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Softminal Cache
Page cache, minify, lazy load, WebP, local fonts, database cleanup and a built-in speed audit. 100% free – no Pro version, no upsells, no ads.
Softminal Cache ranks #68,372 among WordPress.org plugins with 0+ active installations, is #1,311 of 1,658 in the Performance category, and was last updated Oct 29, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
Compatible with WP 7.1.4
v1.1.3
Current Version v1.1.3
Updated 4 days ago
Last Update on 29 Oct, 2026
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#1,311 of 1,658 in Performance
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- Version
- 1.1.3
- Last Updated
- Oct 29, 2026
- Requires WP
- 6.2+
- Tested Up To
- 7.1.4
- PHP Version
- 7.4 or higher
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- Softminal
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Softminal Cache
Yes. Cart, checkout, account and receipt pages are never cached, and visitors who have a cart always get a live page, so nobody ever sees someone else's cart.
WordPress only loads a page cache early (before plugins and themes) when WP_CACHE is on. Softminal Cache adds define( 'WP_CACHE', true ); // Added by Softminal Cache near the top, and removes exactly that line when you deactivate it. If the file can't be written, nothing breaks: pages are still cached from inside WordPress, and the plugin screen shows the line so you can add it yourself.
In wp-content/cache/softminal-cache/ (each site has its own folder on a network). To use another folder, add define( 'SOFTMINAL_CACHE_CACHE_DIR', '/full/path/' ); to wp-config.php. Minified files, font copies and WebP/AVIF images are kept in wp-content/cache/softminal-cache-assets/ and next to the original images.
Open the page in a private window and look at the response headers: X-Softminal-Cache: HIT means it came from the cache, MISS means it was built and stored, and BYPASS: reason says why it wasn't cached. The Dashboard's Test cache does this for you.
Yes. Pages are served by PHP, so no server rules are needed for caching. Browser-cache and compression rules are written to .htaccess on Apache and LiteSpeed; on Nginx the plugin gives you a snippet to add to your server block. On Nginx, also add the snippet's deny rules: Apache reads the cache folder's .htaccess, Nginx does not, and the rules keep the cache folder and the config file from being opened directly.
Yes. Each site keeps its own settings and cached pages, and pages are served from inside WordPress. Table changes (optimise, InnoDB conversion) need a network administrator.
Yes. If ImageCraft, ShortPixel, Performance Lab or Modern Image Formats already makes WebP/AVIF copies, Softminal Cache leaves image formats to that plugin and its Dashboard says "Handled by" that plugin. Compression steps aside the same way for Smush, ShortPixel, Imagify, EWWW, TinyPNG, reSmush.it, Optimole and ImageCraft. Lazy loading and image sizes still work. I use a host with its own page cache. Managed hosts such as Kinsta, WP Engine, Flywheel and Pressable already cache pages; Softminal Cache detects them, keeps its page cache off and still runs every other optimisation.
Every risky change is checked on your site right after you save it and switched back by itself if your homepage or a post got worse. If something still looks wrong, click Undo, turn on Safe Mode, or Purge.
No. There is no account, no telemetry and no external service. See "Third-party services" below for the optional ones you turn on (Google Fonts download, your CDN, Cloudflare).
Deactivate it to remove the drop-in, the WP_CACHE line, the .htaccess rules and all cached pages. Delete it to also remove its settings, its history table, its cache folders and the WebP/AVIF copies it made (copies made by another image plugin are left alone). To keep the settings when deleting, add define( 'SOFTMINAL_CACHE_KEEP_DATA_ON_UNINSTALL', true ); to wp-config.php. If you compressed images, the untouched originals of images you still have stay in wp-content/uploads/softminal-cache-originals/ so they are never lost (originals of deleted images are removed); delete that folder yourself when you no longer need them. Apache and LiteSpeed never serve that folder; on Nginx, add location ^~ /wp-content/uploads/softminal-cache-originals/ { deny all; }.
