APC Cache Purge
by 2020media · Performance
This is a simple, single purpose plugin to flush the APC cache.
41 health vs 67 average across 938 Performance plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3883 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
22
now · peak 63
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-07-31 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-30 10+ → 20+ up after 179 days in tier
- 2025-02-01 20+ → 10+ down after 527 days in tier
- 2023-08-24 30+ → 20+ down after 14 days in tier
- 2023-08-10 20+ → 30+ up after 37 days in tier
- 2023-07-04 30+ → 20+ down after 50 days in tier
- 2023-05-15 20+ → 30+ up after 169 days in tier
- 2022-11-27 30+ → 20+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Proxy Cache Purge 40K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A - C Clear Cache for Me 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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Nginx Cache 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A - S Server-Side Cache AutoPurge 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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Purge Varnish Cache 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Hestia Nginx Cache 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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