makes sense. seemed to slow when i activated W3 cache thanks

will check server side gzip. also will try to use wp-optimize before moving forward

ok its working now.
i removed all the plugins but the essentials and its working currently with blazing page speed. Now adding them one by one back to see what was conflicting… and i noticed once i added W3 cache that it actually slowed down. is that normal? to be fair as i added gzip plugin it even slowed down more. 🙁

would this be the time to optimize with WP-Optimize? it crashed our database last time and im really shy about using it now.

according to google pagespeed insights, its suggesting we Leverage browser caching
– but according to documentation on theme, u suggested only doing page cache. should i active the browser cache option in W3?

Okay. let me try that. thanks Lucian and Christopher.

do you also suggest wp-optimize plugin as in your other article for page load speed, once this issue is corrected? i tried following your suggestion, but it crashed the database. just got it back up/repaired last night. its possible as Lucian says was caused by the other plugins conflicting. but they all serve a purpose but will see what i can do without. i really want the site to be exciting with additional buddypress features to keep visitors active.

i will update this ticket after removing all the plugins.
thanks again for the quick reply

also
i noticed in documentation this statement:
make sure that you have APC installed or another ‘op cache’ for php. This will reduce your server response time.We have receive some reports that the accelerator has some problems in some specific configurations with our theme and Nginx.

does it mean we should not use Nginx?

– also, i meant that the SWIPE MENU ON MOBILES or the standard menu on responsive (mobile) is not working.
thanks

ok… i have removed the caching by wordfence and activated W3 Total Cache. but still there is a problem if the menu showing. please see http://www.naija.fm

really need the help please. we are losing tons of traffic due to users only limited to few pages.

im having the same proplem and W3 Total Cache isnt doing the job so we had to use wordfence which seems to really help with ddos attacks. we have been hit really hard lately. – http://www.naija.fm/
which has effected the page speed to the point of not being able to connect to database.
wordfence: http://www.wordfence.com/ also has its own cache system that seems to really help.

so is there a way to make to make the responsive menu work with this plugin http://www.wordfence.com/