by Automattic 4.5 (2 reviews)

Batcache

Name: Batcache
Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Author: Automattic

Batcache uses Memcached to store and serve rendered pages.

Batcache ranks #7,772 among WordPress.org plugins with 700+ active installations, is #226 of 1,518 in the Performance category, a 4.5/5 rating from 2 reviews, and was last updated Mar 28, 2020. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 5.3 (Current: 7.1)

v1.5 Current Version v1.5

Updated 6 years ago Last Update on 28 Mar, 2020

Refreshed 15 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#226 of 1,518 in Performance Top 25% by installs Downloads -27% this week No update in over a year

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Rank

#7,772

-2 this week

Active Installs

700+

-11.3%

KW Avg Position

0.5 better

Downloads

112.9K

+23 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

90%

Review 4.5 out of 5

4.5 (2 reviews)

Next Milestone 800

Total Progress 90%

700+ 800+

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8,000,000

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Reviews & Ratings

4.5

2 reviews

Overall 90%

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Security History

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.5
Last Updated: Mar 28, 2020
Requires WP: 3.2+
Tested Up To: 5.3
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Automattic

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5
Reviews: 2
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Batcache is for WordPress site owners running on multiple servers or expecting traffic spikes. It reduces server load by caching rendered pages in Memcached and serving slightly older pages to new visitors instead of regenerating them each time.

Uses Memcached for page caching
Optionally caches redirects
Multi-server shared storage support
Serves fresh pages to logged-in users
Serves fresh pages after commenting

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Batcache

Batcache can be used anywhere Memcached is available. WP-Super-Cache is preferred for most blogs. If you have more than one web server, try Batcache.

Batcache was written to help WordPress.com cope with the massive and prolonged traffic spike on Gizmodo's live blog during Apple events. Live blogs were famous for failing under the load of traffic. Gizmodo's live blog stays up because of Batcache. Actually all of WordPress.com stays up during Apple events because of Batcache. The traffic is twice the average during Apple events. But the web servers and databases barely feel the difference.

Batcache was named "supercache" when it was written. (It's still called that on WordPress.com.) A few months later, while "supercache" was still private, Donncha released the WP-Super-Cache plugin. It wouldn't be fun to dispute the name or create confusion for users so a name change seemed best. The move from "Super" to "Bat" was inspired by comic book heroes. It has nothing to do with the fact that the author's city is home to the world's largest urban bat colony.