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Instant Back/Forward

by Weston Ruter · Performance

Enables back/forward cache (bfcache) for instant history navigations even when “nocache” headers are sent, such as when a user is logged in.

⚠ Few reviews
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83 Health · B
Maintenance 100
Rating quality 74
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2025-07-21 · 359 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+26%
Jul 25
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “10K+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
10K–20K ≈17K

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

Install trend · reconstructed from 357 daily snapshots

Details

Version
1.3.1
Last updated
2mo ago
Added
2025-07-20
Requires WP
6.8
Tested up to
7.0.1
Requires PHP
7.2

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-11-04 9K+ → 10K+ up after 15 days in band
  2. 2025-10-20 8K+ → 9K+ up after 9 days in band
  3. 2025-10-11 7K+ → 8K+ up after 6 days in band
  4. 2025-10-05 6K+ → 7K+ up after 8 days in band
  5. 2025-09-27 5K+ → 6K+ up after 7 days in band
  6. 2025-09-20 4K+ → 5K+ up after 7 days in band
  7. 2025-09-13 3K+ → 4K+ up after 6 days in band
  8. 2025-09-07 2K+ → 3K+ up after 5 days in band

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Instant Back/Forward: 10K+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/nocache-bfcache