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W3 Total Cache v2.2.2 Released

 

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Thank you for using W3 Total Cache, the only web host agnostic Web Performance Optimization (WPO) framework for WordPress trusted by millions of publishers, web developers, and web hosts worldwide for more than a decade.

In this major release, we’ve added a lot of fixes and enhancements including security fixes. We want to thank you all for you patience and suggestions.

  • Security: PHPCS and WPCS updates
  • Security: Updated guzzlehttp/guzzle to 6.5.6
  • Security: Updated guzzlehttp/psr7 to 1.8.5
  • Fix: Cloudflare flush all cache
  • Fix: Access log test
  • Fix: Better handling for PHP 5.6
  • Fix: Convert Redis warnings to exceptions
  • Fix: WordPress 5.5 image lazy loading
  • Fix: Infinite loop when using database cluster configuration
  • Fix: Database cluster logic
  • Fix: FTP credentials form
  • Fix: Preview deploy button
  • Fix: Image Service links in multisite network admin
  • Fix: Enable Image Service settings changes in multisite blog/sub sites
  • Enhancement: Updated Cloudflare settings to allow a global API key or token
  • Enhancement: Added Cloudflare CDN public objects option to settings
  • Enhancement: Added timeout settings for Redis
  • Enhancement: Added TLS/SSL certificate verification option for Redis
  • Enhancement: Added Image Service visibility option
  • Enhancement: Updated Image Service limit notification
  • Enhancement: Better handling of trailing slash URLs
  • Update: Adjusted lightbox for accessibility
  • Update: Removed deprecated opcache flush

In our public repository on GitHub, you can review our source code, post issues, and even submit Pull requests. You are welcome to join us there, and we really appreciate all users that have contributed, both past and present.

We are always looking for ways to improve W3 Total Cache with new features, UI improvements, and of course, improvements to the user experience. If you like what we have done, please be sure to take some time and rate our plugin on the WordPress Plugin Repository.

Once again, we are sending a big thanks to all of our supporters, including those who are active in the forums helping end-users.

W3 Total Cache v2.2.1 Released

 

Thank you for using W3 Total Cache!

Thank you for using W3 Total Cache, the only web host agnostic Web Performance Optimization (WPO) framework for WordPress trusted by millions of publishers, web developers, and web hosts worldwide for more than a decade.

In this patch release, we’ve added enhancements and also fixed the issues reported by the wp.org community and the users active in our GitHub repository:

  • Fix: Cloudflare: Removed use of the retired ip_lkup V1 endpoint
  • Fix: Prevent an error in some environments using non-direct filesystems
  • Fix: Added better checking for some filesystem actions
  • Fix: AWS CloudFront: Reverted async change for cache invalidation to honor promises
  • Enhancement: Added option to exclude minified JS files from being processed by Rocket Loader
  • Enhancement: Improved handling of Image Service rate-limiting and error messages

 

In our public repository on GitHub, you can review our source code, post issues, and even submit pull requests. You are welcome to join us there, and we really appreciate all users that have contributed, both past and present.

We are always looking for ways to improve W3 Total Cache with new features, UI improvements, and of course, improvements to the user experience. If you like what we have done, please be sure to take some time and rate our plugin on the WordPress Plugin Repository.

Once again, we are sending a big thanks to all of our supporters, including those who are active in the forums helping end-users, and of course our GitHub users that contributed to this release.

W3 Total Cache v2.2.0 Released (New Image Service Feature)

 

Thank you for using W3 Total Cache!

Thank you for using W3 Total Cache, the only web host agnostic Web Performance Optimization (WPO) framework for WordPress trusted by millions of publishers, web developers, and web hosts worldwide for more than a decade.

In this release, we’ve added a new feature for Image webp conversion

• The Image Service API extension provides WebP image format conversion from common image formats (on upload and on-demand). The extension is not active by default and can be activated on the Extensions Page. Navigate in your WordPress admin to Performance > Extensions to begin enabling it. W3 Total Cache v2.2.0 Released (New Image Service Feature) Locate the Image Service item in the list of Extensions and enable it.

W3 Total Cache v2.2.0 Released (New Image Service Feature)

Make sure to check out our W3 Total Cache Image Service article for more details about the feature.

In our public repository on GitHub, you can review our source code, post issues, and even submit Pull requests. You are welcome to join us there, and we really appreciate all users that have contributed, both past and present.

We are always looking for ways to improve W3 Total Cache with new features, UI improvements, and of course, improvements to the user experience. If you like what we have done, please be sure to take some time and rate our plugin on the WordPress Plugin Repository.

Once again, we are sending a big thanks to all of our supporters, including those who are active in the forums helping end-users, and of course our GitHub users that contributed this release.

