Use PHP output buffering to extract widget output and store it into WordPress transients for faster retrieval. It also adds a checkbox to widget controls to exclude it from being cached.

It is a quick fix for bad behaving plugins that parse RSS feeds or call remote URLs on every page load.

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0.5.2

• Tested with WordPress 4.5.2.

0.5.1

• Fixed transient name generation issue.

0.5

• Remove menu cache due to "active" menu item bug.
• Allow individual widgets to be excluded from being cached.

0.4.4

• Honor widgets being hidden using the widget_display_callback filter.

0.4.3

• Add cache versioning for simple invalidation.

0.4.2

• Store menu cache only if WordPress supports pre_wp_nav_menu.

0.4

• Add support for menu output caching.

0.1

• Initial release.

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Install it from the official WordPress repository or use the plugin search in your WordPress dashboard.