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wearerequired/varnish-extended
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WordPress plugin to extend Varnish HTTP Purge to purge the cache on multiple backends.

1.0.1(8y ago)03.7kGPL-2.0+PHPPHP >=7.0

Since Apr 19Pushed 8y agoCompare

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Varnish Extended
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[](#varnish-extended)

Extends [Varnish HTTP Purge](https://wordpress.org/plugins/varnish-http-purge/) to purge the cache on multiple backends.

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

[](#installation)

1. Install the plugin.
2. Define `VARNISH_BACKENDS` in your wp-config.php file. Example: `define( 'VARNISH_BACKENDS', [ '127.0.0.1:6081', '127.0.0.2:6081' ] );`. Or use the `varnish_extended.varnish_backends` filter.

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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 ~233 days

Total

2

Last Release

3074d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1446895?v=4)[required](/maintainers/wearerequired)[@wearerequired](https://github.com/wearerequired)

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Top Contributors

[![ocean90](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/617637?v=4)](https://github.com/ocean90 "ocean90 (7 commits)")

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Tags

varnishvarnish-cachewordpresswordpress-pluginwordpresscachevarnishpurge

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