W3 Total Cache v2.1.9 Released

 

Thank you for using W3 Total Cache!

Thank you for using W3 Total Cache, the only web host agnostic Web Performance Optimization (WPO) framework for WordPress trusted by millions of publishers, web developers, and web hosts worldwide for more than a decade.

In this release, we’ve added enhancements and also fixed the issues reported by the wp.org community and the users active in our GitHub repository:

  • Fix: Cloudflare Dashboard Widget: Updated to use GraphQL
  • Fix: Cloudflare Dashboard Widget: Use WordPress timezone
  • Fix: CDN: Execute purge only if hosting is enabled, to prevent unneeded delays
  • Fix: Published/modified custom posts not clearing the archive cache(s)
  • Fix: Native WordPress sitemap caching
  • Fix: Extra MIME groups other than controlled by settings were added to rules
  • Fix: Usage Statistics: Not functioning when object cache is set to Redis
  • Fix: AMP Extension: Prevent popup admin bar for endpoints
  • Fix: Setup Guide Wizard: CSS for long translations
  • Fix: Opcache Settings: Validate timestamp indicator checkbox
  • Update: Remove robots.txt cache toggle setting
  • Enhancement: Enhancement: Improve 404 detection
  • Enhancement: Improved compatibility check indicators
  • Enhancement: AWS CloudFront: Faster cache invalidation using async

In our public repository on GitHub, you can review our source code, post issues, and even submit pull requests. You are welcome to join us there, and we really appreciate all users that have contributed, both past and present.

We are always looking for ways to improve W3 Total Cache with new features, UI improvements, and of course, improvements to the user experience. If you like what we have done, please be sure to take some time and rate our plugin on the WordPress Plugin Repository.

Once again, we are sending a big thanks to all of our supporters, including those who are active in the forums helping end-users, and of course our GitHub users that contributed to this release.

W3 Total Cache v2.1.7 Released

 

Thank you for using W3 Total Cache!

Thank you for using W3 Total Cache, the only web host agnostic Web Performance Optimization (WPO) framework for WordPress trusted by millions of publishers, web developers, and web hosts worldwide for more than a decade.

In this patch release, we’ve added enhancements and also fixed the issues reported by the wp.org community and the users active in our GitHub repository:

  • Fix: Corrected relative paths used in the JS minify YUI Compressor
  • Fix: Disallow crawling of the cache directory
  • Fix: Responsive display for the dashboard
  • Enhancement: Added lazy load threshold setting
  • Enhancement: Added feature policy security headers to settings

In our public repository on GitHub, you can review our source code, post issues, and even submit pull requests. You are welcome to join us there, and we really appreciate all users that have contributed, both past and present.

We are always looking for ways to improve W3 Total Cache with new features, UI improvements, and of course, improvements to the user experience. If you like what we have done, please be sure to take some time and rate our plugin on the WordPress Plugin Repository.

Once again, we are sending a big thanks to all of our supporters, including those who are active in the forums helping end-users.

W3 Total Cache v2.1.6 Released

 

Thank you for using W3 Total Cache!

Thank you for using W3 Total Cache, the only web host agnostic Web Performance Optimization (WPO) framework for WordPress trusted by millions of publishers, web developers, and web hosts worldwide for more than a decade.

In this release, we’ve added enhancements and also fixed the issues reported by the wp.org community and the users active in our GitHub repository:

  • Fix: JS minify issue with template literal backticks
  • Fix: Missing whitespace in Memcached Nginx configuration
  • Fix: Updated CDN Minify regex
  • Fix: Do not redirect when using WP-CLI
  • Fix: Setting for CDN over passive FTP
  • Fix: Added missing text domains and fixed translations
  • Enhancement: Allow default AWS credentials provider
  • Enhancement: Added error logging when minification base URL is not found

In our public repository on GitHub, you can review our source code, post issues, and even submit pull requests. You are welcome to join us there, and we really appreciate all users that have contributed, both past and present.

We are always looking for ways to improve W3 Total Cache with new features, UI improvements, and of course, improvements to the user experience. If you like what we have done, please be sure to take some time and rate our plugin on the WordPress Plugin Repository.

Once again, we are sending a big thanks to all of our supporters, including those who are active in the forums helping end-users, and of course our GitHub users that contributed to this release.

W3 Total Cache v2.1.4 Released

 

Thank you for using W3 Total Cache!

Thank you for using W3 Total Cache, the only web host agnostic Web Performance Optimization (WPO) framework for WordPress trusted by millions of publishers, web developers, and web hosts worldwide for more than a decade.

