Akamai for WordPress
by akamaidevrel 2 (2 reviews)

Akamai for WordPress

The Akamai for WordPress plugin integrates automatically with Akamai to purge the cache when you create or update a post/page.

Akamai for WordPress ranks #15,112 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #356 of 1,658 in the Performance category, a 2/5 rating from 2 reviews, and was last updated Mar 30, 2018. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.9 (Current: 7.1.4)
vtrunk Current Version vtrunk
Updated 8 years ago Last Update on 30 Mar, 2018
Refreshed 2 days ago Last Refreshed on
#356 of 1,658 in Performance Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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Active Installs
100+
-29.1%
KW Avg Position
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Downloads
12.2K
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Support Resolved
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Rating
40%
Review 2 out of 5
2 (2 reviews)

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Reviews & Ratings

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Security History

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No known vulnerabilities on record for Akamai for WordPress. Checked 3 months ago.

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who use Akamai as their CDN. It automatically purges the Akamai cache via the Fast Purge API whenever a post or page is created or updated, so cached content refreshes quickly without manual intervention.

  • Automatic cache purging
  • Fast Purge API integration
  • Purges on post/page update
  • Purges on post/page creation

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Akamai for WordPress

The purge request is almost instantaneous, and the purge itself is completed within 5 seconds.
By default, the front page, and the individual post page are purged. You can additionally enable purging of tag, category, and monthly archives.
This API supports the following rate limits per customer: 6,000 URLs per minute (sustained) 5,000 URLs per second (burst) Purge requests submitted at a higher rate results in a 507 error code. If you receive this error, wait 5 seconds and try again. In addition, there is a strictly enforced 50,000 byte limit on the size of each request.

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