Creates massive number of extra files

  • I’ve used this for a few years. I can’t say that I noticed a significant improvement in performance, but it didn’t seem to hurt anything until a few days ago when I installed the latest version. My website had about 110K files but suddenly jumped to the 250K maximum file limit of my provider. Other than the update, I had not made any changes to this plug-in’s settings. Suddenly my webpage was frozen, and I couldn’t do anything because it filled 100% of my available space. I manually searched and noticed a massive number of cache files. Every time I deleted a group of unrelated files, W3TC grew the cache and filled the available space. When I saw this pattern, I deleted more items and moved quickly before W3TC had a chance to fill up the available space. I was able to turn OFF various settings in the W3TC dashboard. My file count IMMEDIATELY dropped from 250K to 108K. My website is functional again and W3TC is turnned off in their dashboard. Unfortunately, W3TC generates an error when I try to disable the plug-in so I can’t remove it completely. Their support team was very responsive, and I’m working with them to complete the uninstall, but I would NOT recommend this app until this bug is resolved.

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  • Plugin Contributor Marko Vasiljevic

    (@vmarko)

    Hello @yeldarb01

    I was working with you via the W3 Total Cache support channel.
    Just to confirm here you wre able to delete the files I suggested and noted that the issue was related to the Object Cahcing when set to Disk.
    I have not heard back from you about this so please let me know if everything works as expected
    Thanks!

    Thread Starter yeldarb01

    (@yeldarb01)

    Yes, W3TP was completely removed. Thank you for the prompt response and thorough instructions.

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