Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
W3 Total Cache
Active installs900,000+ rounded
Current authorBoldGrid
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2 days ago 04 Sep 2026
Support9 / 12 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record133
Rating4.4 /5 · 5,420
Added to directory29 Jul 2009
Requires WP6.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
PluginPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by BoldGrid 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| fredericktownes | 45 | 04 Aug 2009 | 21 Nov 2019 |
| barry | 1 | 21 Jun 2011 | 21 Jun 2011 |
| boldgrid | 38 | 18 Dec 2019 | 05 Aug 2026 |
| joemoto | 47 | 31 Mar 2020 | 19 May 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.
Very widely adopted: 900,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
43,770 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 394% 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 239,657/day06 Sep 2026
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 | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep | 03 Sep | 04 Sep | 05 Sep | 06 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 12,018 | 10,542 | 9,887 | 9,840 | 8,788 | 4,572 | 4,659 | 10,101 | 10,471 | 8,366 | 9,494 | 228,004 | 35,296 |
| Version | 2.10.5 | 2.10.5 | 2.10.5 | 2.10.5 | 2.10.5 | 2.10.5 | 2.10.5 | 2.10.5 | 2.10.5 | 2.10.5 | 2.10.5 | 2.10.6 | 2.10.6 | 2.10.6 |
| Support threads | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Threads resolved | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (5,420) · active installs (900,000+)
36 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 directory17 years ago 29 Jul 2009
Requires WP6.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 04 Sep 2026, 3 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 9 of 12 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 13 other plugins, 13 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.
- 04 Sep 20263 days agoVersion 2.10.6 released
- 18 Aug 202620 days agoVersion 2.10.5 released
- 05 Aug 20261 month agoVersion 2.10.4 released
- 02 Aug 20261 month 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.
- 27 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 2.10.3 released
- 16 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 2.10.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by boldgrid.
- 06 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 2.10.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by boldgrid.
- 24 Jun 20262 months agoVersion 2.10.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by boldgrid.
- 19 May 20264 months agoVersion 2.9.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by joemoto.
- 27 Mar 20265 months agoVersion 2.9.4-beta.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by boldgrid.
- 25 Mar 20265 months agoVersion 2.9.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by boldgrid.
- 05 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 2.9.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by boldgrid.
- 16 Jan 20268 months agoVersion 2.9.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by boldgrid.
- 15 Jan 20268 months agoVersion 2.9.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by boldgrid.
- 03 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 2.8.15 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by boldgrid.
- 02 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 2.8.14 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by joemoto.
- 09 Oct 202511 months agoVersion 2.8.13 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by boldgrid.
- 04 Aug 200917 years ago117 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 04 Aug 2009 and 15 Aug 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 29 Jul 200917 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 BoldGrid for all 36 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2 days ago (04 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 900,000+ active installs.
- It carries 5,420 ratings, averaging 4.4 out of 5.
- 9 of 12 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
Similar plugins
Plugins that share this one’s tags and talk about the same things in their own descriptions. Distinctive tags count for far more than broad ones. Sharing hover means something, sharing woocommerce does not, and a plugin that never mentions the subject matter is left out however its author tagged it. Among close matches, more widely installed plugins are listed first. This is a grouping rather than a ranking of quality.
LiteSpeed Cache
All-in-one unbeatable acceleration & PageSpeed improvement: caching, image/CSS/JS optimization...
7,000,000+ installs4.8★ (2,769)updated 01 Sep 2026
Compare side by side Super Page Cache – Cloudflare Cache, Page Speed & Core Web Vitals
Boost PageSpeed, SEO, and Core Web Vitals with full page caching, JS/CSS optimization, media optimization, and Cloudflare CDN.
70,000+ installs4.8★ (508)updated 31 Aug 2026
far fewer installs
Compare side by side Clearfy Cache – WordPress optimization plugin, Minify HTML, CSS & JS, Defer
Optimize and tweak WordPress by disable unused features. Improve performance, SEO and security using Clearfy — super easy, fast and zero code.
50,000+ installs4.7★ (339)updated 23 Jul 2026
far fewer installs
Compare side by side BerqWP – All-In-One Optimization for Core Web Vitals, Cache, CDN, Images, CSS & JavaScript
Automatically boost your PageSpeed score to 90+ for both mobile & desktop and pass Core Web Vitals for WordPress website without any technical skills.
4,000+ installs4.2★ (52)updated 04 Sep 2026
far fewer installs
Compare side by side Hummingbird Performance – Cache & Page Speed Optimization for Core Web Vitals | Critical CSS | Minify CSS | Defer CSS Javascript | CDN
Optimize PageSpeed Performance & Core Web Vitals, Advanced Cache, Minify CSS & JavaScript, Inline Critical CSS, Defer CSS & JS, Smush & Lazy Load, CDN
70,000+ installs4.7★ (1,487)updated 01 Sep 2026
far fewer installs
Compare side by side SpeedyCache – Cache, Optimization, Performance
SpeedyCache is a WordPress cache plugin that helps you improve performance of your WordPress site by caching, minifying, and compressing your website.
600,000+ installs4.4★ (30)updated 24 Jun 2026
Compare side by side Grouped from the tags each author chose for their own plugin, so the grouping is only as good as those tags.
Reach out about this record
Corrections, missing context, or anything else about W3 Total Cache: a person reads every submission, and corrections get a reply within 5 business days.