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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.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
75 Health · B
Maintenance 78/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

75 health vs 67 average across 1,076 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.

81 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 87/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 84/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,421 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+8% vs prior 30d
322Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

18.4K

now · peak 39.9K

19K30d 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

Pantheon Advanced Pa · #1925 you SpeedyCache · #111 Breeze Cache · #156 Super Page Cache · #620

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.

1.9Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
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.

1

releases in the last 12 months

8mo ago

latest release · v2.1.2

27

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.1.2 · 8mo ago2.1.1 · 1.5y ago2.1.0 · 2.0y ago2.0.0 · 2.2y ago1.5.0 · 2.4y ago1.4.2 · 2.9y ago1.4.1 · 3.0y ago1.4.0 · 3.1y ago1.3.0 · 3.4y ago1.2.4 · 3.4y ago1.2.3 · 3.4y ago1.2.2 · 3.4y ago1.2.1 · 3.5y ago1.2.0 · 3.7y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v2.1 73%
v1.4 16%
Older / other versions 11%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
10K–20K ≈15K

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2017-02-09 · 1,440 observations

10KInstalls · 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.

Details

Version
2.1.2
Last updated
8mo ago
Added
2016-11-09 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
6.4
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP
7.4

Recent reviews

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  1. blueprintmarketing
    9.7y ago

    Love it & thinking multi lang!

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. 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
  2. Version 2.1.1 Fixes 404 pages remaining cached after a post has been published ( #315 ) 2.1.1
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

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 1 language, 0 at 90% or more

Swedish 19%

Growth timeline

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

No tier crossings observed yet.

Competes with

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Pantheon Advanced Page Cache: 10K+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/pantheon-advanced-page-cache