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Menu Caching

by Theo Gkitsos · Performance

This plugin caches WordPress classic menus to improve page loading time.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
59 Health · C
Maintenance 33/100
Rating quality 80/100
Support 70/100

59 health vs 67 average across 1,075 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.

72 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 42/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 55/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 633 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+40% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

122

now · peak 785

12630d 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

Menu Caching · #9320 you LiteSpeed Cache · #5 WP Super Cache · #38 Speed Optimizer · #43

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.

315per 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

1.7y ago

latest release · v1.1.4

6

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.1.4 · 1.7y ago1.1.3 · 2.1y ago1.1.2 · 3.0y ago1.1.1 · 3.4y ago1.1 · 4.5y ago1.0.0 · 4.5y 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.

v1.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
400–500 ≈450

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

Install history · since 2022-08-13 · 1,420 observations

400Installs · 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
1.1.4
Last updated
1.7y ago
Added
2022-03-05 · 4 yrs old
Requires WP
5.3
Tested up to
6.7.7
Requires PHP
7.4

Recent reviews

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  1. clementrectangle
    4.1y ago

    Thanks for this plugin ! I’m currently trying to optimize some big e-commerce websites, and I installed the New Relic tool on our test server to analyze what is slowing done the page loading. Turns out the navbar menu generation is pretty heavy in WordPress, with a big menu it adds around 500-600 ms on the page load. With this plugin on, it’s gone ! On the production website, we’re using WP Rocket, but some pages (cart, checkout, …) aren’t cached, and this is where this plugin is a must have. The compatibility with WP Rocket and WPML is a big plus ! My only concern now is that I hope the plugin author will continue to update it in the coming months/years, could you give me any informations about your plans regarding updates ? Thanks again anyway, very pleased by this easy 600ms win ! 🙂

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  2. Vu Tru So
    4.2y ago

    Good plugin, thank you so much!

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  3. teeboy4real
    4.3y ago

    This plugin is absolutely awesome so much thanks to the developer

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  4. Jimmy Lee
    4.5y ago

    Have never seen such care taken in releasing a little plugin like this. Beautiful, well thought out Description with NO Type-O’s! Beautiful UI. Everything working perfectly. No conflicts on a site currently running 53 other plugins! Sweet Plugin I hope goes far! Thanks Theo and Best Wishes! 5-Stars!

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.1

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 4 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Greek 100%
Spanish (Chile) 100%
Spanish (Spain) 100%
German 33%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-08-14 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-08-13 400+ → 500+ up after 5 days in tier
  3. 2026-08-08 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-08-07 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
  5. 2026-08-05 500+ → 400+ down after 3 days in tier
  6. 2026-08-02 400+ → 500+ up after 3 days in tier
  7. 2026-07-30 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
  8. 2026-07-29 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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Menu Caching: 400+ active installs, 5.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/menu-caching