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achttienvijftien/wp-memcached
=============================

The real Memcached (not Memcache) backend for the WP Object Cache

1.1.0(1y ago)196.6k—0.2%GPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP ^8.0

Since May 16Pushed 1y ago3 watchersCompare

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```
=== WP Memcached ===
Contributors: wonderboymusic, ryan, sivel, mikeschroder, Ipstenu, batmoo
Tags: cache, memcached, memcache, admin, manage cache, object cache, WP Object Cache
Requires at least: 3.0
Tested up to: 6.5.3
Stable tag: 1.1.0
License: GPLv3 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

Uses the Memcached class (not the Memcache class) to implement WP Object Cache

== Description ==

Changes the famous Memcached WP Object Cache backend to actually use the Memcached class (not the Memcache class). Implements wp_cache_get_multi() and wp_cache_set_multi()

wp_cache_get_multi( array(
	array( 'key', 'group' ),
	array( 'key', '' ),
	array( 'key', 'group' ),
	'key'
) );

wp_cache_set_multi( array(
	array( 'key', 'data', 'group' ),
	array( 'key', 'data' )
) );

Blog Post: [http://scotty-t.com/2012/06/05/memcached-redux/](http://scotty-t.com/2012/06/05/memcached-redux/)

== Installation ==
1. Install [memcached](http://danga.com/memcached) on at least one server. Note the connection info. The default is `127.0.0.1:11211`.

1. Install the [PECL memcached extension](http://pecl.php.net/package/memcached)

1. Copy object-cache.php to wp-content

== Changelog ==

= 0.1.7 =
* Improved escaping in debug output ported from [Memcached plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/memcached/) (props @batmoo).
* Fixed PHP notice when no Memcached server:port manually specified.

= 0.1.6 =
* Corrected documentation
* Corrected stats collection (props @johnbillion)

= 0.1.5 =
* Added support for PHP 7+ by changing to `__construct` and pre-initializing stats

= 0.1.3 =
* Added support for WP_CACHE_KEY_SALT allowing multiple sites to use the same Memcached server.

= 0.1.2 =
* Allows graceful fallback to database object cache in WordPress 3.7+ for users without PECL Memcached available.
* Fixes warning due to replace() call, as it does not take a compression argument in Memcached.

= 0.1.1 =
* Fixes a problem with the get_option() function and the return value of wp_cache_get() on Linux

= 0.1 =
* Initial release

== Upgrade Notice ==
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###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance38

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity33

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~203 days

Total

2

Last Release

530d ago

### Community

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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