Breeze Cache is the #5 ranked cache app on WordPress, with a 3.6 average rating from 126 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Breeze Cache is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Cloudways. With a rating of 3.6★ from 126 reviews, it currently ranks #5 in the Cache category.
AppRanks data: Breeze Cache ranks #5 in Cache on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 2% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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Breeze Cache is a mixed-rating WordPress app with a growing review traction. It is listed in the Cache category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 126 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by Cloudways — established developer track record
Cons
- −Average rating below 4.0 (3.6★) — read recent low-star reviews before committing
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How Breeze Cache works
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Breeze is a free, simple (yet powerful) and user-friendly caching plugin developed by the Cloudways team. It offers various options to optimize WordPress site performance at various levels. It works equally great with WordPress, WordPress with WooCommerce and WordPress Multisite.
Breeze excels in the following areas:
Performance: Breeze improves website speed and resource optimization. Other features include file level cache system, database cleanup, minification, support for Varnish cache and simplified CDN integration options.
Convenience: Breeze is easy to install and configure directly from WordPress. Configuring Breeze is easy and most of the default options work well right out of the box. The recommended settings should work on all your WordPress websites seamlessly.
Simplicity: Breeze is designed to be simple for all users. Just install and activate the plugin and you’ll see the results instantaneously.
What makes Breeze Cache Plugin awesome is that it comes with builtin support for Varnish. If Varnish is not installed on your servers, Breeze will utilize its internal cache mechanism to boost up your WordPress site performance.
FEATURES
Seamless integration with Varnish Cache for efficient content delivery. No manual adjustments needed – all settings come pre-configured for your convenience.
Optimize performance using Cloudflare’s caching capabilities. No specific Breeze configurations are needed – it works out of the box.
Effortlessly integrate your preferred Content Delivery Network (CDN) for global content distribution with Breeze instead of using the the CDN providers’ plugins.
Trim WordPress database bloat effortlessly. Breeze’s Database Options optimize and declutter your database, boosting performance by removing unneeded data like post revisions and trashed content.
Take command over caching exclusions. With Breeze, you have the power to prevent specific URLs, JS files, and CSS files from being cached.
Achieve smaller page sizes and faster load times through HTML, CSS, and JavaScript minification, including inline CSS and JavaScript minification.
Load images when they’re visible, not all at once, for faster webpage performance by implementing lazy loading for images.
Load JS files with deferred loading, enhancing overall performance.
Supercharge your site’s speed with Breeze’s advanced preloading features: load fonts early, quicken link clicks, and enhance DNS requests for a seamless user experience.
Master real-time interactions with Breeze’s Heartbeat API management. Fine-tune notifications, sales data, autosaves, and more to optimize WordPress website performance by adjusting API call frequencies.
Effortlessly manage Breeze settings using Import/Export. Download your configurations as a .json file for backup, or effortlessly import existing settings to quickly fine-tune your optimization.
Support: We love to provide support! Post your questions on the WordPress.org support forums, or if you are a Cloudways Customer you may ask questions on the Cloudways Community Forum.
Requirements PHP 7.4, PHP 8 recommended for better performance, WordPress 6.0+
Category rankings
As of Sep 3, 2026- Cache#5of 369Top 2%
- Performance#12of 762Top 2%
- Popular#155of 510Top 31%
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Keyword rankings
Breeze Cache ranks for 1 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 1:
- Rank #173
Competitors & alternatives
Breeze Cache doesn't have curated competitor matchups yet. Other tracked cache apps on WordPress:
Where Breeze Cache stands in the Cache category
Breeze Cache ranks #5 of 369 apps in the Cache category, placing it in the top 2% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Breeze Cache?
Breeze Cache is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 3.6-star rating from 126 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Cache category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Cloudways.
Where does Breeze Cache rank on WordPress?
Breeze Cache currently sits at position #5 in the Cache category on WordPress. That places it in the top 1% of 369 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.