Best nginx plugins for WordPress
The most popular nginx plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Speed Optimizer leads with 1M+ active installs, ahead of Nginx Helper (200K+) and Proxy Cache Purge (50K+). All 34 plugins tagged “nginx” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 nginx plugins
- 1.
Speed OptimizerThe most installed nginx plugin, with 1M+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 641 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 2.Nginx Helper
200K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 31 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
Proxy Cache Purge50K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 26 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Nginx Cache8K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 24 reviews, updated 6 months ago.
- 5.
LWSCache5K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.
TNC Toolbox1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 7.
Hestia Nginx Cache1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.Nginx Cache Controller
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 15 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 9.AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget
900+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 17 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 10.
Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching600+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
All 34 plugins tagged “nginx”

Speed Optimizer
#44by SiteGround6 days ago
Boost your website performance and page speed, and increase conversions with powerful caching, frontend, media, and environment optimizations.
- Installs
- 1M+
- Rating
- 4.2(641)
- Downloads
- 5.6K/day
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

Proxy Cache Purge
Up in the last 7 days:3#759by Danila Vershinin2 months ago
Automatically empty proxy cached content when your site is modified.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.4(26)
- Downloads
- 384/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

LWSCache
Down in the last 7 days:14#3,010by Aurélien LWS1 year ago
This plugin lets you manage and automatically purge your hosting's LWSCache whenever you edit your website's content
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 29/day

TNC Toolbox
Up in the last 7 days:56#5,498by Merlot Digital (by TNC)7 months ago
Multi-stack caching for WordPress: ea-NGINX (cPanel) and LiteSpeed (OpenLS/Enterprise). Auto-detects web server!
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 17/day

Hestia Nginx Cache
Up in the last 7 days:65#5,777by Juniper2 months ago
Purged the Nginx cache automatically after making website changes. Uses the new HestiaCP API, released in 1.6.0.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 29/day
Nginx Cache Controller
Down in the last 7 days:4#6,156by Takayuki Miyauchi4 years ago
Provides some functions of controlling Nginx proxy server cache.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(15)
- Downloads
- 97/day
AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget
Down in the last 7 days:11#7,052by kutsy5 years ago
Plugin counts posts views (hits) by using external AJAX based counter script of this plugin, which is best solution for caching whole page or using ot …
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.9(17)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching
Down in the last 7 days:28#8,460by Razvan Stanga7 years ago
Wordpress Varnish Cache 3.x/4.x/5.x and Nginx Proxy Cache integration
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 14/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

Cache Purge Helper
Down in the last 7 days:20#11,346by jordantrizz4 years ago
A helper plugin to purge cache via the LSCache and Nginx Helper plugins for popular WordPress plugins and themes.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Nginx Cache Purge Preload
Up in the last 7 days:181#11,624by Hasan CALISIR1 month ago
Nginx cache purge and preload for WordPress (FastCGI, Proxy, SCGI, uWSGI), plus a live Fail2Ban dashboard with attack maps and abuse reports.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Blizhost CloudCache Purge
Down in the last 7 days:71#12,554by Blizhost2 years ago
Automatic Cache Clearing and CloudCache Integration to Boost Speed and Protect Your Site with Enhanced Security.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
PageSpeed Module
Up in the last 7 days:43#12,654by kaggdesign7 days ago
PageSpeed Module plugin supports WordPress installation under Apache or Nginx with PageSpeed Module.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Nginx Mobile Theme
Up in the last 7 days:40#12,766by Takayuki Miyauchi8 years ago
This plugin allows you to switch theme according to the User Agent on the Nginx reverse proxy.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 66/day
Webglobe Purge Cache
Up in the last 7 days:107#17,078by Webglobe.sk2 years ago
Automatic cache purge when the content is updated. Works only with specialized hosting plans from Webglobe.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Zinn® Cache
#19,459by Zinn Digital®today
Page cache, Redis object cache and purging for nginx, Varnish, Apache, LiteSpeed and Cloudflare — updates refresh pages gradually, never all at once.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 16/day
FastCGI Cache for Ploi
Up in the last 7 days:639#22,301by Filipe Seabra1 month ago
Automatically flush your Ploi-managed site's Nginx FastCGI cache the moment content changes — no manual purging.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
NGINX Manager
#27,728by Hpatoio12 years ago
Easily purge Nginx cache. Each time a post is modified clear the cached version of the page and of all the related page.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Resource Versioning
Up in the last 7 days:472#34,120by Viktor Szépe8 years ago
Turn Query String Parameters into file revision numbers.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Remote Cache Purger
#41,653by Myros5 years ago
Plugin will empty remote server's cache content (only NGINX at this moment). Plugin Features Purge cache on multiple NGINX servers Cache can b …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Easy Digital Downloads
#46,162by DigitalME9 months ago
Compatibility plugin for Easy Digital Downloads on Pantheon
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nginx Proxy Cache Purge
Up in the last 7 days:1,038#47,017by John Levandowski8 years ago
Purges the nginx proxy cache when you publish or update a post or page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Network Nginx Proxy Cache Purge
Down in the last 7 days:8,470#48,199by Ron Rennick13 years ago
Event driven and on demand Nginx front end proxy cache purge utility.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DetourKit
Up in the last 7 days:15,877#51,722by Michael1 month ago
Indexed redirects with sitemap import, mass target editing, and Apache or Nginx export.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

FlynCache Purge
Up in the last 7 days:3,932#55,345by Wasim Akram9 days ago
Auto-detect and purge Nginx FastCGI, Redis, LiteSpeed, Cloudflare & CDN caches from one unified interface.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Periodic Nginx Cache Purger
Up in the last 7 days:10,387#62,401by Felix Mellitzer6 years ago
Purges cache once a week by default, running a WP Cron Job with Nginx Helper WordPress Plugin. The interval can be changed in the general settings in …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WeAmp Cache Control for ModPageSpeed
#62,810by oschaaf4 months ago
Full-page caching control panel for the ModPageSpeed server module: cache headers, purge-on-publish, per-post-type TTLs.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

wnokta nginx cache
Down in the last 7 days:13,225#65,157by wnokta6 years ago
WNOKTA Nginx Cache Eklentisi
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Oh My Cache!
#67,737by Butiá Labs2 months ago
Clears your NGINX or Redis page cache and then Cloudflare and retries anything that fails instead of losing it.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/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