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WPCacheOn – WordPress Caching plugin

A simple and lightweight caching plugin for WordPress that boosts website loading time and enhances performance scores on GTMetrix and Pingdom.

By jeffreycooper·Cache·Free
4.5(4 reviews)
·30 active installs·Updated 6 months ago
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As of April 2026, WPCacheOn is a WordPress cache plugin with 30 active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 9.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 5.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Top alternative: WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images….

4.5/54 reviews
30active installs
9.7K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019

Overview

Simple and lightweight cache plugin for WordPress that will also enhance your website loading time and increase the scores at GTMetrix, Pingdom and other performance measuring tools.

Features

  • Extremely efficient and fast disk cache engine, even greater results with SSD based servers
  • Very convenient displaying of the cache size in the admin dashboard
  • Automated and manual clearing of the cache
  • Native support for Easy Digital Downloads
  • HTML, CSS and JavaScript minification
  • Deactivate caching for specific page
  • Native support for WooCommerce
  • Purge the cache for specific page
  • WordPress Multisite support
  • Custom Post Type support
  • New minification options
  • CSS and JavaScript inline
  • PreCache mechanism
  • PHP 8.4 compatible
  • HTTP/2 Focused
  • Expiry Directive
  • Secure cache

How does the caching work?

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Ratings & Reviews

4.54 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress4.6+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5
PHP5.4+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

Release 2.3.0, 28 September 2025

  • Tested and confirmed compatibility with WordPress 6.8.2
  • Added fallback for hosts that prevent .htaccess editing
  • When .htaccess is not writable, plugin now applies HTTP cache headers via send_headers hook
  • Improved activation process to handle hosting restrictions gracefully
  • Added feedback modal during plugin deactivation to gather user feedback

…and 1 more changes

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

jeffreycooperjeffreycooper
Plugin Info
Version
2.3.0
Last Updated
Sep 28, 2025
WP Requires
4.6+
Tested Up To
6.8.5
PHP Requires
5.4+
Active Installs
30
Downloads
9.7K+
Added
Feb 20, 2019
Business
Free

Tags

cachecachingoptimizewpcacheonperformance

Developer

J
jeffreycooper
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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