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The Cache Purger · Version history

The Cache Purger changelog and version history

Latest version
2.3.59
Sep 2, 2026 (2 months ago)
Releases
14
since 2025
In the last year
11
about one every 11 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 8.2 or later

Releases each year

  • 20253 releases
  • 202611 releases

202611 releases

  1. The Cache Purger 2.3.59Latest

    • Fix: Stop the file purge from deleting the WP Super Cache plugin directory
    • Fix: redis connect/auth/select and catch throwables in the redis purge
    • Fix: the pagespeed header detection so the purge actually runs
    • Fix: Send the varnish purge Host header using the correct HTTP API key
    • Fix: Guard the nginx cache globs against a false return
    • Fix: Keep the php cache slug list intact across multiple purges in one request
    • Fix: Render the activation and notice markup and correct the PHP version checks
    • Fix: Clean up all options, transients, scheduled actions, and logs on uninstall
    • Fix: Prefix the purge flag transient and clear it once the long purge finishes
    • Fix: Unschedule the recurring purges when their settings are turned off
    • Fix: Respect the logging setting when writing the exceptions log
    • Fix: Gate the admin bar log purge node to manage_options
    • Fix: Correct the mangled exclude option names in the documentation
    • Fix: Prepare the transient purge query
    • Fix: Purge site transients alongside the standard ones
    • Fix: Silence the nonce sniff on the read-only submenu highlighting
    • Fix: Document why ssl verification is disabled on origin IP purges
    • Fix: Tighten header guards, redis scan iterator, and opcache invalidation
    • Fix: Guard the divi cache glob against a false return
    • Fix: Catch throwables from the fastly purge
    • Update: Fastly module

  2. The Cache Purger 2.3.40

    • Fix version tested bump back to 7.1
    • 7.2 is in too early stages to use

  3. The Cache Purger 2.3.39

    • Verify: WP Core 7.2
    • Update: File cache purging now uses the WordPress Filesystem API
    • Update: WP REST Cache table truncation now uses prepared identifiers
    • Fix: Unslash and sanitize request method checks on manual and log purges
    • Update: Required min. core version to 6.2
    • Update: Frameworks; fastly, guzzle, field framework, woocommerce action scheduler

  4. The Cache Purger 2.3.21

    • Fix: Permissions for Log purging in admin bar
    • Update: Logging path and filenames
    • Update: Guzzle, Symphony, and Action Scheduler packages
    • Fix: Admin bar onclick events

  5. The Cache Purger 2.3.03

    • Fix: pre-unslashing purge querystrings
    • Verify: WP Core 7.1

  6. The Cache Purger 2.2.97

    • Add: SQLite Object Cache support
    • Upgrade: Fastly CDN library
    • Upgrade: Action Scheduler library
    • Upgrade: Field library
    • Cleanup: Pre version 2

  7. The Cache Purger 2.2.88

    • Upgrade: Fastly CDN library
    • Fix: Issue saving some fields in settings library

  8. The Cache Purger 2.2.86

  9. The Cache Purger 2.2.78

    • Upgrade: Fastly CDN library
    • Swap: Settings framework
    • Update: Menu names
    • Add: Log purge to top menu
    • Fix: Manual purge’s security

  10. The Cache Purger 2.1.63

    • Bump: Minimum PHP version to 8.2
    • Bump: Minimum WordPress version to 6.0
    • Upgrade: Fastly CDN library
    • Fix: GoDaddy cache purge not logging on scheduled/repeat purges
    • Fix: Nginx cache purge pre-action hook
    • Fix: Typo in SiteGround cache purge log call
    • Fix: Sucuri API purge guard
    • Fix: Varnish purge

  11. The Cache Purger 2.1.48

20253 releases

  1. The Cache Purger 2.1.36

    • Update: Vendor libraries
    • Bump: Minimum PHP version to 8.1
    • Remove: WP-CLI cache clearing
    • Restructure: Common functionality for better organization and slightly improved purge performance
    • Add: Redis prefix/key scoped flushing
    • Fix: Redis database-scoped flush
    • Fix: load_textdomain deprecation notice

  2. The Cache Purger 2.1.01

    • Verify: WordPress 6.9 compatibility
    • Verify: PHP 8.4 compatibility
    • Add: Redis database ID and authentication support
    • Update: Fastly CDN library
    • Update: Action Scheduler library
    • Add: Admin notice for sites running PHP 8.0 or lower

  3. The Cache Purger 2.0.11

    • Add: SpinUpWP hosting support
    • Update: Documentation
    • Update: Fastly CDN library
    • Update: Action Scheduler library
    • Fix: Action Scheduler calls for background purge jobs
    • Fix: Footer link

Questions about The Cache Purger’s releases

What is the latest version of The Cache Purger?

2.3.59, released on Sep 2, 2026 (2 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 8.2 or later.

How often is The Cache Purger updated?

11 releases in the last year, about one every 11 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from September 2025.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in The Cache Purger’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.