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WPCacheOn – WordPress Caching plugin

by jeffreycooper · Performance

A simple and lightweight caching plugin for WordPress that boosts website loading time and enhances performance scores on GTMetrix and Pingdom.

⚠ Few reviews
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71 Health · B
Maintenance 66/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

71 health vs 68 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.

82 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 74/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 55/100
Listing tuning 100/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+78% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

64

now · peak 170

6430d 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

WPCacheOn · #23603 you Cachify · #2294 LiteSpeed Cache · #5 WP Super Cache · #38

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.5Stars · 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.

2.1Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
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.

1

releases in the last 12 months

11mo ago

latest release · v2.3.0

13

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.3.0 · 11mo ago2.2.0 · 1.8y ago2.1.0 · 1.9y ago2.0.2 · 5.7y ago2.0.1 · 6.3y ago2.0.0 · 6.4y ago1.2.7 · 6.8y ago1.2.6 · 6.8y ago1.2.5 · 6.9y ago1.2.4 · 7.3y ago1.2.3 · 7.4y ago1.2.0 · 7.4y ago1.1.5 · 7.4y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.3 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
30–40 ≈37

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

Install history · since 2019-11-21 · 1,383 observations

30Installs · 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
2.3.0
Last updated
11mo ago
Added
2019-02-20 · 7 yrs old
Requires WP
4.6
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
5.4

Recent reviews

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  1. tinaponting
    1.3y ago

    A great and simple plugin, use it several blogs, keep on the good work:)

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  2. sasaevansc
    6.1y ago

    Good plugin

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  3. Parichay Chakrabarti
    6.2y ago

    This plugin helps me a lot to run my website smoothly. First time i see such a nice plugin where all are ready. Just download, install and activate the plugin. Get-Set-Go. Happy with WPCacheOn till date.

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  4. Li-An
    7.5y ago

    I just made a review of different cache plugins and was very curious about this one. I compared GMetrix results with Swift Performance Light and CacheOn did not have a good score for YSlow test (less than 80%). So I’m not impressed. But it works without problem on the test site and options (very little) are very convenient to check. Better than no cache plugin but I think other well known plugins will do a better job with proper configuration.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3

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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 3 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Romanian 88%
Russian 31%
Spanish (Spain) 23%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-04-02 40+ → 30+ down after 14 days in tier
  2. 2026-03-19 30+ → 40+ up after 11 days in tier
  3. 2026-03-08 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-03-07 30+ → 40+ up after 12 days in tier
  5. 2026-02-23 40+ → 30+ down after 18 days in tier
  6. 2026-02-05 30+ → 40+ up after 50 days in tier
  7. 2025-12-17 20+ → 30+ up after 38 days in tier
  8. 2025-11-09 10+ → 20+ up after 35 days in tier

Competes with

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