Menu Cache
Caches WordPress navigation menus.
5(3 reviews)
·60 active installs·Updated 10 years agoAs of April 2026, Menu Cache is a WordPress nav plugin with 60 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 73K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Menu Duplicator.
5/53 reviews
60active installs
73K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
Features
Caches the output of your menus. That’s it 😉
Specifically, it caches the output for every unique page. This allows the menus to retain the current/parent/child classes unlike most other menu caching plugins.
Why should I use this plugin?
If you want to cache your menu content obviously, but specifically if you want to cache your menu content and keep the current/parent/child page classes working. Most menu caching systems do not cater for keeping the various classes working, whereas this plugin does.
Why shouldn’t I use this plugin?
You should not use this plugin if you have a huge number of posts/pages on your site. The plugin caches each menu individually for each post. This can result in a huge number of cached menus on some sites, which could actually resulted in…
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.1+ requiredTested up to false |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
Version 1.0.1 (4/1/2015): Added cache purge functionality and German language translation.
Version 1.0 (2/1/2015): Initial release.
Credits
Thanks to the following for help with the development of this plugin:
* Kaspars Dambis – Provided inspiration for this plugin via his Widget Output Cache plugin and the cache purge snippet used in his Minit plugin.
* Alexander Praetorius – Provided German language translations.
Contributors
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