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Cache Enabler · Version history

Cache Enabler changelog and version history

Latest version
1.8.17
Sep 27, 2026 (1 month ago)
Releases
60
since 2015
In the last year
2
about one every 209 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 5.6 or later

Releases each year

  • 20159 releases
  • 20161 release
  • 20173 releases
  • 20184 releases
  • 20192 releases
  • 202020 releases
  • 202111 releases
  • 20225 releases
  • 20231 release
  • 20241 release
  • 20251 release
  • 20262 releases

20262 releases

  1. Cache Enabler 1.8.17Latest

    • Fix unauthenticated arbitrary file and directory deletion when clearing the page cache by URL (CVE-2026-19253)

  2. Cache Enabler 1.8.16

    • Fix caching logic flaw (thanks @8ctopus)
    • Fix HTML minifier from corrupting JSON scripts (thanks @frappe64)
    • Fix caching takes place in multi-site if plugin is activated on one site (thanks @8ctopus)
    • Improve cache or settings dir may already exist (thanks @8ctopus)
    • Fix delete advanced cache when it is a symbolic link (thanks @8ctopus)
    • Fix advanced cache file may be writable while the directory it is located in may not (thanks @8ctopus)

20251 release

  1. Cache Enabler 1.8.15

    • Support more (html4, xhtml1.0, xhtml1.1) doctypes (thanks @orlitzky)
    • Remove all chmod() calls (thanks @orlitzky)

20241 release

  1. Cache Enabler 1.8.14

    • PHP 8.2 compatibility
    • Content negotiation compatibility (thanks @futta)
    • Improved path handling (thanks @orlitzky)

20231 release

  1. Cache Enabler 1.8.13

    • WordPress 6.1 compatibility

20225 releases

  1. Cache Enabler 1.8.12

    • Update directory validation (@robwoodgate)

  2. Cache Enabler 1.8.11

    • Fix directory validation

  3. Cache Enabler 1.8.10

    • Fix recursive chmod issue (#317 @robwoodgate)

  4. Cache Enabler 1.8.9

    • Update sanitization

  5. Cache Enabler 1.8.8

    • Add server input sanitization

202111 releases

  1. Cache Enabler 1.8.7

    • Update plugin upgrade process for multisite networks (#303)
    • Update wp-config.php file handling (#302)

  2. Cache Enabler 1.8.6

    • Update requirements check notices (#300)
    • Update advanced-cache.php drop-in file handling (#297)
    • Add additional validation when creating cached files (#299)
    • Add type casts to several filter hooks (#299)
    • Add cache_enabler_settings_before_validation filter hook (#298)

  3. Cache Enabler 1.8.5

    • Update required WordPress version from 5.5 to 5.1 (#295)
    • Fix plugin upgrade process when disk settings are outdated and a frontend page is requested (#295)

  4. Cache Enabler 1.8.4

    • Update advanced-cache.php drop-in file handling (#292)

  5. Cache Enabler 1.8.3

    • Update index file handling (#289)

  6. Cache Enabler 1.8.2

    • Update cache size transient handling (#287)

  7. Cache Enabler 1.8.1

    • Fix requirements check (#285)

  8. Cache Enabler 1.8.0

    • Update advanced-cache.php drop-in file handling to improve reliability and compatibility (#260 and #283)
    • Update settings file to be deleted before the home option is updated to prevent a leftover settings file (#279)
    • Update cache_enabler_bypass_cache filter hook default value to allow a complete override (#277)
    • Update cache size transient to be in real time (#237 and #269)
    • Update cache expiry time to always be a non-negative integer (#265)
    • Update WP-CLI clear subcommand (#261)
    • Update required WordPress version from 5.1 to 5.5 (#260)
    • Update plugin upgrade process to improve reliability and compatibility (#260)
    • Update getting the cache file path to improve creating cache files (#256)
    • Update HTML5 doctype check to be less strict (#254)
    • Update permalink structure handling (#251 and #263)
    • Update requirements check to improve notices shown (#249 and #260)
    • Update cache clearing structure to enhance the automatic cache clearing actions (#247)
    • Add WP-Cron event to clear the expired cache on an hourly basis (#237, #268, and #281)
    • Add new cache clearing structure for option actions (#272 and #280)
    • Add cache engine restart support (#271 and #278)
    • Add constants.php file to plugin directory to allow constant overrides (#260)
    • Add wildcard cache clearing support (#246)
    • Add Brotli compression support (#243 @nlemoine)
    • Add new cache clearing structure for term actions (#234 @davelit)
    • Add cache iterator to improve cache object handling (#237)
    • Fix WebP URL conversion edge case (#275)
    • Deprecate cache_enabler_clear_site_cache_by_blog_id and cache_enabler_clear_page_cache_by_post_id action hooks in favor of replacements (#247 and #274)

  9. Cache Enabler 1.7.2

    • Update string to be translatable (#235 @timse201)
    • Add cache_enabler_mkdir_mode filter hook (#233)

  10. Cache Enabler 1.7.1

    • Fix directory creation handling (#221 @stevegrunwell)

