Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching vs Proxy Cache Purge

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

Health D49

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching moved down one install band, 800+ to 600+; Proxy Cache Purge moved up one install band, 40K+ to 50K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching	Proxy Cache Purge
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	600–700	50K–60K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	+25% ✓
Overall health	D · 49	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	86/100 ✓	82/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.4★ ✓	4.3★
Reviews	10	26 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	41/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.0y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	757	10.7K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.0%	2.1% ✓
Category	Performance	Performance

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

Release activity

Varnish/Nginx Proxy CachingProxy Cache Purge

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.