by Fernando Tellado 5 (4 reviews)

Anti-Cache Kit

Name: Anti-Cache Kit
Rating: 5.0 (4 reviews)
Author: Fernando Tellado

Flushes and deactivates cache and optimization plugins, enables debug mode, and provides maintenance mode for WordPress development.

Anti-Cache Kit ranks #36,559 among WordPress.org plugins with 10+ active installations, is #591 of 1,528 in the Performance category, a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews, and was last updated Aug 28, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v4.2.2 Current Version v4.2.2

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 28 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 11 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#591 of 1,528 in Performance Top 50% by installs Actively maintained

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Plugin Details

Version: 4.2.2
Last Updated: Aug 28, 2026
Requires WP: 5.5+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Fernando Tellado

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Reviews: 4
Support Threads: 0
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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Anti-Cache Kit

Yes, with caveats. PHP-level anti-cache measures only affect administrators. However, the .htaccess rules affect all visitors to ensure complete cache bypass. Use maintenance mode to show a status page to visitors during development. On production sites the plugin shows a clear warning so you do not forget it is active. Always deactivate when finished.

Optimization plugins like Perfmatters, FlyingPress, and WP Asset CleanUp modify how CSS, JS, and other assets are loaded. During debugging, you need to see the unmodified output to identify issues. These plugins are temporarily deactivated. Reactivate them manually from the Plugins page when you are done.

The plugin edits both files in place. It wraps its own changes in clearly marked blocks and comments out (never deletes) any of your settings that conflict. On deactivation it removes only its own block and restores your original lines, so your own definitions are preserved. It never keeps a copy of wp-config.php on disk, so your database credentials are never exposed.

Version 4.0 injects .htaccess rules that disable server-level caching and sends aggressive cache-busting headers (including CDN and proxy bypass headers) to ensure the maintenance page is always served correctly.

Yes. Use the ayudawp_anticache_maintenance_data filter to customize heading, status text, message, and retry text.

Yes. Use the ayudawp_anticache_cache_plugins filter to add entries to the plugin list.

Your server (nginx or Caddy) does not read .htaccess files, so the rules would have no effect and the kit does not write them. The settings panel shows an equivalent nginx snippet you can add to your server configuration and reload.

Enable "Purge Varnish" in the settings panel. When you flush caches, the kit detects Varnish from the response headers and sends a best-effort PURGE/BAN to your site root. It is off by default and never runs on servers without Varnish.