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Best WordPress Plugins for Nginx

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Nginx

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for nginx comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Speed Optimizer Best overall 85/100
  2. 2. Proxy Cache Purge 85/100
  3. 3. Nginx Cache 82/100
  4. 4. Hestia Nginx Cache 81/100
  5. 5. Nginx Cache Purge Preload 78/100
  6. 6. TNC Toolbox: Web Performance 77/100
  7. 7. Nginx Helper 75/100
  8. 8. PageSpeed Module 74/100
  9. 9. Cleavr Clear Cache 72/100
  10. 10. Cache control by Cacholong 71/100
  11. 11. LWSCache 70/100
  12. 12. WPBase Cache 65/100
  13. 13. Blizhost CloudCache Purge 53/100
  14. 14. AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget 51/100
  15. 15. Nginx Cache Controller 50/100
1 Speed Optimizer
Best overall Free by SiteGround

Speed Optimizer

Boost your website performance and page speed, and increase conversions with powerful caching, frontend, media, and environment optimizations.

4.2★
from 639 ratings
1M+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
85

WPScore

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3 Nginx Cache
Free by Till Krüss

Nginx Cache

Purge the Nginx cache (FastCGI, Proxy, uWSGI) automatically when content changes or manually within WordPress.

4.6★
from 23 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
82

WPScore

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4 Hestia Nginx Cache
Free by Juniper

Hestia Nginx Cache

Purged the Nginx cache automatically after making website changes. Uses the new HestiaCP API, released in 1.6.0.

5★
from 9 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
81

WPScore

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5 Nginx Cache Purge Preload
Free by Hasan CALISIR

Nginx Cache Purge Preload

The most comprehensive free solution for managing Nginx (FastCGI, Proxy, SCGI, UWSGI) cache operations directly from your WordPress dashboard.

5★
from 4 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
78

WPScore

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7 Nginx Helper
Free by rtCamp

Nginx Helper

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

4.4★
from 31 ratings
200k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
75

WPScore

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8 PageSpeed Module
Free by kaggdesign

PageSpeed Module

PageSpeed Module plugin supports WordPress installation under Apache or Nginx with PageSpeed Module.

4.5★
from 4 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Mar 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
74

WPScore

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9 Cleavr Clear Cache
Free by cleavrdev

Cleavr Clear Cache

Manage NGINX FastCGI cache for Cleavr sites. Add a clear cache hook to clear cache with one click or automatically when content updates.

5★
from 2 ratings
300+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
72

WPScore

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11 LWSCache
Free by Aurélien LWS

LWSCache

This plugin lets you manage and automatically purge your hosting's LWSCache whenever you edit your website's content

5★
from 6 ratings
6k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
70

WPScore

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12 WPBase Cache
Free by baseapp

WPBase Cache

A wordpress plugin for using all caches on varnish, nginx, php-fpm stack with php-apc. This plugin includes db-cache-reloaded-fix for dbcache.

5★
from 3 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2025
Tested to
WP 6.7.7
65

WPScore

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