WPGraphQL Smart Cache

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1. ★★★★★ blackdahlia

   1.5y ago

   This plugin is an absolute life saver! This should just be baked into wpgraphql core honestly!

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2. ★★★★★ psychosispicks

   3.0y ago

   Transitioning to a Gatsby headless CMS showed me huge performance improvements, but at the cost of having to rebuild on every change.With this plugin, a Faust.js + Next.js website can be even faster and more convenient. The website is static and only what you change is being rebuilt on the fly, and cached, without you having to do anything.

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3. ★★★★★ jonathanmotes

   3.7y ago

   Jason Bahl and WP Engine knocked it out of the part with this plugin. It makes headless WordPress truly scalable and provides a simple on-demand cache invalidation solution for Node.js hosting platforms and frontend frameworks that don’t have it built in.

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4. ★★★★★ digallardox

   3.7y ago

   The future of graphQL

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.2.2 Bug Fixes deps-dev: bump guzzlehttp/guzzle from 7.10.0 to 7.12.1 in /plugins/wp-graphql-smart-cache ( #3985 ) deps-dev: bump guzzlehttp/psr7 from 2.11.0 to 2.12.1 in /plugins/wp-graphql-smart-cache ( #3987 ) deps-dev: bu 2.2.2
2. — Version 2.2.1 Bug Fixes deps-dev: bump symfony/dom-crawler from 5.4.48 to 5.4.52 in /plugins/wp-graphql-smart-cache ( #3856 ) deps-dev: bump symfony/yaml from 5.4.45 to 5.4.53 in /plugins/wp-graphql-smart-cache ( #3860 ) guard null co 2.2.1
3. — Version 2.2.0 New Features support on-demand revalidation via graphql_purge ( #3810 ) 2.2.0
4. — Version 2.1.0 New Features import WPGraphQL IDE into monorepo ( #3542 ) telemetry: mirror Appsero insights to telemetry.wpgraphql.com ( #3785 ) Bug Fixes resolve post by percent-encoded slug/URI when post_name is stored encoded ( #358 2.1.0
5. — Version 2.0.1 Bugfixes #306 : fix: prevent authenticated request data from being cached and served to public users. This fixes an issue where the object cache could incorrectly cache responses from authenticated users (containing draf 2.0.1
6. — Version 2.0.0 Breaking Changes This release includes breaking changes to be compatible with WPGraphQL 2.0.0. When upgrading WPGraphQL to v2.0.0, you must also upgrade WPGraphQL Smart Cache to v2.0.0. WPGraphQL Smart Cache v2.0.0 is no 2.0.0

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.3 WPGraphQL Smart Cache < 2.0.1 - Unauthenticated Private Content Disclosure ↗
   2025-12-12 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects < 2.0.1 Patched in 2.0.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-07-23 7K+ → 6K+ down after 68 days in tier
2. 2026-05-16 6K+ → 7K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-05-15 7K+ → 6K+ down after 27 days in tier
4. 2026-04-18 6K+ → 7K+ up after 2 days in tier
5. 2026-04-16 7K+ → 6K+ down after 20 days in tier
6. 2026-03-27 6K+ → 7K+ up after 49 days in tier
7. 2026-02-06 5K+ → 6K+ up after 1 days in tier
8. 2026-02-05 6K+ → 5K+ down after 5 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• WP Super Cache 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags B
• Breeze Cache 300K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• Jetpack Boost – Website Speed, Performance and Critical CSS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Aruba HiSpeed Cache 100K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags B
• Cache Enabler 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B

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WPGraphQL Smart Cache: 6K+ active installs, 5.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wpgraphql-smart-cache