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WP REST Cache
A lightweight speed boost for your headless WordPress backend.
HealthyGrowing
90/100
Users report significant speed improvements for headless setups but want more granular control.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.9★
42 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+5%
Growing
124 → 130 installs/day
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 · +5% in the last year
124/day a year ago→130/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWP REST Cache is widely praised for delivering fast, out-of-the-box performance gains and responsive support, though users note missing settings and UI options.
What people like
- +Delivers large performance improvements for REST API responses×5
- +Works as advertised with minimal configuration×7
- +Responsive and helpful support from the author×3
- +Compatible with a variety of front-end setups (WP Maps, Nuxt, Next.js, multiple sites)×4
- +No ads or upsells, clean plugin experience
- +Automatically refreshes cache on content changes (posts, categories, tags)
Common complaints
- −FAQ lacks information on process_cache_relations for custom REST endpoints
- −add_filter for hiding the REST API button in the admin panel does not work
- −No per-route cache duration settings, limiting granular control
- −Missing a “regenerate all caches” button; only a “clear all” option is provided
- −No UI option to configure custom endpoint handling; requires manual code changes
- −Unclear where cached data is stored (e.g., whether Redis is used)
- −Requires Elementor page builder to be run in safe mode for compatibility
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.87★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 7%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-10-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 42 total
Latest reviews · 42 analyzed
- 2025-10-01★★★★★Does the jobvlaim1-shot
- 2025-09-01★★★★★Absolutely fantastic!zerfl
- 2025-04-11★★★★★Works great but honestly it could be so much betterhirngesicht
- 2024-06-24★★★★★Wroks good with WP Mapscarnini
- 2024-04-28★★★★★Works well with headless WordPress and Nuxt 3thaikolja
- 2024-03-20★★★★★对于 WordPress REST API 提速非常明显，很棒！shineshine
- 2024-03-12★★★★★Best support I've ever gotten!katerlouis
- 2023-10-18★★★★★the plugin is very helpfulsuperjin001
- 2022-10-19★★★★★Very nice plugin, solved my problemdrblack233
- 2022-10-07★★★★★works great for next.js backenddamien_vancouver
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to WP REST 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.
95
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
81
Prior 7-day baseline
140
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
596
Mean release-day peak (30d)
206
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
+17.3%
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.
13%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.77
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
91%
5★ share in analyzed sample
7%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.88 → 4.87★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered