889099)
 * I want support with this so I can get it to work on multisite without paying 
   that developer +$100 for support. That’s just an outrage. See something like 
   $15 I’d pay for support but really +$100? Does anyone know of any cache plugins
   that work on multisite and will support s3 and CloudFront? My VPS os getting 
   way too much load from traffic.
 *  [Danielle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nashua-indigo/)
 * (@nashua-indigo)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-question-about-multisite/#post-3889147)
 * Sadly no other cache plugin works with multiste, the problem of them is that 
   it don’t show new posts, WP Super Cache, Quick Cache, Hyper Cache and W3Total
   Cache have all the same problem with multisite… They are not showing new posts
   at all… All of them. and I use also Domain Mapping
 *  Thread Starter [Zachary DuBois](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zachary-dubois/)
 * (@zachary-dubois)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-question-about-multisite/#post-3889148)
 * Bummer. Well, I’m going to be working on my own plugin for the next while. I 
   might put it on WordPress. Not so sure though. I’m going to keep this topic marked
   as not resolved since it really isn’t.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Frederick Townes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/)
 * (@fredericktownes)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-question-about-multisite/#post-3889251)
 * [@zachary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zachary/) DuBois, it depends on
   your settings on the General Settings tab under Miscellaneous. If you check Hide
   perf settings then only the network admin can change the setting on a per site
   basis. If you select use single network conf only the settings set under network
   admin are used and there are no per site settings.
 * > If I edit only the network settings for W3 Total Cache and enable caching, 
   > will it be enabled and run on all sub-sites?
 * Only if you check Apply to network.
 * > If I am using S3 and CloudFront, will it work using the same bucket if it does
   > need to be configured for each site?
 * If names of files or path to files differ should be able to use same.
 * > If the network settings work for all sub-sites, can I use S3 and CloudFront(
   > Same bucket)?
 * If names of files or path to files differ should be able to use same.
 * > Does this work with a subdomain instal using WPMU Domain Mapping?
 * Domain mapping is supported.
 * > What settings do you recommend for using this with BuddyPress and bbPress?
 * Using default settings would work fine. The activity listing page for non logged
   in user if that is used with BP might need to be excluded from cache if you want
   it up to date. Also listing of online users might need to be handled as well.
   Might need to use custom code for handling that. Check page fragment caching 
   in the FAQ.
 *  Thread Starter [Zachary DuBois](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zachary-dubois/)
 * (@zachary-dubois)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-question-about-multisite/#post-3889252)
 * I’ve been using super cache. Bit confusing and doesn’t support S3/CF. With this
   information, I will run tests on a private VPS copy of my network and test. Max
   cache I always have set to 5 minutes because the online users needs to update.
   If there is a way to make that dynamic but the whole page cached, that would 
   be awesome. I don’t have the forum, profiles, or stream in the cache for super
   cache either. It’s easier to let those load since they are Ajax rich. Thanks 
   for the answers. I’ll check it out in the morning and then throw you a status
   update on it.
 *  Thread Starter [Zachary DuBois](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zachary-dubois/)
 * (@zachary-dubois)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-question-about-multisite/#post-3889254)
 * There are so many bugs with it. I am going back to Super Cache. Plus the pricing
   for support and such is way overly done.

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## Tags

 * [cache](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cache/)
 * [caching](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/caching/)
 * [CloudFront](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cloudfront/)
 * [domain](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/domain/)
 * [mapping](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mapping/)
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 * 11 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Zachary DuBois](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zachary-dubois/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-question-about-multisite/#post-3889254)
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