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BetterWPCache - A PSR-16/PSR-6 cache implementation using the WordPress object cache
====================================================================================

[](#betterwpcache---a-psr-16psr-6-cache-implementation-using-the-wordpress-object-cache)

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**BetterWPCache** is a tiny library that allows you to use the [persistent WordPress object cache](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_object_cache/)as a **PSR-16** cache or a **PSR-6** cache.

Additionally, **BetterWPCache** supports **cache tagging**.

This library is 100% integration tested against the official [php-cache/integration-tests](https://github.com/php-cache/integration-tests) using the [Redis Object Cache](https://github.com/rhubarbgroup/redis-cache) plugin by [Till Krüss](https://github.com/tillkruss).

Table of contents
-----------------

[](#table-of-contents)

1. [Motivation](#motivation)
2. [Installation](#installation)
3. [Usage](#usage)
    1. Does this work with any caching plugin?
    2. [PSR-6](#creating-a-psr-16-cache)
    3. [PSR-16](#creating-a-psr-6-cache)
    4. [Cache Tagging](#cache-tagging)
4. [Contributing](#contributing)
5. [Issues and PR's](#reporting-issues-and-sending-pull-requests)
6. [Security](#security)

Motivation
----------

[](#motivation)

We developed this library because many **WordPress** related components of the [**Snicco** project](https://github.com/snicco/snicco) require some form of caching.

To offer the greatest flexibility for users, they all only depend on the [PSR cache interfaces](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-6/).

But using these interfaces' meant that there was no way of using these components inside **WordPress**with the already connected `WP_Object_Cache`.

**BetterWPCache** solves this need.

This library has three main use cases:

1. You are developing a **distributed WordPress library** and don't want to depend on the `WP_Object_Cache`.
2. You are using any PHP package that depends on the **PSR** cache interface, and you want to use your **WordPress**caching plugin for it.
3. You want **cache-tagging**, which is something that the `WP_Object_Cache` does not support.

Ideally, **WordPress** core would replace the custom `WP_Object_Cache` with the **PSR** cache interface instead, so that the need for this library vanishes. In the meantime **BetterWPCache** will do the job.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require snicco/better-wp-cache
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Does this work with any caching plugin?

[](#does-this-work-with-any-caching-plugin)

Short answer: **Yes!**

Long answer: As long as your caching plugin correctly implements the `wp_cache_xxx` functions. This library only uses the [official **WordPress** cache functions](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/5.9/src/wp-includes/cache.php).

---

### Creating a PSR-6 cache

[](#creating-a-psr-6-cache)

This is how you create a **PSR-6** cache from your favorite **WordPress** cache plugin.

```
use Snicco\Component\BetterWPCache\CacheFactory;

$cache_group = 'my_plugin';
$psr_6_cache = CacheFactory::psr6($cache_group);
```

---

### Creating a PSR-16 cache

[](#creating-a-psr-16-cache)

This is how you create a **PSR-16** cache from your favorite **WordPress** cache plugin.

```
use Snicco\Component\BetterWPCache\CacheFactory;

$cache_group = 'my_plugin';
$psr_16_cache = CacheFactory::psr16($cache_group);
```

---

### Cache tagging

[](#cache-tagging)

For cache tagging a **PSR-6** cache is needed.

```
use Snicco\Component\BetterWPCache\CacheFactory;

$cache_group = 'my_plugin';
$psr_6_cache = CacheFactory::psr6($cache_group);

$taggable_cache = CacheFactory::taggable($psr_6_cache);
```

`$taggable_cache` is an instance of [TaggableCacheItemPoolInterface](http://www.php-cache.com/en/latest/#tagging) which is in the process of becoming a **PSR** standard.

Taken from the [official documentation](http://www.php-cache.com/en/latest/#tagging):

```
use Snicco\Component\BetterWPCache\CacheFactory;

$cache = CacheFactory::taggable(CacheFactory::psr6('my_plugin'));

$item = $cache->getItem('tobias');
$item->set('value')->setTags(['tag0', 'tag1'])
$cache->save($item);

$item = $cache->getItem('aaron');
$item->set('value')->setTags(['tag0']);
$cache->save($item);

// Remove everything tagged with 'tag1'
$cache->invalidateTags(['tag1']);
$cache->getItem('tobias')->isHit(); // false
$cache->getItem('aaron')->isHit(); // true

$item = $cache->getItem('aaron');
echo $item->getPreviousTags(); // array('tag0')

// No tags will be saved again. This is the same as saving
// an item with no tags.
$cache->save($item);
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

This repository is a read-only split of the development repo of the [**Snicco** project](https://github.com/snicco/snicco).

[This is how you can contribute](https://github.com/snicco/snicco/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).

Reporting issues and sending pull requests
------------------------------------------

[](#reporting-issues-and-sending-pull-requests)

Please report issues in the [**Snicco** monorepo](https://github.com/snicco/snicco/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md##using-the-issue-tracker).

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover a security vulnerability within **BetterWPCache**, please follow our [disclosure procedure](https://github.com/snicco/snicco/blob/master/SECURITY.md).

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 82% of packages

Maintenance36

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~27 days

Recently: every ~1 days

Total

33

Last Release

609d ago

Major Versions

v1.10.0 → v2.0.0-beta.12024-09-01

v1.10.1 → v2.0.0-beta.72024-09-04

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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### Embed Badge

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