Hyper Cache Extended
Hyper Cache Extended is flexible and easy to configure cache system for WordPress. It's aim is to work on any installation.
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Hyper Cache Extended shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 300+ sites, is rated 4.9/5 and was last updated 8 years ago, and scores 38/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (300+ active installs)
- No update in 8 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.9 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Hyper Cache Extended stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| cache | >100 |
| chaching | #6 |
| performance | >100 |
| speed | >100 |
| super cache | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 from 14 reviews
About Hyper Cache Extended
From the official readme · v1.6.3Description
Hyper Cache Extended is a new cache system for WordPress, specifically written for
people which have their blogs on low resources hosting provider
(cpu and mysql). It works even with hosting based on Microsoft IIS (just tuning
the configuration). It has three invalidation method: all the cache, single post
based and nothing but with control on home and archive pages invalidation.
Hyper Cache Extended is based on original wordpress plugin “Hyper Cache” wich is
writen by Satollo (https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/hyper-cache)
It has not yet tested for multisite configuration (WordPress 3.0 feature).
Some features:
- compatible with the plugin wp-pda which enables a blog to be accessible from mobile devices
- manages (both) plain and gzip compressed pages
- autoclean system to reduce the disk usage
- 404 caching
- redirects caching
- easy to configure
- Global Translator compatibility
- Last Modified http header compatibility with 304 responses
- compressed storage to reduce the disk space usage
- agents, urls and cookies based rejection configurable
- easy to integrated with other plugins
- option to move cache to other partition/disk
- only serve cached pages when web server average load is above a certain number
More can be read on the official plugin page and write me
if you have issues to lazarov@mail.bg
Contribute to project:
http://github.com/mlazarov/Hyper-Cache-Extended
Thanks to:
- Satollo which is the creator of Hyper Cache
- Amaury Balmer for internationalization and other modifications
- Frank Luef for german translation
- HypeScience, Martin Steldinger, Giorgio Guglielmino for test and bugs submissions
- Ishtiaq to ask me about compatibility with wp-pda
- Gene Steinberg to ask for an autoclean system
- Marcis Gasun (fatcow.com) for Bielorussian translation
- many others I don’t remember
Installation
- Put the plugin folder into [wordpress_dir]/wp-content/plugins/
- Go into the WordPress admin interface and activate the plugin
- Add define(“WP_CACHE”,true); to wp-config.php just after the define(“WPLANG”, …);.
- Optional: go to the options page and configure the plugin
Before upgrade DEACTIVATE the plugin and then ACTIVATE and RECONFIGURE!
Changelog
1.6.0
- Adding smart home caching feature
1.5.0
- Adding screenshosts section
1.4.0
- Updating mobile user agents list (Thanks to Stoyan Stanev)
1.3.0
- Disabling cleanup process when server is above max load average
- Fixing wrong used reject config item
- A zero (or less) value means a cached page is valid forever
1.2.0
- Adding default (optimal) value for max load average
1.1.1
- Install instructions update
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FAQ
Hyper Cache Extended: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 3, 2026
Is Hyper Cache Extended free?
Yes. Hyper Cache Extended is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Hyper Cache Extended safe to use in 2026?
Hyper Cache Extended shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 300+ sites, is rated 4.9/5 and was last updated 8 years ago, and scores 38/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Hyper Cache Extended?
Hyper Cache Extended is active on 300+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 77,545 times since it launched in November 2010. It was downloaded 106 times in the last 30 days.
Does Hyper Cache Extended work with WordPress 7.1?
Hyper Cache Extended is officially tested up to WordPress 4.9.33, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Hyper Cache Extended last updated?
The latest version, 1.6.3, was released on April 11, 2018 (8 years ago).
Who makes Hyper Cache Extended?
Hyper Cache Extended is developed and maintained by mlazarov.
What are the best alternatives to Hyper Cache Extended?
The most popular alternatives to Hyper Cache Extended are WP Super Cache (1M+ installs), WP Fastest Cache (1M+ installs) and WP-Optimize (1M+ installs).
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