Cache Master
by Terry L. · Performance
Also makes 2 other plugins · 530+ installs across the portfolio →
Cache Master is an extremely lightweight, high-performance cache plugin that speeds up your WordPress sites on the fly. The core of Cache Master is dr …
50 health vs 67 average across 1,075 Performance plugins
Removal-risk signals
45/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1188 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
124
now · peak 727
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
3.3y ago
latest release · v2.1.3
18
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2020-10-26 · 1,422 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ pjsgsy3.5y ago
Only used very briefly so far, but, first impressions = Excellent! It’s the only cache plugin I found that works well with Wincache/IIS/Windows. It’s very clean and simple. The widget is useful, as are the statistics if you enable them. Does exactly what I want. The only thing I wish it would have as a really nice addon, is a way to pre-load the cache by visiting each post/page, though I can sort that externally. Not of failure of this plugin, but, it breaks the ‘simple download monitor’ download links for all files on my site. There is, due to the design of this plugin, an easy fix (though it errored on my site with a ‘needle’ not found or similar first time!). Enable ‘Exclusions’ and add ‘download_id’ to the excluded $_GET variables. Clear your cache, and downloads should work again. This is because download links are simply sent to the home page with the get variable. Probably a dumb way to do it, but… This topic was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by pjsgsy.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bolt243.6y ago
If you use this right and read the instructions – none the better for its purpose. Combine it with Autoptimze and you’re good to go.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ EDesin3.6y ago
Works fine
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wplike753.8y ago
Fantastic plugins, can use all cache with easy setting and configuration, thank you very much to the develloper and for let it free ! Best regards to you Terry Lin, very great work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mauri013.8y ago
Thank you! and everybody should do the expert config addon.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ craffice4.2y ago
TNX
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ yannis74.2y ago
Light and very fast. Hope to see an update soon.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Vivek Narayanankutty Nair4.3y ago
I have migrated 3 of my web apps from WP Rocket to Cache master. But later its stopped working and no support also. Plugin not updated since 7 months This topic was modified 4 years, 1 month ago by Vivek Narayanankutty Nair.
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Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.2.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 languages, 1 at 90% or more
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-23 500+ → 400+ down after 165 days in tier
- 2026-01-09 600+ → 500+ down after 56 days in tier
- 2025-11-14 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-13 600+ → 700+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-11-11 700+ → 600+ down after 27 days in tier
- 2025-10-15 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-14 700+ → 600+ down after 14 days in tier
- 2025-09-30 600+ → 700+ up after 17 days in tier
Competes with
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