Title: define( ‘WP_CACHE’, true ); needed?
Last modified: September 17, 2025

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# define( ‘WP_CACHE’, true ); needed?

 *  Resolved [sjswiwq](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sjswiwq/)
 * (@sjswiwq)
 * [6 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/define-wp_cache-true-needed/)
 * Hi there,
   In Autoptimize free version, do we need to have this in the wp-config.
   php define( ‘WP_CACHE’, true );?

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 *  Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/)
 * (@optimizingmatters)
 * [6 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/define-wp_cache-true-needed/#post-18645173)
 * no, Autoptimize (the base, free plugin) does not do page caching, so that constant
   is not needed for AO.
 * hope this clarifies,
    frank

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