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Cache Purge Helper

by jordantrizz · Performance

A helper plugin to purge cache via the LSCache and Nginx Helper plugins for popular WordPress plugins and themes.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 76 average across 290 Performance plugins

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+10% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

120

now · peak 2.8K

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

Cache Purge Helper · #10734 Proxy Cache Purge · #798 Nginx Cache · #2167 Hestia Nginx Cache · #6377

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 “300+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
300–400 ≈380

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations

Details

Version
0.1.3
Last updated
4.6y ago
Added
2021-12-21 · 4 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
5.8.13
Requires PHP
7.4

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2025-10-11 400+ → 300+ down after 250 days in band
  2. 2025-02-03 500+ → 400+ down after 169 days in band
  3. 2024-08-18 600+ → 500+ down after 21 days in band
  4. 2024-07-28 700+ → 600+ down after 256 days in band
  5. 2023-11-15 600+ → 700+ up after 37 days in band
  6. 2023-10-09 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in band
  7. 2023-10-08 600+ → 700+ up after 10 days in band
  8. 2023-09-28 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in band

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Cache Purge Helper: 300+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-16. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/cache-purge-helper