diff --git a/extension.json b/extension.json
index 94212dd..31743ea 100644
--- a/extension.json
+++ b/extension.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	"author": "Tim Laqua",
 	"url": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Contribution_Scores",
 	"descriptionmsg": "contributionscores-desc",
-	"version": "1.26.0",
+	"version": "1.26.1",
 	"type": "specialpage",
 	"requires": {
 		"MediaWiki": ">= 1.34.0"
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
 			"value": false,
 			"description": "Set to true to exclude bots users from the reporting."
 		},
+		"ContribScoreIgnoreUsernames": {
+			"value": [],
+			"description": "Array of usernames to exclude from the reporting."
+		},
 		"ContribScoresUseRealName": {
 			"value": false,
 			"description": "Set to true to use real user names when available."
@@ -50,6 +54,10 @@
 		"ContribScoreUseRoughEditCount": {
 			"value": false,
 			"description": "Set to true to use the rough number of edits in user table, for performance issue."
+		},
+		"ContribScoreCacheTTL": {
+			"value": 30,
+			"description": "Cache the contribution scores data, in minutes."
 		}
 	},
 	"manifest_version": 2
diff --git a/src/ContributionScores.php b/src/ContributionScores.php
index 1434243..618f9ae 100644
--- a/src/ContributionScores.php
+++ b/src/ContributionScores.php
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  * \brief Contains code for the ContributionScores Class (extends SpecialPage).
  */
 
+use MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices;
+
 /// Special page class for the Contribution Scores extension
 /**
  * Special page that generates a list of wiki contributors based
@@ -80,29 +82,24 @@ class ContributionScores extends IncludableSpecialPage {
 		return $parser->insertStripItem( $output, $parser->mStripState );
 	}
 
-	/// Generates a "Contribution Scores" table for a given LIMIT and date range
-
 	/**
-	 * Function generates Contribution Scores tables in HTML format (not wikiText)
+	 * Function fetch Contribution Scores data from database
 	 *
 	 * @param int $days Days in the past to run report for
 	 * @param int $limit Maximum number of users to return (default 50)
-	 * @param string|null $title The title of the table
-	 * @param array $options array of options (default none; nosort/notools)
-	 * @return string Html Table representing the requested Contribution Scores.
+	 * @return array Data including the requested Contribution Scores.
 	 */
-	function genContributionScoreTable( $days, $limit, $title = null, $options = 'none' ) {
-		global $wgContribScoreIgnoreBots, $wgContribScoreIgnoreBlockedUsers, $wgContribScoresUseRealName,
+	public static function getContributionScoreData( $days, $limit ) {
+		global $wgContribScoreIgnoreBots, $wgContribScoreIgnoreBlockedUsers, $wgContribScoreIgnoreUsernames,
 			$wgContribScoreUseRoughEditCount;
 
-		$opts = explode( ',', strtolower( $options ) );
-
 		$dbr = wfGetDB( DB_REPLICA );
 
 		$revQuery = ActorMigration::newMigration()->getJoin( 'rev_user' );
 		$revQuery['tables'] = array_merge( [ 'revision' ], $revQuery['tables'] );
 
 		$revUser = $revQuery['fields']['rev_user'];
+		$revUsername = $revQuery['fields']['rev_user_text'];
 
 		$sqlWhere = [];
 
@@ -136,6 +133,11 @@ class ContributionScores extends IncludableSpecialPage {
 				], __METHOD__ );
 		}
 
+		if ( count( $wgContribScoreIgnoreUsernames ) ) {
+			$listIgnoredUsernames = $dbr->makeList( $wgContribScoreIgnoreUsernames );
+			$sqlWhere[] = "{$revUsername} NOT IN ($listIgnoredUsernames)";
+		}
+
 		if ( $dbr->unionSupportsOrderAndLimit() ) {
 			$order = [
 				'GROUP BY' => 'rev_user',
@@ -196,6 +198,25 @@ class ContributionScores extends IncludableSpecialPage {
 				]
 			]
 		);
+		$ret = iterator_to_array( $res );
+		return $ret;
+	}
+
+	/// Generates a "Contribution Scores" table for a given LIMIT and date range
+
+	/**
+	 * Function generates Contribution Scores tables in HTML format (not wikiText)
+	 *
+	 * @param int $days Days in the past to run report for
+	 * @param int $limit Maximum number of users to return (default 50)
+	 * @param string|null $title The title of the table
+	 * @param array $options array of options (default none; nosort/notools)
+	 * @return string Html Table representing the requested Contribution Scores.
+	 */
+	function genContributionScoreTable( $days, $limit, $title = null, $options = 'none' ) {
+		global $wgContribScoresUseRealName, $wgContribScoreCacheTTL;
+
+		$opts = explode( ',', strtolower( $options ) );
 
 		$sortable = in_array( 'nosort', $opts ) ? '' : ' sortable';
 
@@ -207,11 +228,26 @@ class ContributionScores extends IncludableSpecialPage {
 			Html::element( 'th', [], $this->msg( 'contributionscores-changes' )->text() ) .
 			Html::element( 'th', [], $this->msg( 'contributionscores-username' )->text() );
 
+		$cache = MediaWikiServices::getInstance()->getMainWANObjectCache();
+		$data = $cache->getWithSetCallback(
+			$cache->makeKey( 'contributionscores', 'data-' . (string)$days ),
+			$wgContribScoreCacheTTL * 60,
+			function () use ( $days ) {
+				// Use max limit, as limit doesn't matter with performance.
+				// Avoid purge multiple times since limit on transclusion can be vary.
+				return self::getContributionScoreData( $days, self::CONTRIBUTIONSCORES_MAXINCLUDELIMIT );
+			} );
+
+		$lang = $this->getLanguage();
+
 		$altrow = '';
 		$user_rank = 1;
 
-		$lang = $this->getLanguage();
-		foreach ( $res as $row ) {
+		foreach ( $data as $row ) {
+			if ( $user_rank > $limit ) {
+				break;
+			}
+
 			// Use real name if option used and real name present.
 			if ( $wgContribScoresUseRealName && $row->user_real_name !== '' ) {
 				$userLink = Linker::userLink(
@@ -257,8 +293,7 @@ class ContributionScores extends IncludableSpecialPage {
 		$output .= Html::closeElement( 'tr' );
 		$output .= Html::closeElement( 'table' );
 
-		$dbr->freeResult( $res );
-
+		// Transcluded on a normal wiki page.
 		if ( !empty( $title ) ) {
 			$output = Html::rawElement( 'table',
 				[