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Rest API Cache

by Vsourz Digital · Performance

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Boost your application speed by caching the WordPress REST API.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews

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41 Health · D

Maintenance 3/100

Rating quality 65/100

Support 70/100

41 health vs 67 average across 647 Performance plugins

10+

Active installs

≈19 estimated

3.8K

Total downloads

since 2018

3.60★

Rating (adjusted)

0.0★ raw · 0 reviews

-40%

Downloads · 30d

trailing 30 days

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

Long abandoned. No update in 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, well behind 6.8.

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.

38 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 1/100

WP compatibility 10/100

Rating quality 49/100

Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2584 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-40% vs prior 30d

Oct 22

Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

now · peak 130

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

Rest API Cache · #32090 REST API Log · #3190 REST API Toolbox · #5190 Advanced WP REST API · #12982

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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate

10–20 ≈19

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations

Ratings · 0 reviews

Details

Version: 1.0.0
Last updated: 7.1y ago
Added: 2018-02-06 · 8 yrs on WP
Requires WP: 4.3
Tested up to: 4.9.29
Requires PHP: —

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Growth timeline

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

2023-10-02 20+ → 10+ down after 6 days in band
2023-09-26 10+ → 20+ up after 23 days in band
2023-09-03 20+ → 10+ down after 10 days in band
2023-08-24 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
2023-08-23 20+ → 10+ down after 72 days in band
2023-06-12 10+ → 20+ up after 19 days in band
2023-05-24 20+ → 10+ down after 4 days in band
2023-05-20 10+ → 20+ up after 46 days in band

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