W3 Total Cache Install Errors

W3 Total Cache Installation Errors. I found errors when installing W3 Total Cache Plugins in some of my wordpress powered blogs. The errors vary, some because of the absence of advanced-cache.php; another due to the absence of wp-content/db.php file. Installation might be successful. But the error message will keep eppearing in your wp dashboard.  Here’s how to fix the problem.

1. Intro
2. Error: advanced-cache.php is not installed
3. Error: db.php is not installed

ERROR ONE: advanced-cache.php is not installed/copied.
Error message: Page caching is not available: advanced-cache.php is not installed. Either the …/wp-content directory is not write-able or you have another caching plugin installed. This error message will automatically disappear once the change is successfully made.

How to fix it:

• Copy advanced-cache.php file from wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/wp-content/advanced-cache.php
• Add advanced-cache.php to wp-content/put it here. It’ll look like this -> wp-content/advanced-cache.php

Step by step Tutorial:

1. Open your server using Filezilla FTP client or login directly into your CPANEL (example.com/cpanel)
2. Go to wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/wp-content/advanced-cache.php -> copy or download the advanced-cache.php
3. Back to wp-content/, and paste or upload the advanced-cache.php after wp-content.
4. It’ll look like this: wp-content/advanced-cache.php
5. Done. There’ll be no error message after this.

ERROR TWO. db.php is not installed/copied.
Error message: Database caching is not available. db.php is not installed. Either the C.–/wp-content directory is not write-able or you have another caching plugin installed.

How to Fix it:

• Copy db.php file from wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/wp-content/db.php
• Add db.php to wp-content/put it here. It’ll look like this -> wp-content/db.php

Step by step Tutorial:

1. Open your server using Filezilla FTP client or login directly into your CPANEL (example.com/cpanel)
2. Go to wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/wp-content/db.php -> copy or download the db.php
3. Back to wp-content/, and paste or upload the db.php after wp-content.
4. It’ll look like this: wp-content/db.php
5. Done. There’ll be no error message after this.

Credit: Frederick Townes, the plugins creator.