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Memcached Redux

by Scott Taylor · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 4 other plugins · 150+ installs across the portfolio →

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Uses the Memcached class (not the Memcache class) to implement WP Object Cache

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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46 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 77/100
Support 70/100

46 health vs 54 average across 3,791 Admin & Utilities plugins

100+

Active installs

≈150 estimated

42.6K

Total downloads

since 2012

4.09★

Rating (adjusted)

4.3★ raw · 9 reviews

+49%

179

Downloads · 30d

category median +20%

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.21.

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.

43 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 2/100
WP compatibility 19/100
Rating quality 61/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2307 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+49% vs prior 30d
3Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

179

now · peak 408

17930d 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

Memcached Redux · #13434 you Object Cache 4 every · #3214 Docket Cache · #1209 SQLite Object Cache · #2105

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.3Stars · Aug 26

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.

1.8Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
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.

0

releases in the last 12 months

6.3y ago

latest release · v0.1.7

7

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

0.1.7 · 6.3y ago0.1.6 · 8.9y ago0.1.4 · 9.2y ago0.1.3 · 12.5y ago0.1.2 · 12.7y ago0.1.1 · 12.8y ago0.1 · 12.8y 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.

v0.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈150

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

Install history · since 2015-10-23 · 1,398 observations

100Installs · 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.

Ratings · 9 reviews

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5★
6 4★
2 3★
0 2★
0 1★
1

Details

Version
0.1.7
Last updated
6.3y ago
Added
2012-06-05 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
5.4.21
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ kech61
    6.2y ago

    Well, the plugin does its Job (cloud/centos7/apache/php/fpm/7.3 + memcached) fine. However, my site is quite komplex (multilingual, bbpress, aso..). Yesterday I had to make some changes (new pages) and the menu-system completely fell apart. It was not possible to add menu items, the connect between language-versions fell appart – horrible. Issue was finally solved by renaming the object_cache.php in wp_contend. So: The performance is really fine, but admin have to know what they are doing and disable plugin when changing (at least) menues.

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  2. ★★★★★ Olaf Lederer
    7.5y ago

    Using the object cache plugin on my VPS from Upcloud managed with Serverpilot. Result? Everything feels much faster Using now php7.2 and can’t wait that the memchached extension becomes available for php7.3

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  3. ★★★★★ solgaz
    8.3y ago

    many thanks!

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  4. ★★★★★ ramanm
    8.6y ago

    Works with PHP7 amd Amazon Elasticache memcached. [link removed] Thank you for making this available. This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by ramanm. This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by bdbrown. Reason: Links not permitted in reviews

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  5. ★★★★★ Pothi Kalimuthu
    10.1y ago

    Memcached PHP extension and memcached servers are widely supported by many hosts these days (2016). So, this plugin just works with most hosts. Now, I can’t see any site without using this plugin for WP Object Cache!

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  6. ★★★★★ Anonymous
    12.1y ago

    One star removed because you don’t activate it… while the instructions say to move one file, they could also say “and then don’t click Activate because it won’t.” However, it works very well indeed! Thank you for making this available.

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  7. ★★★★★ Dave Lozier
    12.2y ago

    I’m glad I found this – was thinking I’d have to write one myself. It’s working just fine for me under 3.9.1 too.

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  8. ★★★★★ General Seed
    12.3y ago

    Thanks, works fine. Good Summer ¡ ¡ This topic was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by General Seed.

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4.1

✓ 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

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-03-03 200+ → 100+ down after 6 days in tier
  2. 2026-02-25 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-02-24 200+ → 100+ down after 576 days in tier
  4. 2024-07-28 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2024-07-27 200+ → 300+ up after 5 days in tier
  6. 2024-07-22 300+ → 200+ down after 14 days in tier
  7. 2024-07-08 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
  8. 2024-07-06 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier

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