Cache Buddy
by Mark Jaquith · Performance
Minimizes the situations in which logged-in users appear logged-in to WordPress, which increases the cacheability of your site.
44 health vs 68 average across 600 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, 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 4132 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
24
now · peak 60
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 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-07-24 20+ → 10+ down after 66 days in band
- 2025-05-19 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-05-18 20+ → 10+ down after 487 days in band
- 2024-01-17 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-01-16 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in band
- 2024-01-14 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-01-12 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in band
- 2024-01-09 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Cachify 9K+ installs · 4.5★ · 4 shared tags B -
FastPixel Cache – Optimize Page Speed: Compress Images, Minify, Clean Database & CDN 4K+ installs · 4.6★ · 4 shared tags A -
WP Super Cache 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Speed Optimizer – The All-In-One Performance-Boosting Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
Breeze Cache 400K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B -
Jetpack Boost – Website Speed, Performance and Critical CSS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A
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