diff --git a/modules/website/wordpress/wordpress-cron-manager.sh b/modules/website/wordpress/wordpress-cron-manager.sh
index 7c82740..c4714f2 100755
--- a/modules/website/wordpress/wordpress-cron-manager.sh
+++ b/modules/website/wordpress/wordpress-cron-manager.sh
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ CRON_OFFSET=0
 # Instead of running find 23 times, run once and reuse results
 declare -g WP_SITES_CACHE=""
 declare -g WP_CACHE_INITIALIZED=0
+declare -g WP_CACHE_FILE="/tmp/wp-sites-cache-$$"
 
 # OPTIMIZATION: Function Registry (OPT-14)
 # Maintains a registry of all available functions for discoverability and validation
@@ -320,20 +321,40 @@ get_home_path() {
 # Runs once at script startup, results used by all subsequent functions
 initialize_wp_cache() {
     local panel="$SYS_CONTROL_PANEL"
+
+    # Check if cache file already exists from earlier in this session
+    if [ -f "$WP_CACHE_FILE" ]; then
+        WP_SITES_CACHE=$(cat "$WP_CACHE_FILE")
+        WP_CACHE_INITIALIZED=1
+        return
+    fi
+
+    # Run the discovery and save to temp file for persistence
     WP_SITES_CACHE=$(get_wp_search_paths "$panel")
+    echo "$WP_SITES_CACHE" > "$WP_CACHE_FILE" 2>/dev/null
     WP_CACHE_INITIALIZED=1
 }
 
 # Function to get cached WordPress installations
 # Returns cached results from initialize_wp_cache()
+# Always returns instantly (uses file cache)
 get_wp_sites_cached() {
-    # Initialize cache if not already done
+    # Quick check: if we have the temp file, use it immediately (no discovery needed)
+    if [ -f "$WP_CACHE_FILE" ]; then
+        cat "$WP_CACHE_FILE"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    # Fallback: Initialize cache if not already done
     if [ "$WP_CACHE_INITIALIZED" = "0" ]; then
         initialize_wp_cache
     fi
     echo "$WP_SITES_CACHE"
 }
 
+# Cleanup cache on exit
+trap 'rm -f "$WP_CACHE_FILE" "$LOCK_FILE"; rollback_cleanup' EXIT INT TERM
+
 # OPTIMIZATION: User extraction caching (memoization)
 # extract_user_from_path() called 10 times, often for same path
 # Cache results to avoid redundant extraction operations