Varnish cache bypass plugin.
As of April 2026, Smart Varnish is a WordPress varnish plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Proxy Cache Purge.
Smart Varnish A simple plugin to bypass varnish caching for logged in users and serve uncached content.
Useful for websites that don’t want to serve cached content for logged in users and at the same time want to serve cached content to guests.
NOTE: This plugin requires knowledge of varnish caching and server administration, it will not work out of the box. We cannot guarantee it will work in every scenario and recommend usage with discretion.
Please follow the tutorial here.
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to 4.6.0 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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