WP REST Cache 2020.2.1

Does WP REST Cache work with WordPress 5.5.1 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
29PHP warnings
1Database errors
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 81.34 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

Environment
WordPress version5.5.1
PHP version7.4.8
MySQL version8.0.21
PHP memory limit256M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 10,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rest-cache/
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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=wp-rest-cache%2Fwp-rest-cache.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=e2f242b35b
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.028 s
Memory usage 3.52 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → WP REST Cache

Page screenshot: Settings → WP REST Cache
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=wp-rest-cache
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.196 s
Memory usage 2.78 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → WP REST Cache → Endpoint API Caches

Page screenshot: Settings → WP REST Cache → Endpoint API Caches
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=wp-rest-cache&sub=endpoint-api
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.161 s
Memory usage 2.73 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → WP REST Cache → Clear Caches

Page screenshot: Settings → WP REST Cache → Clear Caches
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=wp-rest-cache&sub=clear-cache
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.195 s
Memory usage 2.75 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 2.58 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.525 s0.415 s-0.110 s2.75 MiB2.83 MiB+ 81.12 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.265 s0.252 s-0.013 s2.8 MiB2.88 MiB+ 81.09 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.840 s2.557 s+0.717 s4.54 MiB4.65 MiB+ 102.8 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.700 s0.559 s-0.141 s2.63 MiB2.71 MiB+ 80.88 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.192 s0.171 s-0.021 s2.64 MiB2.69 MiB+ 48.85 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.261 s0.206 s-0.055 s2.6 MiB2.68 MiB+ 81.05 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.232 s0.205 s-0.027 s2.64 MiB2.72 MiB+ 81.95 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.642 s1.698 s+0.056 s4.53 MiB4.62 MiB+ 92.61 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.454 s0.316 s-0.138 s2.61 MiB2.69 MiB+ 81.36 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.263 s0.264 s+0.001 s2.65 MiB2.79 MiB+ 144.26 KiB
/0.443 s0.285 s-0.158 s2.56 MiB2.58 MiB+ 18.8 KiB
Average 0.620 s0.630 s+0.010 s3 MiB3.08 MiB+ 81.34 KiB

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.

Database Tables 2

Options wp_options 7

PHP Error Log 30 lines

[03-Sep-2020 02:19:17 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:17 UTC] WordPress database error Table 'wordpress.wp_wrc_relations' doesn't exist for query ALTER TABLE `wp_wrc_relations` DROP INDEX `object`; made by require_once('wp-admin/admin.php'), require_once('wp-load.php'), require_once('wp-config.php'), require_once('wp-settings.php'), do_action('init'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, WP_Rest_Cache_Plugin\Includes\Caching\Caching->update_database_structure
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:17 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:18 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:18 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:18 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:18 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:19 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:19 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:20 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:21 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:21 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:21 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:21 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:21 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:24 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:24 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:24 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:24 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:24 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:25 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:25 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:27 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:27 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:27 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:28 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:28 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:28 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:28 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
[03-Sep-2020 02:19:28 UTC] PHP Warning:  copy(/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-rest-cache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 309
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide the "WP REST Cache" Admin Menu