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Best caching plugins for WordPress

The most popular caching plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. LiteSpeed Cache leads with 7M+ active installs, ahead of WP Super Cache (1M+) and Speed Optimizer (1M+). All 128 plugins tagged “caching” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 caching plugins

  1. 1.
    LiteSpeed Cache

    The most installed caching plugin, with 7M+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 2,780 reviews, updated 4 days ago.

  2. 2.
    WP Super Cache

    1M+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 1,346 reviews, updated 6 days ago.

  3. 3.
    Speed Optimizer

    1M+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 641 reviews, updated 6 days ago.

  4. 4.
    WP-Optimize

    1M+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 2,616 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  5. 5.
    W3 Total Cache

    900K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 5,420 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  6. 6.
    Redis Object Cache

    500K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 179 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  7. 7.
    Breeze Cache

    300K+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 134 reviews, updated 6 days ago.

  8. 8.
    Cache Enabler

    100K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 139 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  9. 9.
    Hummingbird Performance

    70K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 1,488 reviews, updated 5 days ago.

  10. 10.
    SpinupWP

    30K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 13 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

All 128 plugins tagged “caching”