Simply call fastcgi_finish_request on WordPress shutdown to speed up browsing.
As of April 2026, fastcgi_finish_request is a WordPress performance plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 3.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.3.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: LiteSpeed Cache.
Call fastcgi_finish_request() on shutdown. This is able to speed up WordPress on servers where PHP is not tied to the webserver, like Nginx and certain configurations of Apache. If this is not the case this plugin will not do anything.
You can read more about fastcgi_finish_request() on the php documentation page: http://php.net/manual/en/function.fastcgi-finish-request.php
| WordPress | 4.3.1+ requiredTested up to 4.5.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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