FastCache by host.it 1.5.14

Does FastCache by host.it work with WordPress 6.9.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
1PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 223.8 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.028 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.9.1
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 300+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/fastcache-by-host-it/
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Pages 5

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=fastcache-by-host-it%2Ffastcache.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=ae598ffea8
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.636 s
Memory usage 3.94 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → FastCache Settings

Page screenshot: Settings → FastCache Settings
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=fastcache
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.793 s
Memory usage 5.01 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.280 s
Memory usage 4.31 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add Page ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add Page ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.899 s
Memory usage 6.58 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add Post ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add Post ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.669 s
Memory usage 6.59 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.442 s0.501 s+0.059 s3.78 MiB3.98 MiB+ 213.23 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.367 s0.491 s+0.124 s3.78 MiB4.04 MiB+ 259.37 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.877 s1.148 s+0.271 s6.31 MiB6.59 MiB+ 294.46 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.477 s0.525 s+0.048 s3.74 MiB3.93 MiB+ 192.51 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.332 s0.304 s-0.028 s3.71 MiB3.9 MiB+ 196.81 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.497 s0.335 s-0.162 s3.7 MiB3.9 MiB+ 205.01 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.323 s0.333 s+0.010 s3.72 MiB3.93 MiB+ 215.37 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.715 s0.750 s+0.035 s6.3 MiB6.58 MiB+ 287.95 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.829 s0.806 s-0.023 s3.71 MiB3.9 MiB+ 193 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.488 s0.481 s-0.007 s3.73 MiB3.92 MiB+ 192.81 KiB
/0.288 s0.264 s-0.024 s4.11 MiB4.31 MiB+ 211.25 KiB
Average 0.512 s0.540 s+0.028 s4.24 MiB4.45 MiB+ 223.8 KiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

PHP
CSS
PO File
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP67.5%17,1945,689128
CSS16.3%4,1543908
PO File8.4%2,1281,5871
JavaScript7.7%1,96033917
HTML0.1%2003
SVG0.0%101
Total 25,457 8,005 158

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 16,883
Total complexity 3,324
Median class complexity 17.0
Median method complexity 1.0
Most complex class FastCache\Core\SimpleHtmlDomNode
Most complex function FastCache\Core\LightImages::processImageNodes()
Classes 101
Methods 966
Functions 12

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Options wp_options 1

Meta Boxes

{
    "page": {
        "fastcache": {
            "title": "Host Caching",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "post": {
        "fastcache": {
            "title": "Host Caching",
            "context": "side"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[10-Feb-2026 17:48:04 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/fastcache-by-host-it/src/Admin/Settings/Renderer/Setting.php on line 674
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide FastCache by host.it Admin Menus and More