Best reverse proxy plugins for WordPress
The most popular reverse proxy plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Nginx Cache Controller leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Juliet Just Masks (50+) and MSCache Varnish Purge (20+). All 4 plugins tagged “reverse proxy” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 reverse proxy plugins
- 1.Nginx Cache Controller
The most installed reverse proxy plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 15 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 2.Juliet Just Masks
50+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
MSCache Varnish Purge20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 4.Brilliant Directories Site Connector
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 4 plugins tagged “reverse proxy”
Nginx Cache Controller
Down in the last 7 days:1#6,160by Takayuki Miyauchi4 years ago
Provides some functions of controlling Nginx proxy server cache.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(15)
- Downloads
- 93/day
Juliet Just Masks
Up in the last 7 days:3,355#20,227by Harsh Trivedi1 month ago
High-performance URL masking and stealth routing mask manager. Reverse proxy remote apps and landing pages on your own domain without iframes.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/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
Brilliant Directories Site Connector
Down in the last 7 days:9,601#67,380by Brilliant Directories17 days ago
Host a Brilliant Directories site through a website subfolder without manually uploading proxy files.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day