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Super Light Cache Buster — WordPress Caching Plugin

by Mwale Kalenga · WordPress.org page

v1.4.2 Tested up to WP 6.8.8 PHP 5.3+

Super Light Cache Buster has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 13,764 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on October 19, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.8.8.

Super Light Cache Buster at a glance

Active installs
1,000+
Total downloads
13,764
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Super Light Cache Buster well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.8.8, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Filters whether Cache Buster should run (randomize asset version numbers) in the back end
  • Return true to enable Cache Buster. false is the default. slcb_version_name
  • Filters the version name for assets to allow using a custom version name (or number)
  • Return the version name e.g. you can use the value 2.0.1
  • When this filter is in use, version numbers will not be randomized. Instead, you will have to change the version name manually to rename assets
  • This filter overrides the “Version Name” setting in the dashboard
  • The provided version name must be a valid query parameter. As a safety, if the provided string breaks any URLs, it will not be used

Super Light Cache Buster reviews and ratings

9 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
5.0 out of 5

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  • One of the best plugins used so far

    We recently switched to WP Compress and the cache would stay stale even after content updates. This plugin helped change that!!!

    VannDigital

  • Nice

    My litespeed cache has been driving me up the wall with browser cache not updating, this solved it

    Mark3121

  • Lightweight and excellent support

    Very useful plugin for development

    David Jensen

  • Very good plugin

    Simple and works great. Thanks for this plugin.

    deffo

  • You saved my life! :‎)

    EZ 5 starts!

    Saif

  • Perfect solution

    Especially after the update to allow a custom version string, either through a GUI setting or programmatic hook, this plugin fixes a persistent problem when doing site updates. Too often we have browsers holding onto cached CSS/etc after doing an update. We want them cached, but wanted a way to invalidate those when changes are made. This now allows us to use the version as a "point in time" refresh point. Caching will happen until we tell it a new version is installed. It works perfect for us. Thanks so much to Mwale for sharing this freely!

    scmsteve

Where Super Light Cache Buster ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Super Light Cache Buster appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Caching Plugins #91 by tag, #74 in search #57 –

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Details

Stop page & browser caching with random version numbers and Cache-Control directives.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Rankings Super Light Cache Buster competes in

Tags

  • buster
  • cache
  • cachebuster
  • clear
  • prevent

More from Mwale Kalenga

Version
1.4.2
Last updated
Oct 19, 2025
First published
Jun 24, 2020
Requires WordPress
5.0
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
5.3
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Super Light Cache Buster FAQ

What does Super Light Cache Buster do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Super Light Cache Buster offers Filters whether Cache Buster should run (randomize asset version numbers) in the back end, Return true to enable Cache Buster. false is the default. slcb_version_name, Filters the version name for assets to allow using a custom version name (or number), Return the version name e.g. you can use the value 2.0.1 and When this filter is in use, version numbers will not be randomized. Instead, you will have to change the version name manually to rename assets.

How many active installs does Super Light Cache Buster have?

WordPress.org reports 1,000+ active installs for Super Light Cache Buster as of September 7, 2026.

Is Super Light Cache Buster still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on October 19, 2025 and it is tested up to WordPress 6.8.8.

Is Super Light Cache Buster free?

Super Light Cache Buster is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does Super Light Cache Buster rank among Caching Plugins?

Super Light Cache Buster is #57 in the WordPress.org Caching Plugins ranking.