Best fastcgi plugins for WordPress
The most popular fastcgi plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Nginx Helper leads with 200K+ active installs, ahead of Nginx Cache (8K+) and Cache control by Cacholong (500+). All 5 plugins tagged “fastcgi” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 fastcgi plugins
- 1.
Nginx HelperThe most installed fastcgi plugin, with 200K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 31 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
Nginx Cache8K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 24 reviews, updated 6 months ago.
- 3.
Cache control by Cacholong500+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 4.
Cleavr Clear Cache400+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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Reqad Cache Purger for NginxFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 5 plugins tagged “fastcgi”
Nginx Helper
Down in the last 7 days:1#258by rtCamp2 months ago
Cleans nginx's fastcgi/proxy cache or redis-cache whenever a post is edited/published. Also does a few more things.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.4(31)
- Downloads
- 1K/day
Nginx Cache
Down in the last 7 days:4#2,342by Till Krüss6 months ago
Purge the Nginx cache (FastCGI, Proxy, uWSGI) automatically when content changes or manually within WordPress.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.6(24)
- Downloads
- 163/day
Cache control by Cacholong
Down in the last 7 days:10#9,026by Preliot4 months ago
“Cache control by Cacholong” is a cache control plugin for one or more Nginx servers.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Cleavr Clear Cache
Up in the last 7 days:118#9,966by cleavrdev10 months ago
Manage NGINX FastCGI cache for Cleavr sites. Add a clear cache hook to clear cache with one click or automatically when content updates.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Reqad Cache Purger for Nginx
Down in the last 7 days:7,258#71,701by Webdev2 months ago
Purges the Nginx FastCGI cache when content changes - automatically on publish, update and delete, or site-wide from the admin bar.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day