As of April 2026, Cache Enabler is a WordPress gzip plugin with 100K+ active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 138 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.6M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.1+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are down 19% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: WP HTTP Compression.
4.3/5138 reviews
100K+active installs
0%resolved
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
Cache Enabler is a simple, yet powerful WordPress caching plugin that is easy to use, needs minimal configuration, and best of all helps improve site performance for a faster load time. It creates static HTML files of frontend pages and stores them on the server’s disk. This allows the static HTML files to be delivered instead of generating pages on the fly, avoiding resource intensive backend processes from the WordPress core, plugins, and database.
Features
- Fast and efficient cache engine
- Automatic smart cache clearing
- Manual cache clearing
- WP-CLI cache clearing
- Cache expiry
- WebP support (convert images to WebP with Optimus)
- Mobile support
- Brotli and Gzip pre-compression support
- Minification of HTML excluding or including inline CSS and JavaScript
- Real-time cache size display in…
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Ratings & Reviews
4.3138 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Cache
by sisalik·2 months ago
Saves html files to /cache/cache-enabler and disabling Cache Enabler doesn’t remove the files!
Best Caching Plugin!
by wickydesign·4 months ago
I’ve been using this plugin for years, and it works really well! I’ve tried many caching plugins, and this one is by far the easiest to use. It’s lightweight, straightforward, and less likely to cause conflicts with other plugins. I also appreciate that it doesn’t automatically modify your htaccess file.
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by verkerk·5 months ago
The only cache that’s working perfect together with ELEX // get a quote !
Take;s us many testing with a lot of caching programs to find this out.
Good performance
by Vu Tru So·6 months ago
OMG, I wish I had found this plugin sooner.
The plugin has very good performance, thank you so much.
- This topic was modified 6 months ago by Vu Tru So.
refreshingly simple and faster than others
by hospeeddesginer·6 months ago
I must say I tested more than 7 plugins for my wordpress sites and this one got higher scores on my search console! cache enabler boosted my site speed instantly without the usual hassle. Lightweight, effective, and does exactly what it promises — a must-have plugin!
Download Trends
Today: 519Yesterday: 613This week: 4KPeriod total: 144K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.1+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.8
94.5%
Other
5.5%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.8.16
- Fix caching logic flaw (thanks @8ctopus)
- Fix HTML minifier from corrupting JSON scripts (thanks @frappe64)
- Fix caching takes place in multi-site if plugin is activated on one site (thanks @8ctopus)
- Improve cache or settings dir may already exist (thanks @8ctopus)
- Fix delete advanced cache when it is a symbolic link (thanks @8ctopus)
…and 1 more changes
Contributors
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