Widget Output Cache
by Kaspars · Performance
Improve website performance by caching widget output in WordPress transients.
49 health vs 66 average across 855 Performance plugins
Removal-risk signals
45/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1156 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,382 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
100
now · peak 187
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
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-04 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-03 200+ → 300+ up after 89 days in tier
- 2025-12-04 300+ → 200+ down after 415 days in tier
- 2024-10-15 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-10-13 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-10-11 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-10 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-09 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WP Super Cache 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Breeze Cache 400K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Blocksy Companion 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Widget Importer & Exporter 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Cache Enabler 90K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
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