Title: Widget Output Cache Author: Kaspars Published: March 18, 2013 Last modified: May 18, 2023 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/widget-output-cache/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=683669) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/widget-output-cache_ff5c26.svg) # Widget Output Cache By [Kaspars](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kasparsd/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/widget-output-cache.zip) * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-output-cache/#description) * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-output-cache/#reviews) * [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-output-cache/#installation) * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-output-cache/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-output-cache/) ## Description Use PHP output buffering to extract widget output and store it into WordPress transients for faster retrieval. It also adds a checkbox to widget controls to exclude it from being cached. It is a quick fix for bad behaving plugins that parse RSS feeds or call remote URLs on every page load. ## Installation Install it from the official WordPress repository or use the plugin search in your WordPress dashboard. ## FAQ None. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6f83708338cdef62c4f64f3d92f68aac1e6b78ebf92a86d478326489251ce661? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Nice! Super works with other cache plugins what not have integrated this cache!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-super-works-with-other-cache-plugins-what-not-have-integrated-this-cache/)󠁿 [18TommyBoy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/18tommyboy/) December 5, 2023 LiteSpeed has not integrated this yet, superb thing to it! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9a3f5b68ae320356b075494ee666482bb7693ce0bd1766239ea044f9bebbc124? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Extra speed boost](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extra-speed-boost/)󠁿 [Antony Booker](https://profiles.wordpress.org/antonynz/) September 3, 2016 Great plugin. Does it what is says and can really help give that extra speed boost. It even refreshes the cache when a widget is saved. On first installation I would recommend increasing the cache time from the default 12 minutes, using the below filter: add_filter( ‘widget_output_cache_ttl’, ‘widget_cache_custom_ttl’, 10, 2 ); function widget_cache_custom_ttl( $ttl ) { $ttl = 3600 * 24; // 24 hours return $ttl; } ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ada7c005530e271de36a64c8db281c4899db09bf716c1e337b15b85f52f5704d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[This increased our support sites performance](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-increased-our-support-sites-performance/)󠁿 [Skylightit](https://profiles.wordpress.org/skylightit/) September 3, 2016 We use various plugins to produce our support site with 200+ pages, widgets that pull information from our sub sites at support.skylightit.com. We are using caching, varnish and various server side and WP plugins. Our issue was that some of the custom widgets were impacting the sites performance and this just improved it. So that you to the developers for awesome work. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3abab3ed8d17d5839375bc4b837dfb0bef8a58769f12978c6e82d6db961b4d58? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[good plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-plugin-1354/)󠁿 [menesme](https://profiles.wordpress.org/menesme/) September 3, 2016 This is good plugin. Simple and easy to use although improved performance in my sites. But it has not been updated for a year. Is update yet? ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3bd9d5daf3d9bcac196c5a1cf7c468a3993674fb5f5a7c26fe48190d8e628d12? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works great.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-2507/)󠁿 [ikester7579](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ikester7579/) November 3, 2016 1 reply If you have widgets with pics or animation, this plugin allows everything in it to be cached. Widgets do not cache normally. This even adds a little check box to not cache certain ones of you run things in there that constantly change If you do change something and just need to clear the cache just for the widget to see what it looks like. Just hit the widget save button and the changes take place. So if you have a CDN local or off site set up, the widgets will now be included in that cache Sped up my webpage big time because I use widgets that download the latest posts from 5 Face Book pages on the same subject but different information. Because that’s all cached now and does not change for 24 hours (how I have it set up in the FB feed through another plugin) the FB information is cached and loads quickly instead of waiting for FB servers to send it.. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/97bbe4fe76251bd8de789468d4e055a2a38da2615beb64caba53e5aff6c24084? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works fine](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-fine-658/)󠁿 [General Seed](https://profiles.wordpress.org/autocultivo/) February 7, 2017 Thanks , it works very fine, fine. Please keep update Great plugin [ Read all 7 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-output-cache/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Widget Output Cache” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Kaspars ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kasparsd/) [Translate “Widget Output Cache” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/widget-output-cache) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-output-cache/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/widget-output-cache/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/widget-output-cache/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/widget-output-cache/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.5.2 * Tested with WordPress 4.5.2. #### 0.5.1 * Fixed transient name generation issue. #### 0.5 * Remove menu cache due to “active” menu item bug. * Allow individual widgets to be excluded from being cached. #### 0.4.4 * Honor widgets being hidden using the `widget_display_callback` filter. #### 0.4.3 * Add cache versioning for simple invalidation. #### 0.4.2 * Store menu cache only if WordPress supports `pre_wp_nav_menu`. #### 0.4 * Add support for menu output caching. #### 0.1 * Initial release. #### Upgrade Notice ## Meta * Version **0.5.2** * Last updated **3 years ago** * Active installations **200+** * WordPress version ** 3.0.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.2.9** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-output-cache/) * Tags * [cache](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cache/)[caching](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/caching/) [output](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/output/)[widget](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/) [widgets](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widgets/) * [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-output-cache/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.9 out of 5 stars. * [ 6 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-output-cache/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-output-cache/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-output-cache/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-output-cache/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-output-cache/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-output-cache/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-output-cache/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Kaspars ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kasparsd/) ## Support Got something to say? 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