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Clearfy Cache – WordPress optimization plugin, Minify HTML, CSS & JS, Defer
Fast performance meets scary security risks in this abandoned plugin.
HealthyGrowing
66/100
Great features are overshadowed by abandonment and unpatched security vulnerabilities.
Active installs
~55,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 50k+
Rating
4.7★
339 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+9%
Growing
172 → 188 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing · +9% in the last year
172/day a year ago→188/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayClearfy Cache is a well-regarded WordPress optimization plugin praised for its breadth of features and real-world speed improvements, but it has fallen into a state of apparent abandonment with recurring, unaddressed security vulnerabilities and deteriorating support.
What people like
- +Delivers meaningful, measurable page speed improvements×4
- +Feature-rich for a free plugin, covering image optimization, HTML/CSS/JS minification, security tweaks, SEO utilities, and admin notice hiding×3
- +Settings can be copied and transferred between sites easily
- +Useful during database migrations
Common complaints
- −Plugin appears abandoned or significantly less actively maintained, with developers no longer responsive×4
- −Recurring, unpatched security vulnerabilities (CSRF and others flagged by Wordfence) with no official fixes and no responses to security reports (since 2.2.3)×3
- −Poor or non-existent support — questions and bug reports go unanswered for extended periods×3
- −PHP 8.2 compatibility issues left unresolved
- −Can break site functionality (mobile menus, visible elements, script execution), which is difficult for non-technical users to diagnose and fix
- −One user reported unsolicited advertising injected into the site footer after activation, suggesting possible malicious code
- −Persistent admin panel notices/advertisements displayed on every page in the backend
- −Update server outage caused incompatibility with latest WordPress updates
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.47★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 6%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 339 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-03-02★★★★★I always betkrivokoso
- 2025-11-25★★★★★Interfering notificationsCheGevara29
- 2025-10-22★★★★★Saying by to Clearfy, OR comeback ?tdechangy
- 2025-05-31★★★★★superBudun
- 2025-01-10★★★★★category or tag.trixxs
- 2024-10-22★★★★★The best plugin for optimizationdanstayn
- 2024-10-08★★★★★Clearfy was the best plugin for managing WordPress requests.alooch1
- 2024-10-02★★★★★Great idea, poor implementation, bad to NO support.yellowfellow333
- 2024-10-01★★★★★Used to be greatJayBee
- 2024-08-01★★★★★Clearfy Cache Plugin <= 2.2.3 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgerychiareu
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Clearfy Cache
Top Speed plugins, ranked by score.For developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
162
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
222
Prior 7-day baseline
144
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
287
Mean release-day peak (30d)
138
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-27.0%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
21%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.78
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
80%
5★ share in analyzed sample
6%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.50 → 4.47★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered