Plugin Pulse
← Pulse

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
How scoring works →
73 Health · B
Maintenance 72/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

73 health vs 67 average across 699 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.

84 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 81/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 55/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

Get the full rank-higher report →

Daily downloads

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

-52% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

30

now · peak 170

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 Cachify · #2291 LiteSpeed Cache · #5 WP Super Cache · #37

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

tracked estimate
30–40 ≈36

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations

Details

Version
2.3.0
Last updated
10mo ago
Added
2019-02-20 · 7 yrs on WP
Requires WP
4.6
Tested up to
6.8.5
Requires PHP
5.4

Growth timeline

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

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

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first

Compare head to head →

Embed this report card

Drop a live Pulse card for WPCacheOn – WordPress Caching plugin into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.

<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wpcacheon" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WPCacheOn – WordPress Caching plugin — Plugin Pulse"></iframe>
Preview card ↗

WPCacheOn – WordPress Caching plugin: 30+ active installs, 4.5★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wpcacheon