Title: [Plugin: W3 Total Cache] Application cache
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: W3 Total Cache] Application cache

 *  [NerdInProgress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nerdinprogress/)
 * (@nerdinprogress)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-application-cache/)
 * Was suggesting adding simple application cache features from html5 specs.
 * Something like:
    1. Ability to enable or disable application cache, like minify, CDN, Varnish, etc
    2. Adding link to an application cache on pages (and ability to disable it for 
       some pages/posts) – might need tweaking of theme?
    3. Auto generate cache.manifest containing minified+combined files and favicon 
       with ability to custom add to the file as needed – or better still, a “help”
       selector – like for the minify tab.
    4. Regenerate file on save
 * This will not make a blog an application, of course, but will enable much faster
   rendering of pages and allow offline browsing (for pages already visited).
 * All the needed code is mostly present in the plugin and could be easily adapted.
 * I had done this manually with a theme when I wasn’t using w3tc, but now, I found
   it too complicated to figure out how to grab the generated includes (I am not
   a very good coder).
 * This would take an already awesome plugin to the next level, IMO
 * Sorry if this has been considered and decided against before – I may have missed
   it.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/)

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 *  [keefe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keefe/)
 * (@keefe)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-application-cache/#post-2404023)
 * The ability to automatically generate the `cache.manifest` file would be a great
   addition to the already awesome plugin. Though any web developer can manually
   create one since all cached posts and pages are in the `/wp-content/cache/` folder,
   it certainly is a waste of time to spend time updating the cache file depending
   on how often the site is updated.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Frederick Townes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/)
 * (@fredericktownes)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-application-cache/#post-2404031)
 * Thanks, similar features are already in the roadmap. With a focus on mobile user
   experience.

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 * Last reply from: [Frederick Townes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-application-cache/#post-2404031)
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