Best browser caching plugins for WordPress
The most popular browser caching plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Leverage Browser Caching leads with 9K+ active installs, ahead of Speed Up (600+) and Cache by Folium (100+). All 5 plugins tagged “Browser Caching” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 browser caching plugins
- 1.
Leverage Browser CachingThe most installed browser caching plugin, with 9K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 42 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 2.
Speed Up600+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 3.
Cache by Folium100+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 10 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 4.Optimizer For Faster Websites
40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 5.
Auto Update Cache10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
All 5 plugins tagged “Browser Caching”

Leverage Browser Caching
Down in the last 7 days:7#2,214by Rinku Y4 months ago
Speed up WordPress with browser caching. Automatically adds expiry headers for images, CSS, JS & fonts via .htaccess Zero config (Apache only)
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.1(42)
- Downloads
- 46/day

Speed Up
Down in the last 7 days:46#8,087by Simone Nigro3 months ago
Help browser to cache a local copy of static files and improve page load times.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Cache by Folium
Down in the last 7 days:74#13,520by jody nesbitt4 months ago
Fast, easy to use cache for WordPress with option for 3 separate CDN's. Optimize Database.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.2(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Optimizer For Faster Websites
Up in the last 7 days:99#22,662by tobias_.MerZ11 years ago
Optimizer For Faster Websites will make your Website faster by caching and compressing files.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Auto Update Cache
Down in the last 7 days:3,263#46,690by Shiek Md Anwar Hussain Mizan (Sheikh MiZan)2 years ago
Update the version of all CSS and JS files. Show the latest changes on the site without asking the client to clear browse
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day