MemcacheD Is Your Friend
Adds MemcacheD object cache support to WordPress and auto-configures your cache setup.
4.5(8 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 11 years agoAs of April 2026, MemcacheD Is Your Friend is a WordPress cache plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 42K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 13% this week. Top alternative: WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache….
4.5/58 reviews
1.0K+active installs
42K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
Memcached Object Cache provides a persistent backend for the WordPress object cache. A memcached server and either the
the PECL Memcached or PECL Memcache extension and class are required. Detects either the PECL Memecache or PECL
Memcached (Memcached preferred) class and uses the appropriate interface. That means you don’t need to figure out
which PHP class is available in your installation, the plugin will detect the proper configuration.
This plugin does not require manual copying of files between directories for installation, and it doesn’t require the installer
to differentiate between the memcache and memcached PECL extensions if they know their host makes once available.
Also, because this plugin autodetects the PECL extension available, for those that develop on Windo…
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Creation of dynamic property WP_Object_Cache::$cache_misses is deprecated
by xu wu·1 year ago
Creation of dynamic property WP_Object_Cache::$cache_misses is deprecated
wp-content/plugins/memcached-is-your-friend/memcached-class-object-cache.php:486
PHP website reference:
Usage of dynamic properties
The creation of dynamic properties is deprecated, unless the class opts in by using the #[\AllowDynamicProperties] attribute. stdClass allows dynamic properties. Usage of the __get()/__set() magic methods is not affected by this change. A dynamic properties deprecation warning can be addressed by:
- Declaring the property (preferred).
- Adding the
#[\AllowDynamicProperties]attribute to the class (which also applies to all child classes). - Using aWeakMapif additional data needs to be associated with an object which one does not own.
Officially dead
by Smexhy·1 year ago
Plugin is throwing fatal errors on PHP 8+ and WP 6.5.5
Works like charm on WP 6.3.1
by alonelypath·2 years ago
Just what I needed.
Still works
by Andrea·6 years ago
With PHP 7.3, WP 5.3.2 🙂
Install and work
by error500ru·6 years ago·1 reply
I’m install, activate and it`s work (wp 5.2.2)
Download Trends
Today: 11Yesterday: 8This week: 62Period total: 2K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 4.1.42 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.0
100.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.0.0
- Initial release public based on previous works
Contributors
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