Best memcache plugins for WordPress
The most popular memcache plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simple Cache leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of MemcacheD Is Your Friend (1K+) and Batcache (700+). All 6 plugins tagged “memcache” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 memcache plugins
- 1.
Simple CacheThe most installed memcache plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 57 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 2.MemcacheD Is Your Friend
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 8 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 3.Batcache
700+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 4.WP Memcached Manager
50+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 5.
WP Spider Cache10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 6.
Debug Bar Cache Lookup10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
All 6 plugins tagged “memcache”

Simple Cache
Up in the last 7 days:24#5,882by Taylor Lovett5 years ago
A very simple plugin to make your site run lightning fast with caching.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.2(57)
- Downloads
- 11/day
MemcacheD Is Your Friend
#6,049by Jeffrey Schutzman11 years ago
Adds MemcacheD object cache support to WordPress and auto-configures your cache setup.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Batcache
Down in the last 7 days:27#7,689by Automattic6 years ago
Batcache uses Memcached to store and serve rendered pages.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day
WP Memcached Manager
#21,227by warwickp9 years ago
A very simple tool to manage Memcached servers from inside the WordPress admin interface. Requires PECL Memcache client.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Spider Cache
Down in the last 7 days:1,143#30,686by John James Jacoby28 days ago
Your friendly neighborhood caching solution for WordPress objects and pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Debug Bar Cache Lookup
#46,534by Allan Collins10 years ago
Look up items in object cache.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day