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title: "W3 Total Cache: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand"
description: "W3 Total Cache is a WordPress performance plugin available to New Zealand customers. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/brands/w3-total-cache"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# W3 Total Cache: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand

W3 Total Cache is a WordPress performance plugin available to New Zealand customers. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Brand**: W3 Total Cache
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among WordPress performance plugins**: 3.1%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WordPress performance plugins | 4 | 3.1% | 10 |

- [WordPress performance plugins](/demand/nz/categories/nz-wordpress-performance-plugins)

## How has branded search demand for W3 Total Cache changed in New Zealand over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for W3 Total Cache in New Zealand fell from 60 to 10.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, W3 Total Cache’s estimated Share of Search among WordPress performance plugins in New Zealand decreased from 18.8% to 3.1%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, W3 Total Cache fell from 3rd to 4th among WordPress performance plugins in New Zealand.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand WordPress performance plugins in August 2026?

- In August 2026, WP Rocket gained estimated Share of Search among WordPress performance plugins in New Zealand, from 61.5% to 75%.
- In August 2026, NitroPack lost estimated Share of Search among WordPress performance plugins in New Zealand, from 11.5% to 6.3%.
- In August 2026, W3 Total Cache lost estimated Share of Search among WordPress performance plugins in New Zealand, from 7.7% to 3.1%.
- In August 2026, LiteSpeed Cache lost estimated Share of Search among WordPress performance plugins in New Zealand, from 15.4% to 12.5%.
- In August 2026, WP Fastest Cache lost estimated Share of Search among WordPress performance plugins in New Zealand, from 3.8% to 3.1%.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | WordPress performance plugins | 60 | 18.8% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | WordPress performance plugins | 20 | 6.1% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | WordPress performance plugins | 20 | 7.7% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | WordPress performance plugins | 30 | 9.4% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | WordPress performance plugins | 20 | 6.1% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | WordPress performance plugins | 30 | 8.8% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | WordPress performance plugins | 30 | 9.7% | 4 |
| May 2026 | WordPress performance plugins | 10 | 3.4% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | WordPress performance plugins | 30 | 8.8% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | WordPress performance plugins | 20 | 7.7% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | WordPress performance plugins | 10 | 3.1% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | WordPress performance plugins | — | — | — |

## How is W3 Total Cache measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using W3 Total Cache’s name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “w3 total cache”
- “w3 total cache elementor”
- “w3 total cache plugin”
- “w3 total cache plugin wordpress”
- “w3 total cache pro”
- “w3 total cache woocommerce”
- “w3 total cache wordpress”
- “w3totalcache”

## Which WordPress performance plugins compete with W3 Total Cache?

- [WP Rocket](/demand/nz/brands/wp-rocket): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/w3-total-cache-vs-wp-rocket
- [LiteSpeed Cache](/demand/nz/brands/litespeed-cache): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/litespeed-cache-vs-w3-total-cache
- [NitroPack](/demand/nz/brands/nitropack): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/nitropack-vs-w3-total-cache
- [WP Fastest Cache](/demand/nz/brands/wp-fastest-cache): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/w3-total-cache-vs-wp-fastest-cache

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "W3 Total Cache: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/brands/w3-total-cache

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