Tom J Nowell

<p>An easy way of telling apart different installs of WordPress ( e.g. live/production/local ) via the admin bar. Super admins see a colour coded machine name in the admin bar, with an IP submenu. Mobiles will see a colour coded square dot</p>


Local Indicator

A fast way of seeing which machine a WordPress install is running on.

Ayuda WordPress

Fernando Tellado

<p><strong>Anti-Cache Kit</strong> is a development tool for WordPress developers and designers who need to bypass all caching and optimization mechanisms during development, testing, or troubleshooting.</p>
<p><strong>Development tool only. Do not leave active on production sites.</strong></p>
<h4>Key features</h4>
<p><strong>Cache and optimization management</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Automatically detects and flushes 16+ cache plugins</li>
<li>Deactivates optimization plugins that interfere with debugging (Perfmatters, FlyingPress, WP Asset CleanUp, and more)</li>
<li>Clears object cache (Redis, Memcached) and OPcache</li>
<li>Clears hosting-specific caches (SiteGround, Cloudflare, Kinsta)</li>
<li>Prevents browser caching for administrators</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Server-level cache prevention</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Automatic timestamped backup of .htaccess before any modification</li>
<li>Injects .htaccess rules to disable SiteGround cache via environment variables</li>
<li>Sets no-cache, no-store headers at server level for all visitors</li>
<li>Disables ETags and mod_expires to prevent conditional caching</li>
<li>Sends CDN/proxy bypass headers (X-Accel-Expires, Surrogate-Control)</li>
<li>Automatically restores original .htaccess on plugin deactivation</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Debug mode activation</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Automatic timestamped backup of wp-config.php before any modification</li>
<li>Comments out conflicting definitions with visible markers instead of deleting them</li>
<li>Enables WP_DEBUG, WP_DEBUG_LOG, and SCRIPT_DEBUG (errors go to wp-content/debug.log)</li>
<li>Disables WordPress cache (WP_CACHE = false)</li>
<li>Safely modifies wp-config.php using WordPress Filesystem API</li>
<li>Restores original wp-config.php from backup on plugin deactivation (plain copy, no processing)</li>
<li>Timestamped backups are kept for reference until the plugin is deleted</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Maintenance mode</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Optional status page for non-logged visitors</li>
<li>Quick toggle from admin bar</li>
<li>Customizable via filter hook</li>
<li>Self-contained output with aggressive cache prevention headers (503, no-store, Surrogate-Control)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Supported cache plugins</h4>
<ul>
<li>WP Rocket</li>
<li>W3 Total Cache</li>
<li>WP Super Cache</li>
<li>WP Fastest Cache</li>
<li>LiteSpeed Cache</li>
<li>SiteGround Optimizer</li>
<li>WP Optimize</li>
<li>Hummingbird (WPMU DEV)</li>
<li>Breeze (Cloudways)</li>
<li>Autoptimize</li>
<li>Cache Enabler</li>
<li>Surge</li>
<li>Redis Object Cache</li>
<li>Powered Cache</li>
<li>Comet Cache</li>
<li>Swift Performance</li>
</ul>
<h4>Supported optimization plugins</h4>
<ul>
<li>Perfmatters</li>
<li>FlyingPress</li>
<li>WP Asset CleanUp</li>
<li>Object Cache 4 Everyone</li>
<li>Zero Config Performance (WPO Tweaks)</li>
<li>Clearfy</li>
</ul>
<h4>Supported hosting caches</h4>
<ul>
<li>SiteGround (via .htaccess environment variables and plugin API)</li>
<li>Cloudflare (both new and legacy namespaces)</li>
<li>Kinsta</li>
<li>Generic hosting cache systems</li>
</ul>
<h3>Developer Information</h3>
<h4>Hooks and Filters</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>ayudawp_anticache_maintenance_data</code> – Filter to customize maintenance page data (heading, status, message, retry)</li>
<li><code>ayudawp_anticache_cache_plugins</code> – Filter to modify the list of supported cache and optimization plugins</li>
</ul>
<h4>Constants</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>AYUDAWP_ANTICACHE_VERSION</code> – Plugin version</li>
<li><code>AYUDAWP_ANTICACHE_PLUGIN_DIR</code> – Plugin directory path</li>
<li><code>AYUDAWP_ANTICACHE_PLUGIN_URL</code> – Plugin directory URL</li>
<li><code>AYUDAWP_ANTICACHE_PLUGIN_BASENAME</code> – Plugin basename for hooks</li>
</ul>
<h4>Code examples</h4>
<p>Customize maintenance page:</p>
<pre><code>add_filter( 'ayudawp_anticache_maintenance_data', function( $data ) {
    $data['heading'] = 'My Site Name';
    $data['status'] = 'Updating...';
    $data['message'] = 'We are deploying a new version. Back in a few minutes.';
    return $data;
} );
</code></pre>
<p>Add a custom cache plugin:</p>
<pre><code>add_filter( 'ayudawp_anticache_cache_plugins', function( $plugins ) {
    $plugins['my-cache/my-cache.php'] = array(
        'name' => 'My Cache Plugin',
        'type' => 'cache',
    );
    return $plugins;
} );<h3>Support</h3>
</code></pre>
<h4>Need private support or custom development?</h4>
<p>Do you need one-on-one help, priority troubleshooting, or a custom feature, integration, or tweak built specifically for your site? I offer private support and custom development. Just <a href="mailto:anticache@ayudawp.com" rel="nofollow ugc">contact me</a> and tell me what you need.</p>
<h4>Need help or have suggestions?</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://servicios.ayudawp.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Official website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/anticache/" rel="ugc">WordPress support forum</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/AyudaWordPressES" rel="nofollow ugc">YouTube channel</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ayudawp.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation and tutorials</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Love the plugin?</strong> Please leave us a 5-star review and help spread the word!</p>
<h3>About AyudaWP</h3>
<p>We are specialists in WordPress security, SEO, and performance optimization plugins. We create tools that solve real problems for WordPress site owners while maintaining the highest coding standards and accessibility requirements.</p>


Anti-Cache Kit

Flushes and deactivates cache and optimization plugins, enables debug mode, and provides maintenance mode for WordPress development.

Local Indicator vs Anti-Cache Kit