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Comet Cache v170220

If you care about the speed of your site, Comet Cache is one of those plugins that you absolutely MUST have installed 🙂 Comet Cache takes a real-time snapshot (building a cache) of every Page, Post,...

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  • Audit coverage Up to date 14 versions audited
  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 12, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 12, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires WordPress 4.2+
  • Tested up to WP 6.9-alpha-60398 WP 7.1.3 is current

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 85 Passed
  • 27 Warnings
  • 13 Failed
Security 59/100
Needs Improvement

22 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 74/100
Needs Improvement

45 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 75/100
Needs Improvement

9 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 67/100
Needs Improvement

4 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 67/100
Needs Improvement

2 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 50/100
Needs Improvement

3 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

1.0 MB

2.6 MB unzipped

Total files

151

across all file types

Lines of PHP

13,287

in 84 files Medium

File types

  • PHP
  • PNG
  • TXT
  • OTHER
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 5 Critical
  • 681 High
  • 619 Medium
  • 340 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 14 audited versions of Comet Cache, Performance improved the most (+8). No category regressed over this span. The codebase grew 19% in size.

Audited 160211 → 170220 · 14 versions

0 50 100 160211 170220

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 823 1645 160211 170220

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

145

downloads

Today

20

downloads

Week over week

+4%

vs previous week

Month over month

+17%

vs previous month

Download trend: Growing. Abandonment risk: High.

Version intelligence

100% of installs run the current version

  • Other
  • v170220

Ratings

108 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 89
  • 4 3
  • 3 1
  • 2 1
  • 1 14

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

14 mo ago

Jul 2, 2025

Release cadence

~ every 15 days

average between releases

Total releases

14

since Feb 2016 · 10 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Comet Cache in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Comet Cache v170220 flagged 1,645 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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