Title: W3 Total Cache Problems!!!
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# W3 Total Cache Problems!!!

 *  [jasongraham6](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasongraham6/)
 * (@jasongraham6)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-total-cache-problems-1/)
 * Hi,
 * After installing and activating W3 Total Cache on WP 3.1.3, I opened the Settings
   > General page, and saw four HUGE red warning messages:
 * The first message at the top says:
 * “Disk enhanced page caching is not active. To enable it, add the following rules
   into the server configuration file (/home/content/.htaccess) of the site above
   the WordPress directives . Or if permission allow this can be done automatically,
   by clicking here: “
 * Permissions had been set to 777 on .htaccess, wp-content (and all sub-dir’s).
   I tried the auto-install option and also pasting the code manually. BUT still
   I get error message:
 * “The page cache rules could not be modified. Please create an empty file in /
   home/content/.htaccess and run chmod 777 /home/content/.htaccess to resolve this
   issue”.
 * .htaccess is there and has 777 permissions, so that makes no sense at all.
 * The other error messages on the settings page are:
 * “Browser caching is not active. To enable it, add the following rules into the
   server configuration file (/home/content/.htaccess) of the site . Or if permission
   allow this can be done automatically, by clicking here: . “
 * AND
 * “Minify is not active. To enable it, add the following rules into the server 
   configuration file (/home/content/w/h/a/what9710/html/wp-content/w3tc/min/.htaccess)
   of the site . This can be done automatically, by clicking here: .”
 * AND
 * “The required directives for fancy permalinks could not be detected, please confirm
   they are available: Creating and editing”
 * The other messages on there, which are not errors, are:
 * “/home/content/w/h/a/what9710/html/wp-content is write-able. When finished installing
   the plugin, change the permissions back to the default: chmod 755 /home/content/
   w/h/a/what9710/html/wp-content. “
 * AND
 * “Preview mode is active: Changed settings will not take effect until….”
 * Which does not make sense.
 * All other plugins are disabled.
 * Can anyone help, I’ve been at this for nearly a full day now without any sleep,
   I’m desperated to get it working.
    I’m also concerned because I submitted a bug
   report to the author, filling out all the fields including my admin username 
   and password, and I haven’t had any reply…
 * Any help at all is very welcome!!!
 * Thanks!
 * J
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/)

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 *  Thread Starter [jasongraham6](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasongraham6/)
 * (@jasongraham6)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-total-cache-problems-1/#post-2124499)
 * UPDATE:
 * This was a error being caused by somthing other than W3TC. It was a new blog,
   so I just backed up my content and reinstalled WP, which resolved my issue. I
   also recieved a reply from Frederick.
 * I can’t believe how good this plugin is! Well worth the initial hassle!!
 *  [Frederick Townes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/)
 * (@fredericktownes)
 * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-total-cache-problems-1/#post-2124634)
 * Sorry for the trouble. I’m glad you figured it out.
 *  [ktcolors](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ktcolors/)
 * (@ktcolors)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-total-cache-problems-1/#post-2124816)
 * I am having the exact same issue. Literally.
 * You mentioned the issue was not the actual plugin. Can you elaborate on what 
   else I should be looking into? I just upgraded WordPress so I don’t think that’s
   the problem.
 * Really frustrated!
 *  [Frederick Townes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/)
 * (@fredericktownes)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-total-cache-problems-1/#post-2124817)
 * [@ktcolors](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ktcolors/) did you try to deactivate
   other plugins temporarily (re-activating them one-by-one) until something breaks)
   and even switch to the twentyeleven theme temporarily to see what the problem
   is?
 *  [designsbyjf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/designsbyjf/)
 * (@designsbyjf)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-total-cache-problems-1/#post-2124818)
 * Frederick, I tried this and am having the same issue. I deactivated all plugins
   and still had the problem. What gives?

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