Best cache busting plugins for WordPress
The most popular cache busting plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Prevent Browser Caching leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Cachebuster (1K+) and Devenia Replace Media (100+). All 3 plugins tagged “cache busting” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 cache busting plugins
- 1.
Prevent Browser CachingThe most installed cache busting plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 29 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.
Cachebuster1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Devenia Replace Media100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “cache busting”
Prevent Browser Caching
Down in the last 7 days:11#1,875by Kostya Tereshchuk25 days ago
Prevents browser cache problems: visitors always get the current version of your CSS, JS, images and pages, while caching keeps working.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(29)
- Downloads
- 145/day
Cachebuster
Up in the last 7 days:9#5,505by Albert Peschar2 months ago
Stop force refreshing or clearing your browsers cache by preventing caching of stale files.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Devenia Replace Media
Up in the last 7 days:93#16,563by Bjorn Solstad1 month ago
Correct the file your pages already use. Keep the same attachment, its descriptive text and WordPress media relationships.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day