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Nginx Cache
A tiny tool that keeps your Nginx cache perfectly clean.
HealthyDeclining
82/100
Users value this lightweight tool for its simplicity and effective Nginx cache purging.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.6★
23 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-75%
Declining fast
285 → 73 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 75% vs a year ago
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
Declining fast · -75% in the last year
285/day a year ago→73/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayNginx Cache is praised for being a lightweight, reliable tool that easily purges FastCGI cache and integrates well with Nginx setups, though a few users note minor bugs and limited multisite configuration.
What people like
- +Very lightweight and minimal with no bloat×2
- +Effectively purges FastCGI cache without impacting the site
- +Provides an admin-bar UI to purge cache, saving time compared to manual SSH commands×2
- +Automatic expiration of cache when new content is posted
- +Works well with various LEMP setups (WordOps, SlickStack, etc.) and is considered the best choice for Nginx×2
- +Good coding quality and does exactly what it promises×4
- +Clears the whole cache on any change and functions in both single-site and multisite installations
Common complaints
- −purge_zone() may fail to delete all cache files (rmdir error handling)
- −Requires file-system access to Nginx/PHP under the same account, raising security concerns
- −No central configuration for multisite; each blog must be configured individually
- −Does not purge cache for site-wide changes such as title or description
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.57★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-11-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 23 total
Latest reviews · 23 analyzed
- 2024-10-07★★★★★Another Outstanding PluginE-Liquids UK
- 2024-05-07★★★★★Works with 6.5.3imissit
- 2023-10-24★★★★★Don't be fooled by lack of updateskeysuck
- 2022-07-08★★★★★Simple & Perfect – ThanksChinmay Rajyaguru
- 2022-06-29★★★★★Great plugin with some minor issuesGulshan Kumar
- 2022-01-31★★★★★Best (and free) WordPress cache pluginwudesign
- 2020-08-13★★★★★Simple and objectiveandreorion
- 2020-08-12★★★★★OMG! It works!!!!!!!Sim Architect
- 2020-04-16★★★★★AwesomeNuno Sarmento
- 2019-11-04★★★★★PerfectDanny van Kooten
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Nginx 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.
96
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
73
Prior 7-day baseline
76
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
167
Mean release-day peak (30d)
96
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+31.5%
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.
33%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
3.11
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
83%
5★ share in analyzed sample
0%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.57 → 4.57★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered