Active installations700Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.5 / 5 from 2 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org
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WP PlugIndex currently records Batcache version 1.5 as active, updated 6y ago and tested up to WordPress 5.3.
Overview
About this plugin
Batcache uses Memcached to store and serve rendered pages. It can also optionally cache redirects. It’s not as fast as Donncha’s WP-Super-Cache but it can be used where file-based caching is not practical or not desired.
For instance, any site that is run on more than one server should use Batcache because it allows all servers to use the same storage.
Development testing showed a 40x reduction in page generation times: pages generated in 200ms were served from the cache in 5ms. Traffic simulations with Siege demonstrate that WordPress can handle up to twenty times more traffic with Batcache installed.
Batcache is aimed at preventing a flood of traffic from breaking your site. It does this by serving old pages to new users. This reduces the demand on the web server CPU and the database.
It also means some people may see a page that is a few minutes old. However this only applies to people who have not interacted with your web site before. Once they have logged in or left a comment they will always get fresh pages.
Possible future features:
Comments, edits, and new posts will trigger cache regeneration
Online installation assistance
Configuration page
Stats
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
cache
memcache
memcached
performance
speed
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 5.3
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 5.3.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to5.3
Minimum requirementsWordPress 3.2 · PHP not listed
Update activity28 Mar 20206y ago
“Tested up to” is directory metadata supplied by the plugin author. WP PlugIndex does not turn an older declaration into a claim that the plugin is incompatible.
Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex
Recent tracked changes
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