Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
The Cache Purger
Active installs1,000+ rounded
Current authorKevin Pirnie
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release15 days ago 13 Aug 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record13
Rating4.5 /5 · 6
Added to directory08 Oct 2021
Requires WP6.2
Requires PHP8.2
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Kevin Pirnie throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| kevp75 | 13 | 01 Sep 2025 | 13 Aug 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Moderately adopted: 1,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.
33 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 64% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
08 Aug 2026peak 313/day28 Aug 2026
Install band rose to 1,000+ on 16 Aug 2026, from 800+. Both figures are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable from them.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 15 Aug | 16 Aug | 17 Aug | 18 Aug | 19 Aug | 20 Aug | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 33 | 22 | 142 | 80 | 49 | 0 | 94 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Active installs | 800+ | 1,000+ | 1,000+ | 1,000+ | 1,000+ | 1,000+ | 1,000+ | 1,000+ | 1,000+ | 1,000+ | 1,000+ | 1,000+ | 1,000+ | 1,000+ |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (6) · version (2.3.40) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (1)
27 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory4.5 years ago 08 Oct 2021
Requires WP6.2
Requires PHP8.2
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 13 Aug 2026, 15 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 1 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 2 other plugins, 2 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 15 Aug 202614 days agoInstall band moved to 800+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 13 Aug 202616 days agoVersion 2.3.40 released
- 13 Aug 202616 days agoVersion 2.3.39 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kevp75.
- 02 Aug 202627 days agoInstall band moved to 1,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 202627 days agoFirst observed by PluginPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 11 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 2.3.21 released
- 18 Jun 20262 months agoVersion 2.3.03 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kevp75.
- 20 May 20263 months agoVersion 2.1.48 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kevp75.
- 20 May 20263 months agoVersion 2.1.63 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kevp75.
- 20 May 20263 months agoVersion 2.2.78 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kevp75.
- 20 May 20263 months agoVersion 2.2.86 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kevp75.
- 20 May 20263 months agoVersion 2.2.88 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kevp75.
- 20 May 20263 months agoVersion 2.2.97 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kevp75.
- 01 Sep 202512 months agoVersion 2.0.11 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kevp75.
- 01 Sep 202512 months agoVersion 2.1.01 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kevp75.
- 01 Sep 202512 months agoVersion 2.1.36 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kevp75.
- 08 Oct 20214.5 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by Kevin Pirnie for all 27 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 15 days ago (13 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 1,000+ active installs.
- It carries 6 ratings, averaging 4.5 out of 5.
- 1 of 1 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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