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.
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Top 10 purge plugins
- 1.
Proxy Cache PurgeThe most installed purge plugin, with 50K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 26 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.Clear Cache for Me
40K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 29 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 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.Server-Side Cache AutoPurge
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 5.
Nginx Cache8K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 24 reviews, updated 6 months ago.
- 6.
Purge Varnish Cache1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 7.
Hestia Nginx Cache1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.
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.
- 9.
Cache Purge Helper200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 10.
Nginx Cache Purge Preload200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
All 42 plugins tagged “Purge”

Proxy Cache Purge
Up in the last 7 days:3#760by Danila Vershinin2 months ago
Automatically empty proxy cached content when your site is modified.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.4(26)
- Downloads
- 384/day
Clear Cache for Me
Up in the last 7 days:2#832by webheadcoder4 months ago
Purges cache on WPEngine, W3TC, WP Super Cache, WP Fastest Cache when widgets, menus, settings update. Forces browsers to reload CSS and JS files.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.8(29)
- Downloads
- 155/day
Simple Revisions Delete
Up in the last 7 days:8#1,512by Brice Capobianco1 month ago
Delete the revisions of a post one by one or all at once, from the block editor, the classic editor or a bulk action.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(50)
- Downloads
- 173/day
Server-Side Cache AutoPurge
Up in the last 7 days:6#1,806by suresupport4 months ago
Purge server-side cache automatically after making website changes. Optimized for servers managed by SureSupport.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 42/day

Nginx Cache
#2,341by 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

Purge Varnish Cache
Down in the last 7 days:34#5,428by Dsingh5 months ago
Clean clear VARNISH cache automatically when content on your site is created or modified, also allow you to purge VARNISH cache manually.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Hestia Nginx Cache
Up in the last 7 days:78#5,762by 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
- 33/day

Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching
Down in the last 7 days:18#8,449by 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
- 11/day

Cache Purge Helper
Down in the last 7 days:38#11,394by 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:25#11,700by 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
WSA
Up in the last 7 days:22#11,747by Astral Internet2 months ago
On servers using the website accelerator by Astral Internet, the module offers the ability to automatically purge the cache when a page is modified.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Webreact integration for SpinupWP and Cloudflare
Up in the last 7 days:9#14,684by webreact2 months ago
Integrates SpinupWP with Cloudflare for automatic cache purging using API tokens or API keys.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 12/day

Akamai for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:106#14,972by akamaidevrel8 years ago
The Akamai for WordPress plugin integrates automatically with Akamai to purge the cache when you create or update a post/page.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 2.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
AZKA Uncache My Cache
Down in the last 7 days:12#15,819by jahrard6 months ago
Automatically purges caches after WordPress updates. Supports 13+ cache systems, maintenance alerts, and update visibility control.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Purge Cache
Up in the last 7 days:60#16,600by bebjakub3 years ago
Purge Cloudflare Cache of the Post with additional URLs on the Post update, Purge Everything button.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Webglobe Purge Cache
Up in the last 7 days:214#17,044by 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
Lookit Cloudflare Cache Purge
Up in the last 7 days:268#19,172by lookitdesign2 months ago
Granular Cloudflare cache control from the admin bar — purge a single page, any URL, or the entire site, right from wp-admin.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

PixelParade Smart Purge for Breeze Cache
#20,890by PixelParade3 months ago
Intelligently purges CPT archives, taxonomies, and page-builder hub pages when content changes in Breeze Cache.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Lookit Cache Purge for Sucuri
Down in the last 7 days:82#20,980by lookitdesign2 months ago
Granular Sucuri cache purge from the WordPress admin bar. Purge a single URL, or the entire site, without leaving wp-admin.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/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
- 0/day

Nahnu Cache Connector for Bunny.net
Down in the last 7 days:829#25,510by Jaime Alnassim4 days ago
Bunny.net CDN for WordPress: purge sync for 18 cache plugins, 75+ edge rules, Shield WAF bypasses, security headers and MainWP/ManageWP support.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 12/day

MSCache Varnish Purge
Down in the last 7 days:312#25,574by Managedserver.it4 months ago
Purge Varnish cache from the WordPress admin: automatic purge on content changes, exclusions, manual tools and full cache purge.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/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

Naibabiji Cache Purger for EdgeOne
Up in the last 7 days:241#28,072by 奶爸建站笔记5 months ago
Automatically purge Tencent Cloud EdgeOne cache when WordPress posts are published, updated, or deleted.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

PageSpeed Purge Button
Up in the last 7 days:218#29,301by salaros7 years ago
Creates a button on WP Admin Bar which allows one to purge Google PageSpeed module's cache via PURGE HTTP request
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Purgify
#29,933by Deepak Rajpal23 days ago
Clear all caches in one click, clear transients, and purge individual database rows by key, from the admin toolbar or Tools → Purgify.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

PURGE BOX
#32,874by katsuhisa ogawa1 year ago
合同会社レッドボックスが提供している「定額CDN エッジキャッシュCDN」全サービスでご利用できるWordpress用キャッシュ削除プラグインです。
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Cache Purge for Azure Front Door
Up in the last 7 days:11,735#34,287by hiberus9 months ago
Manage and execute Azure Front Door cache purges from your WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
APC Cache Purge
#34,737by 2020media11 years ago
This is a simple, single purpose plugin to flush the APC cache.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

jPress Archive
Down in the last 7 days:1,112#34,790by joharyjoox10 years ago
Manual archive features for all your post types using post status features, also with a widget and purge features.
- 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
Nginx Proxy Cache Purge
Down in the last 7 days:2,432#47,145by John Levandowski8 years ago
Purges the nginx proxy cache when you publish or update a post or page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Spam Catharsis
#47,990by Brian Layman12 years ago
Automatically deletes all spam comments older than 15 days.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Emetrio Media Purge
Up in the last 7 days:17,705#50,562by emetriodevs3 months ago
Emetrio Media Purge finds and bulk-deletes unused WordPress attachments to keep your media library clean and organized.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ClassicFlare
Up in the last 7 days:17,756#52,141by Butiá Labs10 days ago
Clears the Cloudflare cache when posts, comments, feeds or sitemaps change. Works on ClassicPress and WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

WooFlare
#54,324by Matt Miller16 days ago
WooFlare provides automated Cloudflare cache control for WooCommerce stores.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Periodic Nginx Cache Purger
Up in the last 7 days:10,660#55,930by 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

Decouplix Previews & Smart Purge
#57,410by Deepak Kumar3 months ago
Optimize headless WordPress editing with secure previews, webhook dispatch queueing, automated CDN cache invalidation, and custom WP-CLI tools.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Cache Tags for Cloudflare
#58,700by Per Søderlind3 months ago
Precise Cloudflare cache purging for WordPress: adds Cache-Tag headers and purges only affected posts, pages, and terms.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Smart Cache Purge & Warm for Cloudflare
#62,754by Divyanshu tailor2 months ago
Targeted cache purging and controlled cache warming for WordPress sites using Cloudflare.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Paradarum CDN Purge
#68,552by paradarum3 months ago
Automatically purges the Paradarum CDN cache for the routes affected whenever you publish or modify content.
- 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