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Ergonet Cache

by ergonet · Performance

Ergonet Cache for WordPress is a free plugin developed by Ergonet srl, an Italian hosting company, to drastically improve the performance of a WordPre …

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
80 Health · B
Maintenance 91/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

80 health vs 67 average across 1,076 Performance plugins

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.

77 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 52/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,421 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+16% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

444

now · peak 1.5K

45230d downloads · Aug 26

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

Ergonet Cache · #4249 you WP Super Cache · #38 WP Fastest Cache · #49 WP-Optimize · #52

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.

151per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

2

releases in the last 12 months

5mo ago

latest release · v1.0.14

13

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.14 · 5mo ago1.0.13 · 8mo ago1.0.12 · 1.4y ago1.0.11 · 1.4y ago1.0.10 · 1.4y ago1.0.9 · 1.9y ago1.0.8 · 1.9y ago1.0.7 · 1.9y ago1.0.6 · 3.4y ago1.0.5 · 4.4y ago1.0.4 · 4.7y ago1.0.3 · 6.5y ago1.0.0 · 6.6y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
3K–4K ≈3.4K

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

At the current install trend, crossing 4K+ in roughly 572 days.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,419 observations

3KInstalls · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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

Version
1.0.14
Last updated
5mo ago
Added
2020-01-20 · 6 yrs old
Requires WP
4.9
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.1

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. prezio77
    7mo ago

    Ergonet Cache is extremely useful for server-side caching, especially when working with CSS, as it allows you to easily reload a clean page without cached assets getting in the way.

    Read on wp.org ↗

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 1.0.11 Release date: April 15th, 2025 Welcome 1.0.11 release! New: – Add NGINX cache control Other: – Tested up with WordPress 6.7 1.0.11
  2. Version 1.0.6 Release date: August 11th, 2022 Welcome 1.0.6 release! Bugfixes: – Fixed problem on article update on Elementor Other: – Tested up with WordPress 5.9 1.0.6
  3. Version 1.0.5 Release date: March 18th, 2022 Welcome 1.0.5 release! Bugfixes: – Fixes an incompatibility with Elementor 3.5.6 Other: – Tested up with WordPress 5.9 1.0.5
  4. Version 1.0.3 Add plugin information. 1.0.3
  5. Version 1.0 Plugin first release. 1.0

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2025-12-06 CVE-2025-62867 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.0.13 Patched in 1.0.14

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more

Italian 50%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-08-22 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-08-21 3K+ → 2K+ down after 3 days in tier
  3. 2026-08-18 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-08-17 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-08-16 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
  6. 2026-08-15 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2 days in tier
  7. 2026-08-13 2K+ → 3K+ up after 291 days in tier
  8. 2025-10-26 1K+ → 2K+ up after 241 days in tier

Competes with

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