Title: [Plugin: W3 Total Cache] NGINX support Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # [Plugin: W3 Total Cache] NGINX support * [John Robertson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/braddor/) * (@braddor) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-nginx-support/) * Hey, So I read that official NGINX support wont be available till version 1.0… so what can I do to set up the rewrite rules in the mean time to get it running on an NGINX only setup? * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/) Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * [Joost Schuur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jschuur/) * (@jschuur) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-nginx-support/#post-1606997) * I’ve tested it out on a DreamHost PS using ngnix and Xcache, and it works just fine, at least based on speed improvements and the footer info on pages. * If you’re using disk based caching instead of an opcode solution like Xcache, it’s simply a matter or changing one line in the [SuperCache nginx instructions](http://ocaoimh.ie/wordpress-nginx-wp-super-cache/)( lines 23-49 in that post). Just change line 40, so it reads: * `set $supercache_file /wp-content/w3tc/pgcache/$1/_index.html; * Your rewrite rule now matches the directory structure under which the cached files are created with W3 Total Cache. * Thread Starter [John Robertson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/braddor/) * (@braddor) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-nginx-support/#post-1607000) * Works for me but Im completely APC, so no need to do any rule rewrites. * Plugin Contributor [Frederick Townes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/) * (@fredericktownes) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-nginx-support/#post-1607026) * Every implementation of nginx rules I’ve ever seen is complete. Please keep in mind that you will get erratic behavior until nginx is officially supported. * Thread Starter [John Robertson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/braddor/) * (@braddor) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-nginx-support/#post-1607032) * Im using APC, which I believe doesnt need mod rewrite rules. I cant take advantage of browser caching though since I dont want to mess around too much with the Virtual host commands… I rather wait for version 1… * Plugin Contributor [Frederick Townes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/) * (@fredericktownes) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-nginx-support/#post-1607041) * Sorry I meant to say “incomplete” earlier. Anyway, you’re all set for now then if you’re using APC (except for browser cache obviously). * [Chris Olbekson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/c3mdigital/) * (@c3mdigital) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-nginx-support/#post-1607043) * [@braddor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/braddor/) * You can take advantage of browser caching my adding `expires max;` to your server file making sure to only apply it to images, css or js by adding this to your server file: * ``` server { listen 80; server_name www.xxxxxxx.com xxxxxxxxx.com; access_log /var/log/nginx/xxxxxxx.proxied.log; # Serve directly: /images/ + /css/ + /js/ # location ^~ /(images|css|js) { root /srv/www/xxxxxxxx/public_html/; access_log /var/log/nginx/xxxxxx.direct.log ; expires max; } # Serve directly: *.js, *.css, *.rdf,, *.xml, *.ico, & etc # location ~* \.(js|css|rdf|xml|ico|txt|gif|jpg|png|jpeg)$ { root /srv/www/xxxxxxxx.com/public_html/; access_log /var/log/nginx/xxxxxxxx.direct.log ; expires max; } ``` * This would be added before your PHP directives. * Also take a look at the [Nginx Compatability ](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nginx-compatibility/) plugin. I have used it in conjunction with W3-Total cache and there are no conflicts. The other option is to use nginx as a front end proxy to serve static files and pass everything else to Apache. * Thread Starter [John Robertson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/braddor/) * (@braddor) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-nginx-support/#post-1607044) * Thanks c3mdigital. My server is pure NGINX though….i decided to ditch apache ( using php-fpm). I should still be fine though right? * Plugin Contributor [Frederick Townes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/) * (@fredericktownes) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-nginx-support/#post-1607071) * Right [@c3mdigital](https://wordpress.org/support/users/c3mdigital/) ? 🙂 * [Chris Olbekson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/c3mdigital/) * (@c3mdigital) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-nginx-support/#post-1607078) * [@braddor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/braddor/) * If your using Nginx on its own the[ plugin ](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nginx-compatibility/) will make WordPress think you have mod_rewrite enabled and allow you to use pretty permalinks. * There is a sample server config file included with the plugin and a very good article on using Nginx with php-fpm and Apc here: * [http://interfacelab.com/nginx-php-fpm-apc-awesome/](http://interfacelab.com/nginx-php-fpm-apc-awesome/) * Plugin Contributor [Frederick Townes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/) * (@fredericktownes) * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-nginx-support/#post-1607159) * Formal nginx support is currently scheduled for 0.9.5 release. 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