MemcacheD Is Your Friend
by Jeffrey Schutzman · Performance
Also makes 1 other plugin · 1.0K+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds MemcacheD object cache support to WordPress and auto-configures your cache setup.
46 health vs 67 average across 1,075 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 4.1.42, 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 4170 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
232
now · peak 483
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.
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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2017-04-20 · 1,426 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 ↗- ★★★★★ xu wu2.0y ago
Creation of dynamic property WP_Object_Cache::$cache_misses is deprecated wp-content/plugins/memcached-is-your-friend/memcached-class-object-cache.php:486 PHP website reference: Usage of dynamic properties The creation of dynamic properties is deprecated, unless the class opts in by using the #[\AllowDynamicProperties] attribute. stdClass allows dynamic properties. Usage of the __get()/__set() magic methods is not affected by this change. A dynamic properties deprecation warning can be addressed by: Declaring the property (preferred). Adding the #[\AllowDynamicProperties] attribute to the class (which also applies to all child classes). Using aWeakMapif additional data needs to be associated with an object which one does not own.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Smexhy2.1y ago
Plugin is throwing fatal errors on PHP 8+ and WP 6.5.5
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ alonelypath2.9y ago
Just what I needed.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Andrea6.7y ago
With PHP 7.3, WP 5.3.2 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ error500ru7.0y ago
I’m install, activate and it`s work (wp 5.2.2)
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ JJNW9.6y ago
A really, really easy install. And to ensure it’s working, just look under Tool > Memcached and see statistics. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Rares10.9y ago
Decreased the average number of SQL queries on our high traffic website from ~256/page to ~55/page. Awesome!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ VannDigital10.9y ago
Just installed this plugin to replace Memcached Redux. So only time will tell how this plugin performs for my website. But so far so good…
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-21 2K+ → 1K+ down after 406 days in tier
- 2025-01-11 3K+ → 2K+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2024-12-31 2K+ → 3K+ up after 289 days in tier
- 2024-03-17 3K+ → 2K+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2024-03-08 2K+ → 3K+ up after 23 days in tier
- 2024-02-14 3K+ → 2K+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2024-02-07 2K+ → 3K+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2024-01-30 3K+ → 2K+ down after 180 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
- B Batcache 700+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
- W WP Memcached Manager 60+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D
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Object Cache 4 everyone 5K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Cache 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
Cache Master 400+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D - M Memcached Redux 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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