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airesvsg/wp-rest-api-cache
==========================

Enable caching for WordPress REST API and increase speed of your application.

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WP REST API Cache
=================

[](#wp-rest-api-cache)

Enable caching for WordPress REST API and increase speed of your application

- [Installation](#installation)
- [Filters](#filters)
- [How to use filters](#how-to-use-filters)

Installation
============

[](#installation)

1. Copy the `wp-rest-api-cache` folder into your `wp-content/plugins` folder
2. Activate the `WP REST API Cache` plugin via the plugin admin page

Filters
=======

[](#filters)

FilterArgument(s)rest\_cache\_headersarray **$headers**
string **$request\_uri**
WP\_REST\_Server **$server**
WP\_REST\_Request **$request**rest\_cache\_skipboolean **$skip** ( default: WP\_DEBUG )
string **$request\_uri**
WP\_REST\_Server **$server**
WP\_REST\_Request **$request**rest\_cache\_keystring **$request\_uri**
WP\_REST\_Server **$server**
WP\_REST\_Request **$request**rest\_cache\_timeoutint **$timeout**
int **$length**
int **$period**rest\_cache\_update\_optionsarray **$options**rest\_cache\_get\_optionsarray **$options**rest\_cache\_show\_adminboolean **$show**rest\_cache\_show\_admin\_menuboolean **$show**rest\_cache\_show\_admin\_bar\_menuboolean **$show**How to use filters
------------------

[](#how-to-use-filters)

- **sending headers**

```
add_filter( 'rest_cache_headers', function( $headers ) {
	$headers['Cache-Control'] = 'public, max-age=3600';

	return $headers;
} );
```

- **changing the cache timeout**

```
add_filter( 'rest_cache_timeout', function() {
	// https://codex.wordpress.org/Transients_API#Using_Time_Constants
	return 15 * DAY_IN_SECONDS;
} );
```

or

```
add_filter( 'rest_cache_get_options', function( $options ) {
	if ( ! isset( $options['timeout'] ) ) {
		$options['timeout'] = array();
	}

	// https://codex.wordpress.org/Transients_API#Using_Time_Constants
	$options['timeout']['length'] = 15;
	$options['timeout']['period'] = DAY_IN_SECONDS;

	return $options;
} );
```

- **skipping cache**

```
add_filter( 'rest_cache_skip', function( $skip, $request_uri ) {
	if ( ! $skip && false !== stripos( $request_uri, 'wp-json/acf/v2' ) ) {
		return true;
	}

	return $skip;
}, 10, 2 );
```

- **show / hide admin links**

[![WP REST API Cache](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/41d30e291c0872c859477fd7d35f23ee2a5a69f0e917e9ed5dec7df42e7463b4/687474703a2f2f6169726573676f6e63616c7665732e636f6d2e62722f73637265656e73686f742f77702d726573742d6170692d63616368652f726561646d652f66696c7465722d61646d696e2d73686f772e676966)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/41d30e291c0872c859477fd7d35f23ee2a5a69f0e917e9ed5dec7df42e7463b4/687474703a2f2f6169726573676f6e63616c7665732e636f6d2e62722f73637265656e73686f742f77702d726573742d6170692d63616368652f726561646d652f66696c7465722d61646d696e2d73686f772e676966)

- **empty cache on post-save**

You can use the wordpress default filter "save\_post" if you like to empty the cache on every save of a post, page or custom post type.

```
add_action( 'save_post', function( $post_id ) {
  if ( class_exists( 'WP_REST_Cache' ) ) {
    WP_REST_Cache::empty_cache();
  }
} );
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity32

Limited adoption so far

Community20

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity39

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 76.9% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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