Report - WP REST Cache 2020.3.2

Does WP REST Cache work with WordPress 5.6 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on 2020-12-09 22:04:54 UTC.

Summary

Errors

1	Database errors
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors

Performance

Memory usage: 75.35 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 version	5.6
PHP version	7.4.8
MySQL version	8.0.21
PHP memory limit	256M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-07-25T08:01:00+00:00
Active installs	10,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rest-cache/
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Pages 5

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=a9b22fea31
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.570 s
Memory usage	3.59 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Settings → WP REST Cache

URL	/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=wp-rest-cache
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.171 s
Memory usage	2.82 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

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	0.147 s
Memory usage	2.77 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

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	0.154 s
Memory usage	2.78 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.237 s
Memory usage	2.69 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.279 s	0.277 s	-0.002 s	2.79 MiB	2.87 MiB	+ 80.86 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.178 s	0.195 s	+0.017 s	2.84 MiB	2.91 MiB	+ 80.86 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.971 s	1.199 s	+0.228 s	4.93 MiB	5.03 MiB	+ 102.58 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.518 s	0.421 s	-0.097 s	2.67 MiB	2.75 MiB	+ 80.02 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.159 s	0.140 s	-0.019 s	2.68 MiB	2.73 MiB	+ 48 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.219 s	0.159 s	-0.060 s	2.65 MiB	2.72 MiB	+ 80.19 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.193 s	0.179 s	-0.014 s	2.68 MiB	2.76 MiB	+ 81.13 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	1.174 s	0.745 s	-0.429 s	4.92 MiB	5.02 MiB	+ 96.4 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.261 s	0.287 s	+0.026 s	2.65 MiB	2.73 MiB	+ 80.52 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.285 s	0.204 s	-0.081 s	2.75 MiB	2.83 MiB	+ 80.01 KiB
/	1.052 s	0.230 s	-0.822 s	2.67 MiB	2.69 MiB	+ 18.3 KiB
Average	0.481 s	0.367 s	-0.114 s	3.11 MiB	3.18 MiB	+ 75.35 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

wp_wrc_caches
wp_wrc_relations

Options `wp_options` 7

wp_rest_cache_allowed_endpoints
wp_rest_cache_allowed_request_methods
wp_rest_cache_cacheable_request_headers
wp_rest_cache_database_version
wp_rest_cache_item_allowed_endpoints
wp_rest_cache_rest_prefix
wp_rest_cache_uncached_parameters

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[09-Dec-2020 22:05:10 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

WP REST Cache 2020.3.2