Nginx Cache

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1. ★★★★★ E-Liquids UK

   1.9y ago

   Another outstanding plugin from same developer who created Redis Object Cache Pro! The plugin is lightweight and effective for purging nginx cache, teaming this plugin with “syncthing” allows us to clear our caches across multiple servers in the pool. It’s part of our core. This topic was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by E-Liquids UK.

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2. ★★★★★ imissit

   2.3y ago

   Best plugin I’ve ever come across. Does the job, for free, asks nothing in return, and is insanely minimal. Till is a legend.

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3. ★★★★★ keysuck

   2.8y ago

   This plugin is the ONLY one that actually purges FastCGI cache without any impact to the website.

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4. ★★★★★ Chinmay Rajyaguru

   4.1y ago

   Easy to use, and Handy tool

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5. ★★★★★ Gulshan Kumar

   4.2y ago

   Doesn’t purge Hindi encoded URL permalink

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6. ★★★★★ wudesign

   4.6y ago

   I have tried almost every cache plugin for WordPress during 10 years, many of them are very lightweight (which I prefer) such as WP Super Cache, Fastest Cache, Comet Cache, Cache Enabler… they are all great and work well. (Other cache plugins like WP Rocket, Swift Performance, W3 Total Cache, Litespeed LS cache, Nitropack are too bloated imo.) After some years I learned that actually if you have Nginx servers, and enable the FastCGI cache… you don’t need to use any “old-fashioned” cache plugins! Immediately I was addicted to this setup… launch $5 LEMP cloud server and enable FastCGI cache in my Nginx config, and fantastic performance with no more worrying about bloated plugins and errors with cache plugins. The problem? How to clear my Nginx cache? I was deleting the cache folder in my SSH window every time and super annoying. I discovered the EasyEngine plugin called Nginx Helper, it was fantastic! However, some of the settings did not require in my situation so I looked more. After that I finally found Mr. Till’s Nginx Cache plugin and very lightweight… This plugin is what I use now, very easy and no bloat. I can use this plugin for all LEMP script like WordOps, SlickStack, and Webinoly and everything in my entire server is free open source software. Great work! And your Redis Cache plugin too, a perfect match.

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7. ★★★★★ andreorion

   6.0y ago

   For those who do not know, it is necessary to enter linux to empty the cache with a command. This plugin, which looks silly, saves a lot of time. Thank you!

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8. ★★★★★ Sim Architect

   6.0y ago

   Can’t believe my eyes! I have been using SSH to flush my cache manually each time I update anything on my site, tried several plugins, tried to recompile NGINX a bunch of times as well, no success (and unable to afford NGINX Plus) for almost a year! Installed your plugin today, August 12, 2020, on the latest WordPress 5.5 and it works!!!!!!!! Thank you so very much 🤩

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.0.8 Support NGINX_CACHE_PATH constant 1.0.8
2. — Version 1.0.7 Support newer versions of Nginx in validate_dirlist() 1.0.7
3. — Version 1.0.6 Fixed rare issue in validate_dirlist() 1.0.6
4. — Version 1.0.5 Added nginx_cache_zone_purged action 1.0.5
5. — Version 1.0.4 Improved translatable strings Fixed auto-purge bug Fixed bug when validating directory 1.0.4
6. — Version 1.0.3 Create cache directory if it doesn’t exists Re-create cache directory after cache purge Allow post types to be excluded from triggering a cache purge 1.0.3

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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).

• Hestia Nginx Cache 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 4 shared tags A
• Proxy Cache Purge 40K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
• S Server-Side Cache AutoPurge 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B
• Purge Varnish Cache 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A
• Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching 600+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags D
• Cleavr Clear Cache 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B

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Nginx Cache: 10K+ active installs, 4.6★ (23 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/nginx-cache