Pantheon Advanced Page Cache
by Pantheon Systems · Performance
Also makes 7 other plugins · 38.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Automatically clear related pages from Pantheon's Edge when you update content. High TTL. Fresh content. Visitors never wait.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
B 71/100
Few reviews
Active installs
10K+
≈19K estimated
Momentum
+21%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “page cache”, “full page cache” and “varnish cache” to your wp.org tags. You rank #13, #15 and #17 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
71 health vs 69 average across 1,806 Performance plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.9%
of downloads still active
At least 10K of 1.2M lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Performance plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,104 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Performance plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 321 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
8%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.4
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| pantheon your tag | #2 | #8 | up 1 |
| page cache | #13 | #22 | down 2 |
| wait | #21 | #24 | down 1 |
| full page cache | #15 | #23 | down 3 |
| varnish cache | #17 | #24 | down 1 |
| cache id | #13 | #24 | 0 |
| cache control | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| advanced cache | #20 | #24 | down 2 |
| cache flush on update | #20 | #24 | down 3 |
| clear cache automatically | #21 | #24 | down 1 |
| cdn cache | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| cache clear | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| cache your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| cdn your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
46 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 12 listed. 34 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “page cache”, “full page cache” and “varnish cache” to your wp.org tags. You rank #13, #15 and #17 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 39.9K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
11mo ago
latest release · v2.1.2 · 16 Dec 2025
27
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 73% 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 “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5.3 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 25 Mar 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ blueprintmarketing9.9y ago
Love it & thinking multi lang!
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.1.2 Confirmed PHP 8.4 compatibility [ #333 ] Confirmed WordPress 6.9 compatibility [ #355 ] Adding rest-term-* keys to purge_post_with_related() for published and draft posts. ( #357 ) 2.1.2
- — Version 2.1.1 Fixes 404 pages remaining cached after a post has been published ( #315 ) 2.1.1
- — Version 2.1.0 Adds any callable functions hooked to the pantheon_cache_default_max_age filter to the message that displays in the WordPress admin when a cache max age filter is active. [ #292 ] This gives some context to troubleshoot 2.1.0
- — Version 2.0.0 Adds new admin alerts and Site Health tests about default cache max age settings and recommendations [ #268 , #271 ]. The default Pantheon GCDN cache max age value has been updated to 1 week in the Pantheon MU plugin . F 2.0.0
- — Version 1.5.0 Adds filter pantheon_purge_post_type_ignored to allow an array of post types to ignore before purging cache [ #258 ] Adds wpunit-helpers for running/setting up WP Unit tests 1.5.0
- — Version 1.4.2 Updates Pantheon WP Coding Standards to 2.0 [ #249 ] Fixes an issue where a PHP warning was thrown when surrogate keys were emitted from archive pages with multiple post types. [ #252 ] 1.4.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, REST API, WP-CLI.
- ✓ Headings and lists 16 headings and 28 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 14,527 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2021-07-01 9K+ → 10K+ up after 219 days in tier
- 2020-11-24 8K+ → 9K+ up after 84 days in tier
- 2020-09-01 9K+ → 8K+ down after 16 days in tier
- 2020-08-16 7K+ → 9K+ up after 201 days in tier
- 2020-01-28 6K+ → 7K+ up after 179 days in tier
- 2019-08-02 1K+ → 6K+ up after 877 days in tier
- 2017-03-08 700+ → 1K+ up
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).
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SpeedyCache – Cache, Optimization, Performance 500K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
Breeze Cache 300K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Super Page Cache – Cloudflare Cache, Page Speed & Core Web Vitals 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Swift Performance Lite 6K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Fastcache by Host.it 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
GoCache 800+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags A
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