by Razvan Stanga 5 (10 reviews)

Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching

Name: Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching
Rating: 5.0 (10 reviews)
Author: Razvan Stanga

Wordpress Varnish Cache 3.x/4.x/5.x and Nginx Proxy Cache integration

Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching ranks #8,420 among WordPress.org plugins with 600+ active installations, is #233 of 1,523 in the Performance category, a 5/5 rating from 10 reviews, and was last updated Oct 21, 2019. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 5.2 (Current: 7.1)

v1.8.3 Current Version v1.8.3

Updated 6 years ago Last Update on 21 Oct, 2019

Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#233 of 1,523 in Performance Top 25% by installs Downloads -16.9% this week No update in over a year

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Active Installs

600+

-10.8%

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Downloads

59.3K

+35 today

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Review 5 out of 5

5 (10 reviews)

Next Milestone 700

Total Progress 59%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 2 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Dec 31, 2025 UNPATCHED

Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching [vcaching] <= 1.8.3 (unfixed)

CVE-2025-62126 · No fix released
Aug 20, 2025 UNPATCHED

Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching [vcaching] <= 1.8.3 (unfixed)

CVE-2025-48360 · No fix released

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.8.3
Last Updated: Oct 21, 2019
Requires WP: 4.0+
Tested Up To: 5.2
PHP Version: 5.2.4 or higher
Author: Razvan Stanga

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Reviews: 10
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners running Varnish Cache or Nginx Proxy Cache in front of high-traffic sites. It integrates WordPress with these caching layers, automatically purging cached pages when content changes so visitors don't see stale content.

Admin interface panel
Manual purge console with regex support
Unlimited Varnish Cache servers
Custom headers for cache communication
Varnish Cache configuration generator
Purge key based PURGE
Configurable homepage and page cache TTL
Auto purge on content changes

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching

This was built and tested on Varnish 3.x/4.x/5.x.

Nginx is supported if you configure Nginx to use the PURGE method. Read the official Nginx documentaton on how to do this. Also there are a lot of tutorials to do this.

The only pages that should purge are the post's page, the front page, categories, and tags.

Click the 'Purge ALL Varnish Cache' button on the "Right Now" Dashboard.

Use the console. For example you can purge the whole uploads folder with the URL /wp-content/uploads/.*

Yes it does. This plugin uses its own custom headers to communicate with Varnish and does not interfere with the heders sent by W3 Total Cache or any other caching plugin. Varnish Statistics Statistics need a special setup. More info on the Statistics tab on your Wordpress environment.

Use the Varnish Cache configuration generator. Fill in the backends/ACLs then download your configuration files. Or use the provided Varnish Cache configuration files located in /wp-content/plugins/vcaching/varnish-conf folder.

Yes.

Logged in cookie is a special cookie this plugin sets upon user login. Varnish Cache uses this cookie to bypass caching for logged in users. This is a small step towards securing your site for denial of service attacks. Denial of service attacks can happen if the attacker bypasses Varnish Cache and hits the backend directly. With the current configuration and the way Wordpress works, this can still happen with POST/AJAX requests. Available filters vcaching_varnish_ips - change the IPs set in Settings vcaching_varnish_hosts - change the Hosts set in Settings vcaching_events - add events to trigger the purge vcaching_schema - change the schema (default is http://) vcaching_purge_urls - add additional URLs to purge