{"id":18716,"date":"2020-02-25T15:07:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T20:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/?p=18716"},"modified":"2024-11-01T11:37:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T15:37:29","slug":"installing-w3-total-cache-on-your-wordpress-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/w3-total-cache\/installing-w3-total-cache-on-your-wordpress-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing W3 Total Cache on your WordPress Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><p>Installing W3 Total Cache on your website is pretty straightforward. The following guide will outline the steps needed to ensure you have the plugin installed from the WordPress Repository.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-is-w3-total-cache\">What is W3 Total Cache?<\/h2>\n<p>W3 Total Cache is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/5-best-wordpress-cache-plugins\/\">Best WordPress Cache Plugin<\/a> you can find today, for many reasons. It is suitable for everyone from beginner to advanced WordPress users. W3 Total Cache is the complete solution to improve your WordPress websites SEO, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/how-to-improve-core-web-vitals\/\">improve Core Web Vitals<\/a>, and the user experience simultaneously.<\/p>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\" style=\"margin-top: 60px;\">\n<div class=\"container w3tc-radius\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/upsell-darker-alt.png'); background-size: cover; background-position: 50% 5%;\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/upsell-darker-alt.png\">\n<div class=\"row upsell-column\" style=\"padding-top: 2em; padding-bottom: 2em; color: #ffffff;\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-1 col-md-1 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 hidden-sm\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-5 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-7\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0;\">Install <strong>W3 Total Cache Pro<\/strong> and speed up your WordPress website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-5 col-sm-5 col-xs-12 text-center align-column-center\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\"><a class=\"button-w3tc-white\" style=\"border: 2px solid #30BEC4; font-size: 18px; padding: 15px 30px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/w3-total-cache\/#pricing\">View Plans<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"installing-the-free-w3-total-cache-plugin\">Installing the Free W3 Total Cache Plugin<\/h2>\n<p>Installing our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/w3-total-cache\/\">WordPress caching plugin<\/a> is just like any other WordPress plugin. It should be a quick and easy installation as described in the following steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the Dashboard, Navigate to <b>Plugins &rarr; Add New<\/b><\/li>\n<li>In the<strong> Plugin Search Box<\/strong>, type <strong>W3 Total Cache <\/strong>and click the Search Button<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Install<\/strong>, then <strong>Activate <\/strong>to complete the Installation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations! You now know how to install W3 Total Cache. The installation will add a new menu item in your WordPress Dashboard labeled Performance.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Installing W3 Total Cache on your website is pretty straightforward. The following guide will outline the steps needed to ensure you have the plugin installed from the WordPress Repository. What is W3 Total Cache? W3 Total Cache is the Best WordPress Cache Plugin you can find today, for many reasons. 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