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Nginx Helper

Cleans nginx's fastcgi/proxy cache or redis-cache whenever a post is edited/published. Also does a few more things.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version2.4.1
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 3.0 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update9 Sept 20261mo ago
Active installations200K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.4 / 5 from 31 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Nginx Helper version 2.4.1 as active, updated 1mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

  • Removes index.php from permalinks when using WordPress with nginx.
  • Adds support for purging redis-cache when used as full-page cache created using nginx-srcache-module
  • Adds support for nginx fastcgi_cache_purge & proxy_cache_purge directive from module. Provides settings so you can customize purging rules.
  • Adds support for nginx map{..} on a WordPress-multisite network installation. Using it, Nginx can serve PHP file uploads even if PHP/MySQL crashes. Please check the tutorial list below for related Nginx configurations.

Tutorials

You will need to follow one or more tutorials below to get desired functionality:

  • Nginx Map + WordPress-Multisite + Static Files Handling
  • Nginx + WordPress + fastcgi_purge_cache
  • Nginx + WordPress-Multisite (Subdirectories) + fastcgi_purge_cache
  • Nginx + WordPress-Multisite (Subdomains/domain-mapping) + fastcgi_purge_cache
  • Other WordPress-Nginx Tutorials
WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • cache purge
  • redis cache
  • fastcgi
  • nginx
  • permalinks
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 3.0 · PHP not listed
Update activity9 Sept 20261mo ago

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Recent tracked changes

Version2.4.02.4.1
Version2.3.52.4.0
WordPress compatibility6.8.87.1
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