Title: This plugin is shit
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# This plugin is shit

 *  [trondeh80](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trondeh80/)
 * (@trondeh80)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-plugin-is-shit/)
 * Do not get fooled by the promises of this plugin. it is utter shit. I lost 2000
   dollars because of its weak cache invalidation.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/)

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 *  [nigro.simone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nigrosimone/)
 * (@nigrosimone)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-plugin-is-shit/#post-7536675)
 * what happened?
 *  [Scott Hartley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/destac/)
 * (@destac)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-plugin-is-shit/#post-7536784)
 * This sounds more like user error…
 *  [Amin – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support2/)
 * (@wpmudev-support2)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-plugin-is-shit/#post-7536792)
 * Hello trondeh80,
 * That are tough words there :/
 * Maybe we can help with those issues?
 * Can you describe your problem?
 * kind regards,
    Kasia
 *  [nigro.simone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nigrosimone/)
 * (@nigrosimone)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-plugin-is-shit/#post-7536827)
 * [@destac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/destac/) yep… 😀
 *  [Zeokat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeokat/)
 * (@zeokat)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-plugin-is-shit/#post-7536834)
 * This plugin is kinda abandoned, so be ready for issues 😉
 *  Thread Starter [trondeh80](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trondeh80/)
 * (@trondeh80)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-plugin-is-shit/#post-7536837)
 * I had to do a critical update to a clients site. But the cache was on total lock
   down. Refused to clear itself. Event after I uninstalled the plugin, the content
   was locked because of the cache. Had to manually delete wp-content/cache and 
   all the plugin files before it finally updated the page.
    My client lost 1000
   $ a day while this content was up because of a legal dispute.
 * From now on I am using wp_supercache.
 * [@destac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/destac/):
    If this was a usererror,
   I am literally amazed over how easy it was to get into this mess. I’ve been working
   professionally with php for 15 years, and highly doubt my actions led to this
   awkard lockdown.
 *  [Scott Hartley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/destac/)
 * (@destac)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-plugin-is-shit/#post-7536838)
 * Ahh the I have x amount of years doing this therefore I am incapable of making
   a mistake argument. I have the plugin running on sites I manage, and locally,
   and my own little dummy sites all works well and purges appropriately.
 * Might have been a server issue, might have been a user error regardless someone
   somewhere is likely to blame ~ but you coming on here and cussing doesn’t help
   anyone I also saw your review
 * “WP_supercache is probably a way better option as it generates static HTML files–
   which is literally the fastest way you can serve content to a user.”
 * Ok but you do realize that W3TC does generate static HTML files.. Page Cache 
   >> Disk Enhanced open up the FTP wp-content/cache/page_enhanced/all the static
   html files that you are looking for.
 *  [responsivemenu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/responsivemenu/)
 * (@responsivemenu)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-plugin-is-shit/#post-7536846)
 * Please tell me you tested everything and validated it all and rigorously tested
   it all on a development site first and did not put this straight onto a live 
   site without doing so?

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 * Last reply from: [responsivemenu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/responsivemenu/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-plugin-is-shit/#post-7536846)
 * Status: not resolved