Simple Cache
A very simple plugin to make your site run lightning fast with caching.
4.2(57 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 4 years agoAs of April 2026, Simple Cache is a WordPress cache plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.2/5 rating from 57 reviews. It has been downloaded 129K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.9+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 51% this week. Top alternative: WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images….
4.2/557 reviews
1.0K+active installs
129K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
Simple Cache was constructed after getting frustrated with the major caching plugins available and building sites with developer-only complex caching solutions that get millions of page views per day. Simple Cache promises the following:
- Extremely simple one-click install. There is an on-off switch. That’s it. No need to wade through 50 complicated settings.
- Simple Cache makes your site run very fast so you can handle lots of traffic.
- Extremely easy to delete. Don’t like the plugin? You can remove it, and your website won’t break.
- Easily clear the cache if you need to.
- Enable gzip compression
- Want to get advanced with object caching (Memached or Redis)? An advanced mode is available that will automatically setup Batcache and Memcached/Redis for you.
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Does what it is suppose to
by seshelby1·3 years ago
Unresponsive support, persistant bugs
by Yui·4 years ago
Initially made simple, this plugin has conflicts with anything using object-cache.php drop-in, reported this 8 month ago. Ignored by support.
Unusable/Very inconvenient use for my sites.
BEST CACHING PLUGIN EVER
by Michał·4 years ago
I’ve tested many caching plugins and every single one pissed me off. One plugin had to many options to configure, another plugin broke my site, another more needed to buy premium version and pay… I just wanted simple cache, and that’s all. So I installed “Simple Cache” as the name says and it works perfectly! We have only few most important options and zero redundant shit 🙂
I already built many sites with this plugin and I’ve never had any problem. Only when you use WooCommerce remember to put cart page URL to “Exception URL(s)” area so plugin will not cache products in the cart.
- This topic was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by Michał.
Simple and works well.
by Sebastian Thulin·4 years ago
Does what it should. No hassle.
Don’t install, broke my site
by edupin·5 years ago
After install and activating on a fresh WordPress installation, totally broke my site and made it unreachable, even the admin section:
Error 503 Backend fetch failed
Backend fetch failed
Now I have to uninstall it via FTP to make my site recover.
Download Trends
Today: 6Yesterday: 8This week: 53Period total: 2K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.9+ requiredTested up to 5.8.13 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.0
77.2%
v1.7
12.7%
v1.6
9.4%
v1.5
0.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
Version 2.0.0 of Simple Cache comes with some useful new features and bug fixes. This release was
created by Luis Herranz and the Frontity framework.
2.0.0
Breaking Changes:
* The REST API is not cached anymore by default
New Features:
* Cache REST API setting added in advanced mode.
* Restore headers setting added to advanced mode. This will tell Simple Cache to cache headers and return the
same headers when a cache hit occurs.
* New X-Simple-Cache header. HIT/MISS depending on if a cache match is found.
Bug Fixes:
* Don’t flush the cache when the user edits a draft post
Contributors
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