Powered Cache – Caching and Optimization for WordPress – Easily Improve PageSpeed & Web Vitals Score

3.7.3 (April 22, 2026)

• [Fixed] Regex warnings in page cache drop-in.
• [Fixed] PHP 8.2 warning when the site URL is unavailable in local or mocked environments.
• [Improved] PHPUnit coverage for CDN rewriting and LazyLoad HTML transformations.
• Tested with WP 7.0

3.7.2 (February 02, 2026)

• [Fixed] Elementor ajax conflict with background processing.
• [Updated] Dependencies.

3.7.1 (December 17, 2025)

• [Updated] Dependencies.
• Strictly validate DB_NAME before applying object cache prefixing, preventing errors when wp-config.php is not loaded.

3.7 (November 19, 2025)

• [Improved] Cache purge dismissing – via ajaxified.
• [Improved] Delayed JS dependency chain resolution for better performance and reliability.
• [Improved] Delayed JS execution now supports DOMContentLoaded.
• [Updated] Defer.js to 3.9.0
• [Updated] Redis drop-in for object cahce.
• [Updated] Dependencies.
• [Fixed] Missing i18n text-domains for some strings.
• Tested with WP 6.9

3.6.3 (July 23, 2025)

• [Improved] Removed the loading attribute from the first n elements for better compatibility and performance. #157
• [Fixed] Resolved a missing host key warning. #158
• [Updated] Updated dependency packages to their latest versions.

3.6.2 (June 14, 2025)

• [Fixed] Redis flush_group call. #156

3.6.1 (May 30, 2025)

• [Removed] Logging from page cache drop-in.

3.6 (May 28, 2025)

• [Added] Cache exclusions based on specific referrers.
• [Added] Dev mode to disable caching and optimizations during development.
• [Fixed] Table names are now validated before running optimize queries.
• [Improved] Preloader performance: Now dispatched on shutdown and throttled to avoid high CPU usage.
• [Updated] Redis object-cache drop-in.
• [Updated] Memcache object-cache drop-in.
• [Updated] APCu object-cache drop-in.
• [Changed] Minimum required PHP version bumped to 7.4.
• [Updated] Dependency packages.

3.5.4 (April 14, 2025)

• Dependency updates.
• Tested with WP 6.8

3.5.3 (October 29, 2024)

• [Added] AMP compatibility for delay js.
• [Added] powered_cache_cache_dir_htaccess_file_content filter to modify the cache directory .htaccess content.
• [Updated] Cache key for logged-in user cache. (Advised to purge cache if you are using logged-in user cache).
• [Improved] Cookie control for cache skipping.
• Tested with Upcoming WP 6.7
• Various dependency updates.

3.5.2 (October 01, 2024)

• [Added] Clear Cache for Me compatibility.
• [Updated] Minifier libraries.
• Various dependency updates.

3.5.1 (August 14, 2024)

• [Added] Logging for CF cache purge.
• [Improved] CF cache purge.
• Dependency updates.

3.5 (July 16, 2024)

• [Added] Image Optimizer purge feature.
• Dependency updates.
• Tested with WP 6.6

3.4.5 (May 14, 2024)

• [Improved] HTML minification without dom optimization.
• [Fixed] Resolved PHP warnings caused by accessing superglobals.
• Dependency updates.

3.4.4 (April 29, 2024)

• [Fixed] Resolved an issue with comment cache not purging correctly.
• [Added] Support for purging paginated comments.

3.4.3 (April 22, 2024)

• [Fixed] Cloudflare cache purge issue.
• [Updated] Background job processing.
• Dependency updates.

3.4.2 (February 20, 2024)

• [Added] Term cache clearing upon term changes.
• [Added] Compatibility with ShortPixel Adaptive Images when delay JS is enabled.
• [Added] Date archive cache clearing upon post updates.
• [Improved] Term archive purging upon post updates.

3.4.1 (February 13, 2024)

• [Fix] YouTube video positioning when iframe is replaced with thumbnail.

3.4 (February 07, 2024)

• [Added] Lazyload – Replace YouTube videos with thumbnails.
• [Added] Introduced an option to exclude specific images and iframes from being lazy-loaded.
• [Added] Add warning message for memcached-based object cache backends if alloptions size is too large.
• [Added] Preloader request interval setting to control the preloader request rate.
• [Added] Preloader feedback message to understand the preloader status.
• [Added] Preloader cache footprint to understand a page generated by the preloader.
• [Added] A secondary button for cache clearance upon settings update. Props @emreerkan
• [Added] New option to control delay js timeout.
• [Improvement] Performance improvements for Delayed JS execution, introducing a more sophisticated dependency resolution mechanism to prevent possible JS errors.
• [Improvement] Page cache purging strategy.
• [Improvement] Preloader performance improvement and avoid unnecessary requests.
• [Security] Cloudflare extension security improvements. (Encrypted API Key/Token)
• [Security] Added verification of Cloudflare IP to accurately update REMOTE_ADDR when behind Cloudflare proxy.
• [Fix] CDN dropdrop width.
• [Fix] Lazyload compatibility fix with core image blocks lightbox feature.
• [Fix] Do not delay interactivity and image block scripts.
• Dependency updates.

