MemcacheD Is Your Friend vs Batcache

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

MemcacheD Is Your Friend

by Jeffrey Schutzman

Health D46

Batcache

by Automattic

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

MemcacheD Is Your Friend Batcache

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	MemcacheD Is Your Friend	Batcache
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K ✓	700–800
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	-22% ✓
Overall health	D · 46 ✓	D · 45
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	79/100 ✓	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.14★ ✓	3.99★
Reviews	8 ✓	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	40/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	11.4y ago	6.4y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	229	356 ✓
Category	Performance	Performance

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

MemcacheD Is Your Friend Batcache

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.