Best static cache plugins for WordPress
The most popular static cache plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Static Cache leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of WP Power Cache (fewer than 10) and Basil (fewer than 10). All 5 plugins tagged “static cache” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 static cache plugins
- 1.WP Static Cache
The most installed static cache plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 2.
WP Power CacheFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 3.
BasilFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
Jinx Fast-CacheFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.0.
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Static Cache WranglerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 5 plugins tagged “static cache”
WP Static Cache
Up in the last 7 days:7,372#40,349by blode10 years ago
A very simple & fast caching engine for WordPress that produces static html files for your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Power Cache
Down in the last 7 days:2,544#60,775by Milap5 months ago
A high-performance static page caching engine that generates HTML snapshots of your WordPress site for near-instant loading times.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Basil
Down in the last 7 days:11,130#70,219by basilcache1 month ago
Rule-driven static page caching with explicit, deterministic control over which pages may be cached.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Jinx Fast-Cache
Down in the last 7 days:4,515#73,345by Lukas Rydygel - Jinx Digital25 days ago
Blazing fast full-page caching for WordPress. Jinx Fast-Cache serves static HTML files, bypassing PHP and database overhead entirely.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Static Cache Wrangler
Down in the last 7 days:12,948#73,377by derickschaefer2 months ago
Monitor cache coverage and identify uncached content for Static Cache Wrangler.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day