The mix up is usually because these extensions are about two unrelated technologies: opcode caching and key-value data store. For WordPress you prefereably want both. Opcode caching is really the “normal” way to run PHP (and lack of it is essentially crippled shared hosting way). Data store can *(and should) be used by WordPress object … Read more
Should I use Transient API at all here? No. In a stock WordPress install transients are stored in the wp_options table, and only cleaned up during core upgrades. Suppose you have 50,000 posts, that’s 50,000 additional rows in the options table. Obviously they’re set to autoload=no, so it’s not going to consume all your memory, … Read more
if you want to flush the cache you can do that: the plugin has functions for that <?php flush_pgcache() //page cache flush_dbcache() // database cache flush_minify() // minify cache flush_all() //all caches ?> and you just need to call it like this: <?php $w3_plugin_totalcache->flush_all(); ?> and that is basically the answer to the question in … Read more