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Proxy Cache Purge

by Danila Vershinin · 50,000+ active installs · Checked 4 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 2 Sep 2026, 25 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

93/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Proxy Cache Purge
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
SupportNo data
Reputation60

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Proxy Cache Purge still maintained?
Yes. Last release 2 Sep 2026, 25 releases in the last 24 months. 2 Sep 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Proxy Cache Purge, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer dvershinin since Jan 2024. 4 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Proxy Cache Purge removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026. 4 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Proxy Cache Purge safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 4 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Proxy Cache Purge update safe to install?
No ownership change before 5.12.3. No one-star spike after it. 16 Aug 2026 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

  • InfoMOM-2Downloads in the last 4 weeks are down more than half vs the 26-week average. Review this plugin.4 Nov 2026Evidence

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
Ipstenu28 Mar 2013 to 19 Oct 2023, 107 commits
dvershinin26 Jan 2024 to 2 Sep 2026, 87 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2011.

Maintenance

Last release
2 months ago
Releases, 24 months
25
Tested up to
7.0 vs 7.1
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Proxy Cache Purge
Q1 20241
Q2 20240
Q3 20241
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20251
Q4 20255
Q1 20269
Q2 20267
Q3 20263
Q4 20260

Last release 2 Sep 2026. Tested up to 7.0, 1 major version behind WordPress 7.1.

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.4.

Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q2 2025 and Q1 2026.

Rating distribution
5 star19
4 star2
3 star3
2 star1
1 star1
Latest low reviews

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Changelog mentions of security fixes: 5.11.1 (security, nonce).

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

100% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Momentum

50,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Proxy Cache Purge
4 May 2026577
11 May 20261,741
18 May 20262,269
25 May 202621,642
1 Jun 20263,950
8 Jun 20262,616
15 Jun 202615,606
22 Jun 202633,403
29 Jun 20264,415
6 Jul 20263,072
13 Jul 20262,234
20 Jul 20262,367
27 Jul 202618,604
3 Aug 202619,748
10 Aug 202613,108
17 Aug 202610,421
24 Aug 20263,542
31 Aug 20262,676
7 Sep 20262,342
14 Sep 20262,544
21 Sep 20262,680
28 Sep 20262,111
5 Oct 20262,483
12 Oct 20261,965
19 Oct 20262,851
26 Oct 20262,638
2 Nov 2026421

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 71% below the 27-week average.

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Facts

Version5.12.3
AuthorDanila Vershinin
Added15 Jul 2011
Last updated2 Sep 2026
Active installs50,000+
Requires WordPress5.0
Tested up to7.0.8
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryPerformance & Optimization > Caching Solutions
Tagscache, nginx, proxy, Purge, varnish

Other plugins by this author: OPcache Reset, Cacheability, Abbreviations

Questions

Is Proxy Cache Purge still maintained?

Yes. Last release 2 Sep 2026, 25 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Proxy Cache Purge, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer dvershinin since Jan 2024.

Was Proxy Cache Purge removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026.

Is Proxy Cache Purge safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest Proxy Cache Purge update safe to install?

No ownership change before 5.12.3. No one-star spike after it.

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