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atec Cache APCu

Super fast APCu-based Object Cache and the only APCu-powered Page Cache plugin for WordPress.

By docjojo·Apcu·Free
4.9(19 reviews)
·3.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 week ago
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As of April 2026, atec Cache APCu is a WordPress apcu plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 19 reviews. It has been downloaded 87K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.9+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2023. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 72% this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: APCu Manager.

4.9/519 reviews
3.0K+active installs
100%resolved
3 yearssince 2023

Overview

atec Cache APCu provides a drop-in object-cache and optional page cache, built entirely on APCu.

It replaces WordPress’s core cache with a fast, persistent alternative — offering major performance gains, especially on single-server setups.

APCu is faster than Redis and Memcached in low-latency scenarios. This plugin uses advanced logic that improves object cache efficiency by up to 16.67%.

The optional page cache is the only APCu-powered full-page cache for WordPress, and includes cache exclusion rules, cache flushing and profiler/debugging options.

Specifications

  • Includes object cache drop-in and optional full page cache
  • Profiler and debug options for diagnostics

Requirements

  • APCu extension enabled

Third-Party Services

Integrity check

Once, when activating the plugin, an integrity…

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Ratings & Reviews

4.919 reviews
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Recent Reviews

Best Object Cache so far!
by eragonsoftware·1 month ago·1 reply

Thank you for this great plugin, so far, the best object cache for wordpress and woocommerce.

No difference to opcache
by cwrksr·9 months ago·1 reply

But since it seems to be more active ive switched.

i couldnt really find any benefit, maybe a little bit slower 0,2s…?

Nice UI. But please, make that “auto deactivate page cache” more obvios i atleast tried to activate it 30 times and was maximal confused. Then i saw “dont use multiple caches blabla”.

I dont know if its usefull or not, but couldnt we apc cache the [insert caching solution] in my case wp rocket result? Would that be faster?

  • This topic was modified 9 months ago by cwrksr.
Great
by fesarlis·1 year ago·1 reply

Great plugin and the only one around.

Doesn’t work for me
by v1eren·1 year ago·2 replies

Started to use this plugin to get my Objekt-Cache to a better use and a bit more site speed.

I noticed some options that hadn’t changed like getting my WooCommerce live and after a bit of digging I noticed that this plugin was preventing the changes form being saved.

Today I woke up to a blank Frontsite and a blank admin dashboard and I panicked a bit. After deactivation this plugin everything worked fine again.

Can’t activate the options of this plugin when its installed anymore so I wasn’t able to recreate the problem and check the debug log.

But at least my whole site didn’t get blank anymore.

  • This topic was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by v1eren. Reason: couldn't verify the Problem anymore
Amazing Plugins
by gfus·1 year ago·1 reply

I spent all day trying to find the source of my website issues, downloaded several other plugins with very little results without a paywall. I narrowed my search and ended up finding Atec page with several very useful plugins. I ended up purchasing the PRO one time fee for the license which unlocked the Atec Deploy plugin. Extremely impressed with the (light weight) resources the plugins offer. I think all the features are very simple for any user to understand, with and impressive amount of detail and configurations that are all compressive. Their tech support is really responsive and answered all my questions. I would highly recommend this to any professional or beginner web developer. Thanks for creating these plugins!

Download Trends

Today: 44Yesterday: 45This week: 404Period total: 40K

Compatibility

WordPress4.9+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP7.4+ required

Version Adoption

v2.3
95.8%
v2.1
4.2%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2.3.71 [2026.03.23]

  • Dashboard undefined issue
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

docjojodocjojo
Plugin Info
Version
2.3.71
Last Updated
Mar 24, 2026
WP Requires
4.9+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
7.4+
Active Installs
3.0K+
Downloads
87K+
Added
Jun 14, 2023
Business
Free

Tags

apcupage cacheperformanceobject cachepersistent cache

Developer

D
docjojo
17 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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