Wpgraphql Smart Cache Headless Wordpress

---
name: "WPGraphQL Smart Cache for Headless WordPress"
slug: "wpgraphql-smart-cache-headless-wordpress"
description: "An ASE skill built around WPGraphQL Smart Cache, the open source WordPress plugin for caching WPGraphQL queries and invalidating them when content changes. It fits headless WordPress stacks that need faster GraphQL responses without giving up reliable cache purges."
github_stars: 80
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql-smart-cache"
author: "Jason Bahl"
publisher_type: "Open Source Project"
category: "WordPress & CMS"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "wp-graphql/wp-graphql-smart-cache"
  github_stars: 80
---

# WPGraphQL Smart Cache for Headless WordPress

An ASE skill built around WPGraphQL Smart Cache, the open source WordPress plugin for caching WPGraphQL queries and invalidating them when content changes. It fits headless WordPress stacks that need faster GraphQL responses without giving up reliable cache purges.

## Prerequisites

WordPress, WPGraphQL, and a supported cache layer for network or object caching

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- To get the most out of this plugin, we recommend using GET requests with Network Caching, which requires your WordPress install to be on a [supported host](https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql-smart-cache/blob/mai...

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- [Quick Start](#-quick-start)
- _"The fastest code is the code which does not run" - [Robert Galanakis](https://daveredfern.com/no-code/)_
- WPGraphQL is optimized for run-time performance by using [DataLoader](https://www.wpgraphql.com/docs/wpgraphql-vs-wp-rest-api#dataloader-and-the-n1-problem) methods and other techniques to reduce run time execution co...

- Source: https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql-smart-cache
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql-smart-cache/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpgraphql-smart-cache/

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/wpgraphql-smart-cache-headless-wordpress/)