Cleans nginx's fastcgi/proxy cache or redis-cache whenever a post is edited/published. Also does a few more things.
| Last updated | September 9, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 3.0 or newer |
| Needs PHP | Not stated |
| First published | September 28, 2012 |
| Support, last two months | 0 of 3 threads resolved (0%) |
4.4 / 5 from 31 reviews
| 5 stars | 25 |
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| 4 stars | 1 |
| 3 stars | 0 |
| 2 stars | 1 |
| 1 star | 4 |
Tutorials
You will need to follow one or more tutorials below to get desired functionality:
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Q. Will this work out of the box?
No. You need to make some changes at the Nginx end. Please check our tutorial list.
Q. There’s a ‘purge all’ button? Does it purge the whole site?
Yes, it does. It physically empties the cache directory. It is set by default to /var/run/nginx-cache/.
If your cache directory is different, you can override this in your wp-config.php by adding
define(‘RT_WP_NGINX_HELPER_CACHE_PATH’,’/var/run/nginx-cache/’);
Replace the path with your own.
Q. Does it work for custom posts and taxonomies?
Q. Can I override the redis hostname, port and prefix?
Yes, you can force override the redis hostname, port or prefix by defining constant in wp-config.php. For example:
`
define(‘RT_WP_NGINX_HELPER_REDIS_HOSTNAME’, ‘10.0.0.1’);
define(‘RT_WP_NGINX_HELPER_REDIS_PORT’, ‘6000’);
define(‘RT_WP_NGINX_HELPER_REDIS_PREFIX’, ‘page-cache:’);
`
Q. Can I override the redis socket path, username, password?
Q. My multisite already uses WPMU_ACCEL_REDIRECT. Do I still need Nginx Map?
Definitely. WPMU_ACCEL_REDIRECT reduces the load on PHP, but it still ask WordPress i.e. PHP/MySQL to do some work for static files e.g. images in your post. Nginx map lets nginx handle files on its own bypassing wordpress which gives you much better performance without using a CDN.
Q. I am using X plugin. Will it work on Nginx?
Q. How can I update the options using WP-CLI?
`shell
wp option patch update rt_wp_nginx_helper_options
`
Please post your problem in our free support forum.
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Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin. The author takes donations at their donate page.