In this release, we’ve added enhancements and also fixed the issues reported by the wp.org community and the users active in our GitHub repository:

  • Fix: Sanitize extension argument
  • Fix: Allow more characters in CDN hostname sanitization
  • Fix: Avoid a possible PHP warning in LazyLoad mutator
  • Fix: Use Memcached server from config for Nginx rules instead of localhost
  • Fix: Added missing text domains for Browser Cache settings
  • Enhancement: Added a filter w3tc_cdn_cf_flush_all_uris for CloudFront purging

In our public repository on GitHub, you can review our source code, post issues, and even submit Pull requests. You are welcome to join us there, and we really appreciate all users that have contributed, both past and present.

We are always looking for ways to improve W3 Total Cache with new features, UI improvements, and of course, improvements to the user experience. If you like what we have done, please be sure to take some time and rate our plugin on the WordPress Plugin Repository.

Once again, we are sending a big thanks to all of our supporters, including those who are active in the forums helping end-users.

W3 Total Cache v2.1.3 Released

 

Thank you for using W3 Total Cache!

Thank you for using W3 Total Cache, the only web host agnostic Web Performance Optimization (WPO) framework for WordPress trusted by millions of publishers, web developers, and web hosts worldwide for more than a decade.

In this patch release, we’ve added enhancements and also fixed the issues reported by the wp.org community and the users active in our GitHub repository:

  • Fix: Authenticated Persistent XSS & XFS in CDN admin page
  • Update: AWS library version 3.183.0
  • Update: Minify: Include theme template files using page_* filenames

In our public repository on GitHub, you can review our source code, post issues, and even submit pull requests. You are welcome to join us there, and we really appreciate all users that have contributed, both past and present.

We are always looking for ways to improve W3 Total Cache with new features, UI improvements, and of course, improvements to the user experience. If you like what we have done, please be sure to take some time and rate our plugin on the WordPress Plugin Repository.

Once again, we are sending a big thanks to all of our supporters, including those who are active in the forums helping end-users.

W3 Total Cache v2.1.2 Released

 

Thank you for using W3 Total Cache!

Thank you for using W3 Total Cache, the only web host agnostic Web Performance Optimization (WPO) framework for WordPress trusted by millions of publishers, web developers, and web hosts worldwide for more than a decade.

We are proud to announce that in release, we’ve added enhancements and also fixed the issues reported by the wp.org community and the users active in our GitHub repository:

  • Fix: Skip removing spaces around “<li>” tags in HTML Minify
  • Fix: Updated admin URL logic for multisite installations
  • Fix: TransparentCDN purge URL validation
  • Fix: Added an option to use ABSPATH as the document root for Minify
  • Fix: Database cache debug message
  • Update: Added regions for AWS S3 (af-south-1, cn-north-1, cn-northwest-1, eu-south-1)
  • Update: Added MIME types AVIF and AVIFS for Browser Cache rules
  • Update: Added MIME types AVIF and AVIFS for Browser Cache rules
  • Update: Added MIME types AVIF and AVIFS for Browser Cache rules

In our public repository on GitHub, you can review our source code, post issues, and even submit pull requests. You are welcome to join us there, and we really appreciate all users that have contributed, both past and present.

We are always looking for ways to improve W3 Total Cache with new features, UI improvements, and of course, improvements to the user experience. If you like what we have done, please be sure to take some time and rate our plugin on the WordPress Plugin Repository.

Once again, we are sending a big thanks to all of our supporters, including those who are active in the forums helping end-users.

W3 Total Cache v2.1.1 Released

 

Thank you for using W3 Total Cache!

Thank you for using W3 Total Cache, the only web host agnostic Web Performance Optimization (WPO) framework for WordPress trusted by millions of publishers, web developers, and web hosts worldwide for more than a decade.

In this release, we’ve added some enhancements and also fixed the issues reported by the wp.org community and the users active in our GitHub repository:

  • Fix: Move Minify library to a namespace to avoid conflicts with other plugins
  • Fix: Check for AWS before loading functions
  • Fix: Update Minify ClosureCompiler base URL; use HTTPS
  • Fix: Corrected getting the network site URL
  • Fix: Prevent PHP warning in CurlFactory
  • Update: Added information links to general minify options
  • Update: Added video/ogg support for browser caching

In our public repository on GitHub, you can review our source code, post issues, and even submit pull requests. You are welcome to join us there, and we really appreciate all users that have contributed, both past and present.

We are always looking for ways to improve W3 Total Cache with new features, UI improvements, and of course, improvements to the user experience. If you like what we have done, please be sure to take some time and rate our plugin on the WordPress Plugin Repository.

Once again, we are sending a big thanks to all of our supporters, including those who are active in the forums helping end-users.