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Websites using W3 Total Cache

W3 Total Cache is a WordPress performance plugin for page, object and browser caching. About 57,481 websites in the PageSourceSearch index contain the code that reveals it; the 50 highest-ranked are listed below.

How is W3 Total Cache detected?

Pages served by the plugin end with an HTML comment that says Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. The discovery keyword is the exact bytes PageSourceSearch looks for in every stored page and script:

"Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache" Search the index for it

A literal is matched byte for byte, case-sensitively. Combine it with another keyword, a domain, a kind or a date filter on the search page to narrow the list. About W3 Total Cache

Top 50 websites using W3 Total Cache

Ranked by the domain's position in the crawl's ranked list (Common Crawl harmonic centrality), highest first. view source opens the stored page or script with the match highlighted. Computed 2026-10-04 15:05:12 UTC.

#WebsiteRankFound in
1 bellingcat.com 799 html https://www.bellingcat.com/ view source profile
2 civicus.org 907 html https://publications.civicus.org/pub…/annual-reports/ view source profile
3 city-data.com 1,021 html https://www.city-data.com/blog/ view source profile
4 bylinetimes.com 1,268 html https://bylinetimes.com/ view source profile
5 usp.br 1,513 html https://www5.usp.br/ view source profile
6 wufoo.com 1,625 html https://www.wufoo.com/ view source profile
7 kafila.org 1,654 html https://kafila.org/ view source profile
8 valvetime.net 1,683 html https://www.valvetime.net/ view source profile
9 paloaltonetworks.com 1,688 html https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blo…-artifact-and-identity/ view source profile
10 eventbrite.co.uk 1,698 html https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/blog/category/tips-and-guides/ view source profile
11 techdee.com 1,772 html https://www.techdee.com/ view source profile
12 multnomah.edu 1,798 html https://www.multnomah.edu/ view source profile
13 alltechbuzz.net 1,802 html https://www.alltechbuzz.net/ view source profile
14 ausha.co 2,051 html https://www.ausha.co/ view source profile
15 iabtechlab.com 2,282 html https://iabtechlab.com/ view source profile
16 cbinsights.com 2,598 html https://www.cbinsights.com/what-we-offer/pricing/ view source profile
17 itsrio.org 2,796 html https://itsrio.org/en/en-home/ view source profile
18 save.org 2,865 html https://www.save.org/ view source profile
19 unipi.it 3,159 html https://www.unipi.it/ view source profile
20 ipi.media 3,379 html https://ipi.media/ view source profile
21 eventbrite.it 3,495 html https://www.eventbrite.it/blog/category/tips-and-guides/ view source profile
22 umaine.edu 3,985 html https://umaine.edu/ view source profile
23 venngage.com 4,034 html https://venngage.com/blog/ view source profile
24 uconn.edu 4,040 html https://uconn.edu/ view source profile
25 activemind.de 4,570 html https://www.activemind.de/ view source profile
26 wsu.edu 5,101 html https://news.wsu.edu/news/2026/09/15…a-belief-in-the-future/ view source profile
27 defesanet.com.br 5,307 html https://www.defesanet.com.br/ view source profile
28 whova.com 5,499 html https://whova.com/ view source profile
29 uff.br 5,557 html https://www.uff.br/ view source profile
30 thegreenwebfoundation.org 5,617 html https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/ view source profile
31 chula.ac.th 5,671 html https://www.chula.ac.th/ view source profile
32 villagevoice.com 5,697 html https://www.villagevoice.com/ view source profile
33 digital-photography-school.com 5,721 html https://digital-photography-school.com/ view source profile
34 eventbrite.com.au 5,899 html https://www.eventbrite.com.au/blog/category/tips-and-guides/ view source profile
35 aei.org 6,028 html https://www.aei.org/ view source profile
36 bellona.org 6,062 html https://bellona.org/ view source profile
37 crd.org 6,096 html https://crd.org/ view source profile
38 globalresearch.ca 6,139 html https://www.globalresearch.ca/ view source profile
39 luc.edu 6,204 html https://news.luc.edu/stories/news/lo…best-colleges-rankings/ view source profile
40 jam-news.net 6,254 html https://jam-news.net/ view source profile
41 maine.edu 6,342 html https://www.maine.edu/ view source profile
42 campbell.edu 6,368 html https://news.campbell.edu/articles/c…rates-50th-anniversary/ view source profile
43 iptc.org 6,577 html https://iptc.org/ view source profile
44 factcheck.org 6,849 html https://www.factcheck.org/ view source profile
45 avclub.com 6,909 html https://www.avclub.com/ view source profile
46 eventbrite.ie 7,319 html https://www.eventbrite.ie/blog/category/tips-and-guides/ view source profile
47 sch.gr 7,333 html https://blogs.sch.gr/blogs/ view source profile
48 dmexco.com 7,384 html https://dmexco.com/ view source profile
49 codastory.com 7,729 html https://www.codastory.com/ view source profile
50 lechaim.ru 8,088 html https://lechaim.ru/ view source profile

How it appears in the source

From bellingcat.com (html):

</body> </html>   <!--  Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: https://www.boldgrid.com/w3-total-cache/?utm_source=w3tc&utm_medium=footer_comment&utm_campaign=free_plugin    Page Caching

See every site: search for "Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache"

Questions about finding W3 Total Cache

How does PageSourceSearch know a website uses W3 Total Cache?
By the source itself: Pages served by the plugin end with an HTML comment that says Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. PageSourceSearch stores the raw HTML and first-party JavaScript of each crawled site and matches the keyword byte for byte, so every listed site's stored source contains it.
Is this a complete list of websites using W3 Total Cache?
No. The page lists the 50 highest-ranked sites in the index whose source holds the keyword, out of about 57,481 websites that do; the count is the index's estimate at the time the list was computed. Run the keyword as a search to page through all of them, or add a kind or date filter.
How do I find websites that use W3 Total Cache together with another technology?
Search for both keywords at once: several terms separated by spaces must all be found on the same site, or with the Same page toggle in the same page. For example "Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache" with wp-content/plugins/ lists the WordPress sites that use W3 Total Cache.