DDocket Cache: version, compatibility and updates

Docket Cache is a WordPress plugin with 20,000+ active installs. The current version on WordPress.org is 26.04.12, last updated on 31 October 2026.

Facts from WordPress.org

Does Docket Cache work with WordPress 7.2?

Docket Cache says it was tested up to WordPress 7.1.4. It does not yet say it has been tested with WordPress 7.2. See the full WordPress 7.2 compatibility list.

What the plugin says about itself

Docket Cache is a persistent WordPress Object Cache that stores cached data as plain PHP code. It is designed as an alternative for sites that do not have access to Redis or Memcached. Most file-based caching plugins use serializing and unserializing to save PHP objects to flat files. Docket Cache takes a different approach by converting objects into plain PHP code. This makes data retrieval faster and improves overall performance, especially when Zend OPcache is enabled. For more information, please refer to the documentation on Caching In WordPress . Why use this plugin? For reliable persistent Object Cache in WordPress, Redis or Memcached are the top choices. However, they require server knowledge and are rarely available on low-cost or shared hosting plans. The alternative is to store object caches in files. In WordPress, exporting PHP objects is not straightforward. Most file-based …

Newest changelog entry

26.04.12 Added: DOCKET_CACHE_SKIP_UNCHANGED constant and “Skip Unchanged Cache Writes” option to turn it off. Fixed: Command::dropino_update() -> Wrong command in the WP-CLI help example. Fixed: View::parse_log_query() -> Cache View showed “Data Not available” for every cache file. Fixed: Cache Log -> Clicking a row selected a row further down in long logs, and nothing near the end. Fixed: Plugin::register_tweaks() -> WordPress Translation Caching looped until a fatal error with WPML String Translation. Fixed: Plugin::register_tweaks() -> WordPress Translation Caching gave text domains that were not loaded the translations of another domain. Fixed: Filesystem::opcache_compile() -> Cache files rewritten within the same second stayed stale when the host blocks opcache_invalidate() or the write came from WP-CLI. Improved: WP_Object_Cache::dc_save() -> Skip writing unchanged values to reduce OPcache wasted memory.

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