WPGraphQL Smart Cache
WPGraphQL Smart Cache is a WordPress plugin that provides fast, accurate API responses by intelligently caching and invalidating WPGraphQL queries.
5(4 reviews)
·7.0K+ active installs·Updated 3 months agoAs of April 2026, WPGraphQL Smart Cache is a WordPress api plugin with 7.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 73K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2022. Downloads are up 6% this week. Top alternative: WP Consent API.
5/54 reviews
7.0K+active installs
73K+total downloads
4 yearssince 2022
Overview
Do you want your API data fast or accurate? With WPGraphQL Smart Cache, you can have both.
WPGraphQL Smart Cache is a free, open-source WordPress plugin that provides support for caching and cache invalidation of WPGraphQL Queries.
To get the most out of this plugin, we recommend using GET requests with Network Caching, which requires your WordPress install to be on a supported host.
BREAKING CHANGES: We may make breaking changes in the future to improve functionality and experience. If we do, we will use semver to do so. Pay attention to release notes and upgrade notices before updating.
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Life Saver
by blackdahlia·1 year ago
This plugin is an absolute life saver! This should just be baked into wpgraphql core honestly!
Awesome, made even better.
by psychosispicks·2 years ago
Transitioning to a Gatsby headless CMS showed me huge performance improvements, but at the cost of having to rebuild on every change.
With this plugin, a Faust.js + Next.js website can be even faster and more convenient.
The website is static and only what you change is being rebuilt on the fly, and cached, without you having to do anything.
Essential for headless WP
by jonathanmotes·3 years ago·1 reply
Jason Bahl and WP Engine knocked it out of the part with this plugin. It makes headless WordPress truly scalable and provides a simple on-demand cache invalidation solution for Node.js hosting platforms and frontend frameworks that don’t have it built in.
Awesome :)
by digallardox·3 years ago·1 reply
The future of graphQL
Download Trends
Today: 138Yesterday: 295This week: 1KPeriod total: 36K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.0
59.4%
v1.3
35.4%
Other
5.2%
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Changelog
2.0.1
Bugfixes
- #306: fix: prevent authenticated request data from being cached and served to public users. This fixes an issue where the object cache could incorrectly cache responses from authenticated users (containing draft posts, private content, etc.) due to WPGraphQL core calling
wp_set_current_user(0)mid-request. The fix usesAppContext->viewerfor reliable authentication state detection instead ofis_user_logged_in().
Chores
- ci: update deprecated GitHub Actions to v4
- ci: fix Gherkin test compatibility by pinning behat/gherkin < 4.9
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