WP Spider Cache
by John James Jacoby · Admin & Utilities
WP Spider Cache is your friendly neighborhood caching solution for WordPress. It uses Memcached to store both objects & page output.
82 health vs 55 average across 1,895 Admin & Utilities 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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: WP compatibility
To rank higher: Set "Tested up to" to WordPress 6.8; lagging the current branch costs search weight.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
26
now · peak 73
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
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.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 20+ in roughly 374 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,371 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-17 20+ → 10+ down after 20 days in band
- 2026-06-27 10+ → 20+ up after 43 days in band
- 2026-05-15 20+ → 10+ down after 45 days in band
- 2026-03-31 10+ → 20+ up after 263 days in band
- 2025-07-11 20+ → 10+ down after 762 days in band
- 2023-06-10 30+ → 20+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Slim Maintenance Mode 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Cache 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D - M MemcacheD Is Your Friend 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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WP Super Cache 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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