Menu Caching
This plugin caches WordPress classic menus to improve page loading time.
5(4 reviews)
·600 active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, Menu Caching is a WordPress caching plugin with 600 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 10K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.3+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2022. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: LiteSpeed Cache.
5/54 reviews
600active installs
10K+total downloads
4 yearssince 2022
Overview
We all know that database calls are the main performance bottleneck in WordPress. What most people don’t know though, is how “expensive” in terms of performance the WordPress menus are.
This plugin will cache the menu HTML and show the cached version to your visitors, saving your database from far too many unnecessary calls.
Menu data are scattered across six(!) different database tables. When a user visits a page, an odyssey throughout the database begins.
In ‘wp_terms’, ‘wp_term_taxonomy’ and ‘wp_options’ tables we’ll find menu ID, slug and theme location. Then ‘wp_posts’ and ‘wp_postmeta’ to find menu’s nav items and their metas.
In the metas, we will find its targeted object, so let’s pay &…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.3+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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Changelog
1.1.4
- Tested up to WP 6.7.x
- Declare 7.4 as the minimum PHP version
- Code cleanup and types declaration
- Fix: Properly delete own transients when WPRocket cache is cleared
- Fix: Error with WPRocket latest versions
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