Title: Nginx Cache Author: Till Krüss Published: 20 An t-Samhain 2014 Last modified: 26 An t-Samhain 2024 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/nginx-cache/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=1029092) ![](https://ps.w.org/nginx-cache/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=1029092) # Nginx Cache By [Till Krüss](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tillkruess/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/nginx-cache.1.0.7.zip) * [Details](https://gd.wordpress.org/plugins/nginx-cache/#description) * [Reviews](https://gd.wordpress.org/plugins/nginx-cache/#reviews) * [Installation](https://gd.wordpress.org/plugins/nginx-cache/#installation) * [Development](https://gd.wordpress.org/plugins/nginx-cache/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nginx-cache/) ## Description Purge the [Nginx](http://nginx.org) cache (FastCGI, Proxy, uWSGI) automatically when content changes or manually within WordPress. Requirements: * The [Filesystem API](https://codex.wordpress.org/Filesystem_API) needs to function without asking for credentials. * Nginx and PHP need to run under the same user, or PHP’s user needs write access to Nginx’s cache path. ## Screenshots * [[ * Plugin settings page. ## Installation For detailed installation instructions, please read the [standard installation procedure for WordPress plugins](https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Installing_Plugins). 1. Install and activate plugin. 2. Enter “Cache Zone Path” under _Tools -> Nginx_. 3. Done. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f731bd1ab0eb2acd6aee8eea248e8e0ff440053ff9de27f459e5b1bcaee7aa67? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Another Outstanding Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-outstanding-plugin/)󠁿 [E-Liquids UK](https://profiles.wordpress.org/notblowingsmoke/) 7 An Dàmhair 2024 Another outstanding plugin from same developer who created Redis Object Cache Pro! The plugin is lightweight and effective for purging nginx cache, teaming this plugin with “syncthing” allows us to clear our caches across multiple servers in the pool. It’s part of our core. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e71f35ab2f410140e01f237ee7b4a022cde3136e9ee7a90e3c1d9fe37e68632b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works with 6.5.3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-with-6-5-3/)󠁿 [imissit](https://profiles.wordpress.org/imissit/) 7 An Cèitean 2024 Best plugin I’ve ever come across. Does the job, for free, asks nothing in return, and is insanely minimal. Till is a legend. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7545a548d31f733628975527edd94885c7b615d0d47d1cbe3eec98beb6423d64? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Don’t be fooled by lack of updates](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dont-be-fooled-by-lack-of-updates/)󠁿 [keysuck](https://profiles.wordpress.org/keysuck/) 24 An Dàmhair 2023 This plugin is the ONLY one that actually purges FastCGI cache without any impact to the website. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cd2f76d81cf7a6677dd1ab4d5b07b978f0e28f1862fd47c414e204f0884c597c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Simple & Perfect – Thanks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-perfect-thanks/)󠁿 [Chinmay Rajyaguru](https://profiles.wordpress.org/inis/) 8 An t-Iuchar 2022 Easy to use, and Handy tool ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f5bcb0b183b67586e10f7445d22cd543c1dfa05ea3992dcdac543429532177b6? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great plugin with some minor issues](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-with-some-minor-issues/)󠁿 [Gulshan Kumar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thegulshankumar/) 29 An t-Ògmhios 2022 Doesn’t purge Hindi encoded URL permalink ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9718fab76f578e35b6c94f0ae6dc82d650806f8f13033a383036f35b9b55852d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Best (and free) WordPress cache plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/best-and-free-wordpress-cache-plugin/)󠁿 [wudesign](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wudesign/) 31 Am Faoilleach 2022 I have tried almost every cache plugin for WordPress during 10 years, many of them are very lightweight (which I prefer) such as WP Super Cache, Fastest Cache, Comet Cache, Cache Enabler… they are all great and work well. (Other cache plugins like WP Rocket, Swift Performance, W3 Total Cache, Litespeed LS cache, Nitropack are too bloated imo.) After some years I learned that actually if you have Nginx servers, and enable the FastCGI cache… you don’t need to use any “old-fashioned” cache plugins! Immediately I was addicted to this setup… launch $5 LEMP cloud server and enable FastCGI cache in my Nginx config, and fantastic performance with no more worrying about bloated plugins and errors with cache plugins. The problem? How to clear my Nginx cache? I was deleting the cache folder in my SSH window every time and super annoying. I discovered the EasyEngine plugin called Nginx Helper, it was fantastic! However, some of the settings did not require in my situation so I looked more. After that I finally found Mr. Till’s Nginx Cache plugin and very lightweight… This plugin is what I use now, very easy and no bloat. I can use this plugin for all LEMP script like WordOps, SlickStack, and Webinoly and everything in my entire server is free open source software. Great work! And your Redis Cache plugin too, a perfect match. [ Read all 23 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nginx-cache/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Nginx Cache” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Till Krüss ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tillkruess/) “Nginx Cache” has been translated into 6 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/nginx-cache/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Nginx Cache” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/nginx-cache) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nginx-cache/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/nginx-cache/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/nginx-cache/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/nginx-cache/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.7 * Support newer versions of Nginx in `validate_dirlist()` #### 1.0.6 * Fixed rare issue in `validate_dirlist()` #### 1.0.5 * Added `nginx_cache_zone_purged` action #### 1.0.4 * Improved translatable strings * Fixed auto-purge bug * Fixed bug when validating directory #### 1.0.3 * Create cache directory if it doesn’t exists * Re-create cache directory after cache purge * Allow post types to be excluded from triggering a cache purge #### 1.0.2 * Fixed 4.6 issue with file-system credentials #### 1.0.1 * Improved testing of file-system credentials #### 1.0 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **1.0.7** * Last updated **1 bhliadhna ago** * Active installations **10,000+** * WordPress version ** 3.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.7.5** * Languages * [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/nginx-cache/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nginx-cache/), [Finnish](https://fi.wordpress.org/plugins/nginx-cache/), [Italian](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/nginx-cache/), [Japanese](https://ja.wordpress.org/plugins/nginx-cache/), [Korean](https://ko.wordpress.org/plugins/nginx-cache/), and [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/nginx-cache/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/nginx-cache) * Tags * [cache](https://gd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cache/)[fastcgi](https://gd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/fastcgi/) [flush](https://gd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/flush/)[nginx](https://gd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/nginx/) [Purge](https://gd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/purge/) * [Advanced View](https://gd.wordpress.org/plugins/nginx-cache/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.6 out of 5 stars. * [ 19 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nginx-cache/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 2 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nginx-cache/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nginx-cache/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nginx-cache/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 2 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nginx-cache/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nginx-cache/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nginx-cache/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Till Krüss ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tillkruess/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nginx-cache/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://github.com/sponsors/tillkruss)