by Hasan CALISIR 5 (4 reviews)

Nginx Cache Purge Preload

Name: Nginx Cache Purge Preload
Rating: 5.0 (4 reviews)
Author: Hasan CALISIR

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

Nginx Cache Purge Preload ranks #12,238 among WordPress.org plugins with 200+ active installations, is #301 of 1,518 in the Performance category, a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews, and was last updated Jun 8, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7.0.4 (Current: 7.1)

v2.1.7 Current Version v2.1.7

Updated 3 months ago Last Update on 08 Jun, 2026

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#301 of 1,518 in Performance Top 25% by installs

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1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Jul 21, 2025

Nginx Cache Purge Preload [fastcgi-cache-purge-and-preload-nginx] < 2.1.3

CVE-2025-6213 · Fixed in v2.1.3

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.1.7
Last Updated: Jun 08, 2026
Requires WP: 6.5+
Tested Up To: 7.0.4
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Hasan CALISIR

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Reviews: 4
Support Threads: 1
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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WordPress site owners running Nginx (FastCGI, Proxy, SCGI, UWSGI) who need to manage cache purging and preloading from the dashboard. It automates clearing and warming the Nginx cache so pages stay served from a fresh, preloaded cache instead of being manually purged.

Purge and preload Nginx cache
WP-CLI command support
HTTP Purge via ngx_cache_purge
Auto Purge on content changes
Scheduled purge via WP Cron
Remote purge/preload via REST API
Nginx Cache Analyzer dashboard
WooCommerce stock-change auto-purge

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Nginx Cache Purge Preload

Yes. NPP is designed exclusively for Nginx web servers running on Linux. It does not work on Apache, shared hosting, or environments where shell_exec and exec are disabled.

No. The ngx_cache_purge module is optional. When available, NPP uses it as the fastest purge path (HTTP Purge). If it is not present, NPP automatically falls back to a URL index lookup and then a full filesystem scan. Nothing breaks either way.

Mostly basic, built-in shell tools are required. wget is required for cache preloading. For hardened shell execution, safexec is highly recommended — see the Help tab for installation instructions. For large cache-heavy websites, especially when Nginx cache paths are located on FUSE-based mounts (such as bindfs to solve permission issues), ripgrep (rg) is strongly recommended for significantly faster cache purge performance.

The most common reasons are: shell_exec and exec is disabled, open_basedir restrictions prevent required filesystem access, the PHP-FPM user lacks write permission to the Nginx cache directory, or automatic Nginx detection fails (for example, nginx.conf cannot be located). See the Help tab for a full environment checklist and solutions.

This is the most common issue in environments where the WEBSERVER-USER (nginx/www-data) and PHP-FPM-USER are different. NPP provides a one-liner bash script to automate the fix using bindfs on monolithic servers. For containerized environments, users can review the full configuration setup via NPP Containerized See the Help tab → Permission Issues section or the GitHub repository for details.

Yes. NPP has built-in Cloudflare APO Sync that mirrors every purge to Cloudflare’s edge cache automatically. Requires the official Cloudflare WordPress plugin. Enable it under Settings.

Yes. NPP supports Redis Object Cache Sync, which keeps Redis and the Nginx cache aligned during purge and preload operations. When enabled, NPP flushes the Redis object cache at the correct point in the Nginx Purge + Preload chain to ensure fresh content is used when rebuilding cache. Enable it under Settings.

Yes. NPP includes built-in WooCommerce Auto-Purge for stock changes and order events, and supports purging the Shop page as a related URL when a product is updated.

Yes, but disable page caching in other plugins to avoid conflicts. You can keep their frontend optimization features (minification, lazy loading, CDN) active. See the Help tab for details.

NPP restricts cache paths by default to prevent accidental deletion of system files. Allowed roots are /dev/shm/, /tmp/, /var/, and /cache/. The path must be at least one level deep (e.g. /var/cache/nginx). These restrictions can be completely disabled using the Bypass Path Restriction feature, which removes all path safety guardrails and allows any directory to be used as the Nginx cache path. Full details in the Help tab.