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WPBase Cache

by baseapp · Performance

A wordpress plugin for using all caches on varnish, nginx, php-fpm stack with php-apc. This plugin includes db-cache-reloaded-fix for dbcache.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
60 Health · C
Maintenance 37/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

60 health vs 67 average across 1,075 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.

73 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 46/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 582 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 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+69% vs prior 30d
12Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

572

now · peak 44.2K

58530d 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

WPBase Cache · #4123 you Jetpack Boost · #244 10Web Booster · #586 WP Compress · #2128

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

5Stars · Aug 26

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.

195per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
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.

0

releases in the last 12 months

13.1y ago

latest release · v1.0.0

1

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.0 · 13.1y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v5.5 98%
Older / other versions 2.4%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
3K–4K ≈3.4K

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

Install history · since 2015-03-19 · 1,443 observations

3KInstalls · 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. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
5.5.6
Last updated
1.6y ago
Added
2013-07-16 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.5
Tested up to
6.7.7
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. menesme
    10.4y ago

    good plugin. plz keep update.

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  2. General Seed
    11.6y ago

    Thanks, keep update, great job, works fine, super fast backend

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  3. dsomaya
    13.1y ago

    it has helped my website optimize. it has improved the performance of my website.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 1.0.1 Major bug fixes 1.0.1
  2. Version 1.0.0 First stable version of plugin 1.0.0

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.5

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

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-08-08 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-08-07 3K+ → 2K+ down after 9 days in tier
  3. 2026-07-29 2K+ → 3K+ up after 9 days in tier
  4. 2026-07-20 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-07-19 2K+ → 3K+ up after 49 days in tier
  6. 2026-05-31 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
  7. 2026-05-30 2K+ → 3K+ up after 2 days in tier
  8. 2026-05-28 3K+ → 2K+ down after 4 days in tier

Competes with

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WPBase Cache: 3K+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wpbase-cache