Title: Optimizing W3 Total Cache Plugin
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Optimizing W3 Total Cache Plugin

 *  [christinakal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christinakal/)
 * (@christinakal)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optimizing-w3-total-cache-plugin/)
 * Hello,
 * We have been making changes to our website in order to improve our load time.
   We have improved our load time, however, when conducting tests through [https://tools.pingdom.com/](https://tools.pingdom.com/)
   our website receives a low-performance grade of a C. Here is a test with the 
   results: [https://tools.pingdom.com/#!/c4Wbyq/http://www.adlilogistics.com/](https://tools.pingdom.com/#!/c4Wbyq/http://www.adlilogistics.com/).
   I have contacted our host provider and they have recommended contacting the w3-
   total-cache developer to get assistance regarding optimization. Would you be 
   able to provide some recommendations to optimize the plugin or our website to
   improve our performance grade?
 * Thank you
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/)

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 *  [Ashok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bappidgreat/)
 * (@bappidgreat)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optimizing-w3-total-cache-plugin/#post-7695204)
 * [@christinakal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christinakal/), just saw 
   your pingdom score. Which modules are you using? Are you using minify? Is it 
   auto or manual?
 * > Parallelize downloads across hostnames
 * Could you please try this solution: [https://gist.github.com/leowebdev/dab3e498e68917fb2938](https://gist.github.com/leowebdev/dab3e498e68917fb2938)
 * > Combine external JavaScript
 * > Combine external CSS
 * Try to add the url in “Include external files/libaries:” section in Minify module.
 * > Leverage browser caching
 * Could you please put your htaccess here?
 * Have a good day!
 * Cheers
    Ash
 *  [shrubb441](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shrubb441/)
 * (@shrubb441)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optimizing-w3-total-cache-plugin/#post-8531543)
 * I am having practically the same issues. I know some hosting sites are better
   than others but how can I know if my site is running slow because of the host
   or because of me. I also have problems with “combine external CSS/JS” and parallelize
   request over different hostnames” or something. I do not know too much about 
   this stuff so any help is good. I have tried all sorts of options in Total Cache
   but nothing to resolve these. i use a purchased template with lots of CSS and
   JS but others using this template have good scored…

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 * [total cache](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/total-cache/)

 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [shrubb441](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shrubb441/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optimizing-w3-total-cache-plugin/#post-8531543)
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