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Best purge plugins for WordPress

The most popular purge plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Proxy Cache Purge leads with 50K+ active installs, ahead of Clear Cache for Me (40K+) and Simple Revisions Delete (10K+). All 42 plugins tagged “Purge” 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 purge plugins

  1. 1.
    Proxy Cache Purge

    The most installed purge plugin, with 50K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 26 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  2. 2.
    Clear Cache for Me

    40K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 29 reviews, updated 4 months ago.

  3. 3.
    Simple Revisions Delete

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 50 reviews, updated 1 month ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  4. 4.
    Server-Side Cache AutoPurge

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, updated 4 months ago.

  5. 5.
    Nginx Cache

    8K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 24 reviews, updated 6 months ago.

  6. 6.
    Purge Varnish Cache

    1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, updated 5 months ago.

  7. 7.
    Hestia Nginx Cache

    1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  8. 8.
    Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching

    600+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.

  9. 9.
    Cache Purge Helper

    200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.

  10. 10.
    Nginx Cache Purge Preload

    200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.

All 42 plugins tagged “Purge”