Best w3tc plugins for WordPress
The most popular w3tc plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. APCu Manager leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of BI Clean Cache (10+) and WPMK Cache (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “W3TC” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 w3tc plugins
- 1.
APCu ManagerThe most installed w3tc plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 20 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.BI Clean Cache
10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 3.WPMK Cache
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 4.W3TC Minify Helper
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
All 4 plugins tagged “W3TC”

APCu Manager
Up in the last 7 days:9#1,878by Pierre Lannoy2 months ago
APCu statistics and management right in the WordPress admin dashboard.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(20)
- Downloads
- 98/day
BI Clean Cache
Up in the last 7 days:10,337#36,316by Jayesh Mahajan10 years ago
Plugin to run/set cron to clean Autoptimize plugin cache files
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPMK Cache
Up in the last 7 days:6,625#38,371by WPMK4 years ago
The easiest, fastest, most light-weight WordPress Cache plugin available.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
W3TC Minify Helper
Down in the last 7 days:4,558#65,994by Magenta Cuda7 years ago
record the sent order of the JavaScript files and use this to create a W3TC Minify configuration
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day