  11. Cache Enabler 1.7.0

    • Update cache clearing for theme, plugin, post, and upgrade actions (#215 and #216)
    • Update cache handling with cache keys (#211)
    • Update settings file deletion handling (#205)
    • Update output buffer handling (#203)
    • Update removing CSS and JavaScript comments during HTML minification (#202)
    • Update WebP URL conversion for installations in a subdirectory (#198)
    • Add CACHE_ENABLER_DIR as definable plugin directory constant (#195 @stevegrunwell)
    • Add explicit directory access permissions (#194 @stevegrunwell)
    • Add exclusive lock when writing files (#191 @nawawi)
    • Fix clear cache request handling (#212)
    • Fix getting wp-config.php (#210 @stevegrunwell)

202020 releases

  1. Cache Enabler 1.6.2

    • Fix removing CSS and JavaScript comments during HTML minification (#188)

  2. Cache Enabler 1.6.1

    • Update requirements check (#186)
    • Update cache clearing behavior for comment actions (#185)
    • Update HTML minification to remove CSS and JavaScript comments (#184)
    • Update site cache clearing behavior for multisite networks to ensure cache cleared action hooks are fired when using WP-CLI or clear cache action hooks (#180)
    • Add cache_enabler_convert_webp_attributes and cache_enabler_convert_webp_ignore_query_strings filter hooks (#183)
    • Fix cache clearing behavior on WooCommerce stock update (#179)

  3. Cache Enabler 1.6.0

    • Update cache clearing behavior for multisite networks when permalink structure has changed to prevent unnecessary cache clearing (#170)
    • Update cache clearing behavior for comment actions to prevent unnecessary cache clearing (#169)
    • Update output buffer timing to start earlier on the advanced-cache.php drop-in instead of the init hook (#168)
    • Update plugin upgrade handling (#166)
    • Add cache_enabler_clear_complete_cache, cache_enabler_clear_site_cache, cache_enabler_clear_site_cache_by_blog_id, cache_enabler_clear_page_cache_by_post_id, cache_enabler_clear_page_cache_by_url, cache_enabler_complete_cache_cleared, cache_enabler_site_cache_cleared, and cache_enabler_page_cache_c…
    • Add cache_enabler_user_can_clear_cache, cache_enabler_exclude_search, cache_enabler_bypass_cache, cache_enabler_page_contents_before_store, cache_enabler_page_contents_after_webp_conversion, cache_enabler_minify_html_ignore_tags filter hooks (#170)
    • Add site cache clearing behavior (#167)
    • Fix requirement notices being shown to all users (#170)
    • Fix setting up new site in multisite network when new site is added outside of the admin interface (#170)
    • Fix getting cache size for main site in subdirectory network (#164)
    • Fix deleting cache size transient (#164)
    • Fix cache clearing (#164 and #167)
    • Fix clear cache request validation
    • Deprecate ce_clear_cache, ce_clear_post_cache, ce_action_cache_cleared, and ce_action_cache_by_url_cleared action hooks in favor of replacements (#170)
    • Deprecate user_can_clear_cache, bypass_cache, cache_enabler_before_store, cache_enabler_disk_webp_converted_data, and cache_minify_ignore_tags filter hooks in favor of replacements (#170)

  4. Cache Enabler 1.5.5

    • Update advanced cache to prevent potential errors (#161)
    • Update getting settings to create settings file if cache exists but settings file does not (#159)
    • Fix getting settings file edge cases (#158)
    • Fix cache expiry

  5. Cache Enabler 1.5.4

  6. Cache Enabler 1.5.3

  7. Cache Enabler 1.5.2

  8. Cache Enabler 1.5.1

  9. Cache Enabler 1.5.0

  10. Cache Enabler 1.4.9

  11. Cache Enabler 1.4.8

  12. Cache Enabler 1.4.7

  13. Cache Enabler 1.4.6

  14. Cache Enabler 1.4.5

  15. Cache Enabler 1.4.4

  16. Cache Enabler 1.3.5

  17. Cache Enabler 1.4.3

  18. Cache Enabler 1.4.2

  19. Cache Enabler 1.4.1

  20. Cache Enabler 1.4.0

20192 releases

  1. Cache Enabler 1.3.4

  2. Cache Enabler 1.3.3

20184 releases

  1. Cache Enabler 1.3.2

  2. Cache Enabler 1.3.1

  3. Cache Enabler 1.3.0

  4. Cache Enabler 1.2.3

20173 releases

  1. Cache Enabler 1.2.2

  2. Cache Enabler 1.2.1

  3. Cache Enabler 1.2.0

20161 release

  1. Cache Enabler 1.1.0

20159 releases

  1. Cache Enabler 1.0.9

  2. Cache Enabler 1.0.8

  3. Cache Enabler 1.0.7

  4. Cache Enabler 1.0.6

  5. Cache Enabler 1.0.5

  6. Cache Enabler 1.0.4

  7. Cache Enabler 1.0.3

  8. Cache Enabler 1.0.2

  9. Cache Enabler 1.0.1

Questions about Cache Enabler’s releases

What is the latest version of Cache Enabler?

1.8.17, released on Sep 27, 2026 (1 month ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 5.6 or later.

How often is Cache Enabler updated?

2 releases in the last year, about one every 209 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from October 2015.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Cache Enabler’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.