Powered Cache – Caching and Optimization for WordPress – Easily Improve PageSpeed & Web Vitals Score
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Powered Cache is the most powerful caching and performance suite for WordPress. Easily Improve PageSpeed & Web Vitals Score.
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Health
A 91/100
no flags
Active installs
3K+
≈3.9K estimated
Momentum
+12%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “optimize”, “page speed” and “performance” for “memcache”, “vitals” and “varnish”. “optimize” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “memcache” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “page speed” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “vitals” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “performance” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “varnish” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
91 health vs 69 average across 1,807 Performance plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.1%
of downloads still active
At least 3K of 144K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Performance plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,101 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 6 releases 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 11 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.8★ over 58 reviews, smoothed to 4.48★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
4 of 6 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
65
Momentum
Gaining ground
+2.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
64%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+2.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| improve pagespeed | #2 | #3 | — |
| score | #4 | #5 | up 1 |
| web vitals your tag | #4 | #5 | up 4 |
| vitals | #4 | #5 | 0 |
| improve | #7 | #10 | up 6 |
| pagespeed | #7 | #9 | 0 |
| memcache | #4 | #2 | up 1 |
| varnish | #6 | #7 | up 1 |
| cache control | #7 | #7 | up 12 |
| heartbeat api | #7 | #8 | up 1 |
| heartbeat | #7 | #8 | 0 |
| caching | #12 | #16 | up 1 |
| apcu | #6 | #4 | up 2 |
| powered by wordpress | #5 | #9 | 0 |
| cache your tag | #15 | #13 | up 3 |
| varnish cache | #9 | #5 | 0 |
| full page cache | #10 | #10 | up 4 |
| gzip | #10 | #11 | up 3 |
| ad optimization | #6 | #8 | up 5 |
| browser caching | #12 | #15 | up 1 |
| optimize your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| page speed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| performance your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
204 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 150 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “optimize”, “page speed” and “performance” for “memcache”, “vitals” and “varnish”. “optimize” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “memcache” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “page speed” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “vitals” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “performance” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “varnish” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “cache”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 7.2K · 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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
6
releases in the last 12 months
11d ago
latest release · v4.0.1 · 20 Oct 2026
70
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.7 years ago; the previous band took 24 months to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 21 Jul 2019
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 3.7.3 [Fixed] Regex warnings in page cache drop-in. [Fixed] PHP 8.2 warning when the site URL is unavailable in local or mocked environments. [Improved] PHPUnit coverage for CDN rewriting and LazyLoad HTML transformations. Tes 3.7.3
- — Version 3.7.2 [Fixed] Elementor ajax conflict with background processing. [Updated] Dependencies. 3.7.2
- — Version 3.7.1 [Updated] Dependencies. Strictly validate DB_NAME before applying object cache prefixing, preventing errors when wp-config.php is not loaded. 3.7.1
- — Version 3.7 [Improved] Cache purge dismissing – via ajaxified. [Improved] Delayed JS dependency chain resolution for better performance and reliability. [Improved] Delayed JS execution now supports DOMContentLoaded. [Updated] Defer. 3.7
- — Version 3.6.3 [Improved] Removed the loading attribute from the first n elements for better compatibility and performance. #157 [Fixed] Resolved a missing host key warning. #158 [Updated] Updated dependency packages to their latest ve 3.6.3
- — Version 3.6.2 [Fixed] Redis flush_group call. #156 3.6.2
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 9 languages, 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.
Share of voice
How often each assistant names Powered Cache when asked about this topic, where it comes in the answer, and how that compares with its wp.org search position. Latest run 25 Oct 2026.
- Assistants
- ChatGPT, Claude
- Topics tracked
- Caching
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Powered Cache is the most powerful caching and performance suite for WordPress. Easily Improve PageSpeed &..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 14 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 14 of 14 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Cloudflare, WP-CLI, Multisite, Facebook and 1 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,472 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "Page Speed" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-02-23 2K+ → 3K+ up after 724 days in tier
- 2022-03-01 1K+ → 2K+ up after 219 days in tier
- 2021-07-25 2K+ → 1K+ down after 143 days in tier
- 2021-03-04 700+ → 2K+ up after 445 days in tier
- 2019-12-15 800+ → 700+ down
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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WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags A -
Jetpack Boost – Website Speed, Performance and Critical CSS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
Aruba HiSpeed Cache 100K+ installs · 3.5★ · 3 shared tags B -
NitroPack – Performance, Page Speed & Cache Plugin for Core Web Vitals, CDN & Image Optimization 90K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
10Web Booster – Website speed optimization, Cache & Page Speed optimizer 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
Seraphinite Accelerator 50K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A
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