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Proxy Cache Purge

Automatically empty proxy cached content when your site is modified.

By Danila Vershinin·Cache·Free
4.4(26 reviews)
·40K+ active installs·Updated 2 days ago
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As of April 2026, Proxy Cache Purge is a WordPress cache plugin with 40K+ active installations and a 4.4/5 rating from 26 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.2M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are up 48% this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images….

4.4/526 reviews
40K+active installs
100%resolved
15 yearssince 2011

Overview

This plugin does not install nor configure a cache proxy. It acts as an interface with such services.

One common method of caching content for websites is via the use of reverse proxy caching. Common examples of this are Varnish and NGINX. These systems allow a website to update content and have the visitor’s experience cached without the need for complex plugins storing the files locally and using up a user’s disk space.

A reverse proxy cache is installed in front of a server and reviews requests. If the page being requested is already cached, it delivers the cached content. Otherwise it generates the page and the cache on demand.

The Proxy Cache Purge plugin sends a request to delete (aka flush) the cached data of a page or post every time it’s modified.

How It Works

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Ratings & Reviews

4.426 reviews
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Recent Reviews

Finally!
by manuamaro·1 month ago

I had lot of problems with cache but this solved them! Thank you.

Simply Works
by Skrlance·11 months ago

The plugin simply works even for all types of cache servers. Only one things bothers me about this plugin is its support for PHP 5.6+ where core itself doesn’t support upto php 7.1 while WordPress recommends using PHP 7.4+. So, this plugin should be compatible with PHP 7.4+.

Using newer php code is good for security and performance while deprecated codes might produce venerability!

Age Header Missing
by bandsaw12·2 years ago·2 replies

Spent most of the day working on getting this working with a remote NGINX reverse proxy. The plug-in keeps complaining about no age header in the response. Google seems to suggest that etags and age headers no longer supported in dynamic content with NGINX. Plug-in help is of no help on what header the plug in is expecting to see in order to work.

removed. Will have to keep deleting the cache the old manual way.

  • This topic was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by bandsaw12.
Works Precisely As Advertised
by random9q·2 years ago

No complaints, it’s been working perfectly for years.

Need it very, very seldom — but when I do need it it works.

When I don’t need it? It’s out of the way and doesn’t advertise itself overmuch, like some of the other plugins I’ve used over time.

ОТЛИЧНО, СПАСИБО ВАМ!
by senatmedia·3 years ago

ОТЛИЧНО, СПАСИБО ВАМ!

Download Trends

Today: 7KYesterday: 8KThis week: 23KPeriod total: 343K

Compatibility

WordPress5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP5.6+ required

Version Adoption

v5.8
37.5%
v5.2
23.1%
Other
10.3%
v5.6
9.6%
v5.3
7.3%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

5.8.1 (2026-03)

  • New: Regex purge URLs for category, tag, and blog listing pages to properly invalidate paginated archive pages (e.g., /category/news/page/2)
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)Danila VershininDanila VershininMike SchroderMike SchrodertechpriestertechpriesterDaniel BachhuberDaniel Bachhuber
Plugin Info
Version
5.9.0
Last Updated
Apr 2, 2026
WP Requires
5.0+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
5.6+
Active Installs
40K+
Downloads
2.2M+
Added
Jul 15, 2011
Business
Free

Tags

cachenginxproxypurgevarnish

Developer

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Danila Vershinin
4 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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