3.3.3 (January 02, 2024)

• [Fix] Typos. Props @szepeviktor.
• [Added] WebP option as preferred image format.
• [Added] Windows specific warning for File Optimizer rewrite.

3.3.2 (December 03, 2023)

• [Fix] Improved comment cookie handling to prevent serving cached pages to users with a comment cookie. Props @jumbo.
• [Fix] Ensured empty lines in wp-config.php are not removed upon WP_CACHE definition. Props @jumbo.
• [Fix] CDN integration now skipped for Block Editor requests. Props @jumbo.
• [Improvement] Added support for custom wp-content structure in File Optimizer.
• [Improvement] Added File Optimizer rewrite rules for Nginx.
• [Misc] Dependency updates.

3.3.1 (November 01, 2023)

• [Fix] Save file optimizer rewrite setting.

3.3 (November 01, 2023)

• [Fix] Fix partially supported deprecated callable for PHP 8.2
• [Added] Add WPS Hide Login compat.
• [Added] Rewrite support for File Optimizer.
• [Added] DOM Optimization option for HTML Minification.
• Dependency updates.
• Tested with WP 6.4

3.2.1 (September 05, 2023)

• [Fix] Dynamic property deprecations for PHP 8.2
• [Fix] Deprecated variable format for PHP 8.2
• [Added] Pass $css_url with powered_cache_fo_css_do_concat filter.

3.2 (August 31, 2023)

• [Refactored] Improved JS optimization and execution options for better performance.
• [Updated] Enhanced Delay JS feature and removed the default timeout.
• [Added] Introduced post-level controls for delay and defer JS options.
• [Added] New feature to automatically add missing image dimensions.
• [Added] Added a link prefetching option to improve user experience.
• [Added] Compatibility with Bricks Builder introduced.
• [Added] New global admin notice to prompt cache purging upon plugin activation or deactivation.
• [Fix] File optimizer no longer runs in Customizer preview; now compatible with Colibri Page Builder.
• [Fix] Ensure conditional tags on the page for page cache drop-in.
• [Fix] Disabled DOM parser optimization for HTML minification.
• [Fix] Resolved a glitch in the Diagnostic modal.
• [Fix] Fixed DOM violations on the Settings page.

3.1.1 (August 1, 2023)

• Added some clarifications about AVIF support

3.1 (July 20, 2023)

• Moved the image optimizer from beta to the stable release. [Learn More] (https://poweredcache.com/features/image-optimizer/)
• New Feature: Introduced the ability to bypass the first nth images with lazy load.
• General enhancements made to the Lazy Load feature.
• Resolved: Deprecated jQuery functions.
• Updated: Minify package.
• Updated: Background processing package.
• Tested with WP 6.3.

3.0.5 (May 30, 2023)

• Fix: PhastPress cache purge callback
• Fix: Memcached drop-in set_multiple warning
• ensure html tag exists before running HTML minifier

3.0.4 (May 25, 2023)

• DelayedJS bugfix
• Added new compatibility with PhastPress

3.0.3 (May 22, 2023)

• Fix: Html Minification bugfix

3.0.2 (May 21, 2023)

• Fix: Html Minification error below PHP 8.1
• Added: x-cache-enabled and age headers
• Added: sorting for cache query strings
• nginx configuration tweaking

3.0.1 (May 16, 2023)

• Fix: Malformed robots.txt due to FileOptimizer
• Fix: Don’t execute lazyload script as delayed.
• Adding clarity to the JS execution field.

3.0 (May 15, 2023)

• Added: Bunny Fonts as replacement of Google Fonts
• Added: global nopoweredcache parameter to skip optimizations
• Added: Cache query strings to generate separate cache based on query and value
• Added: WooCommerce compat for geolocation with page cache support.
• Added: Delayed JS execution.
• Added: Remove Unused CSS feature.
• Added: New HTML minification library.
• Updated: Background processing library.
• Bump required PHP version to 7.2
• Object cache drop-in updates: supporting *multiple and wp_cache_supports
• Refactored: Accepted query strings renamed as ignored query strings.
• Various small improvements and fixes.

Detailed changelog located in changelog page