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+=== Memcached Redux ===
+Contributors: wonderboymusic, ryan, sivel, mikeschroder, Ipstenu, batmoo
+Tags: cache, Memcached, admin, manage cache, object cache, WP Object Cache
+Requires at least: 3.0
+Tested up to: 5.4.1
+Stable Tag: 0.1.7
+
+Uses the Memcached class (not the Memcache class) to implement WP Object Cache
+
+== Description ==
+
+Changes the famous Memcached WP Object Cache backend to actually use the Memcached class (not the Memcache class). Implements wp_cache_get_multi() and wp_cache_set_multi()
+
+<code>
+wp_cache_get_multi( array(
+	array( 'key', 'group' ),
+	array( 'key', '' ),
+	array( 'key', 'group' ),
+	'key'
+) );
+
+wp_cache_set_multi( array(
+	array( 'key', 'data', 'group' ),
+	array( 'key', 'data' )
+) );
+</code>
+
+Blog Post: [http://scotty-t.com/2012/06/05/memcached-redux/](http://scotty-t.com/2012/06/05/memcached-redux/)
+
+== Installation ==
+1. Install [memcached](http://danga.com/memcached) on at least one server. Note the connection info. The default is `127.0.0.1:11211`.
+
+1. Install the [PECL memcached extension](http://pecl.php.net/package/memcached) 
+
+1. Copy object-cache.php to wp-content
+
+== Changelog ==
+
+= 0.1.7 =
+* Improved escaping in debug output ported from [Memcached plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/memcached/) (props @batmoo).
+* Fixed PHP notice when no Memcached server:port manually specified.
+
+= 0.1.6 =
+* Corrected documentation
+* Corrected stats collection (props @johnbillion)
+
+= 0.1.5 =
+* Added support for PHP 7+ by changing to `__construct` and pre-initializing stats
+
+= 0.1.3 =
+* Added support for WP_CACHE_KEY_SALT allowing multiple sites to use the same Memcached server.
+
+= 0.1.2 =
+* Allows graceful fallback to database object cache in WordPress 3.7+ for users without PECL Memcached available.
+* Fixes warning due to replace() call, as it does not take a compression argument in Memcached.
+
+= 0.1.1 = 
+* Fixes a problem with the get_option() function and the return value of wp_cache_get() on Linux
+
+= 0.1 =
+* Initial release
+
+== Upgrade Notice ==