Autoptimize vs Breeze
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| Feature | Autoptimize v3.1.16 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Breeze v2.6.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 800,000+ | 300,000+ |
| Last updated | September 26, 2026 | October 20, 2026 |
| Editions | Autoptimize · Autoptimize Pro ($) | Breeze |
| Pros | Aggregates and minifies CSS and JavaScript; Lazy-loads images with WebP and AVIF support; Works without changing theme code | Completely free with no upsell; Page cache, minify, CDN rewrite and DB cleanup in one plugin; Built-in Varnish purge and WooCommerce-aware cache rules; WP-CLI commands and a REST endpoint to clear cache; Version rollback screen |
| Cons | Aggressive script changes can break pages and need testing; Page cache, CDN and critical CSS need the paid Pro version | No object cache backend of its own; it only flushes an existing one; Cloudflare and Varnish features depend on Cloudways hosting; Browser cache and gzip rules are written to .htaccess, so Apache only |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| Page cache | — | Yes |
| Browser cache | — | Yes |
| Minify CSS/JS | — | Yes |
| CDN | — | Yes |
| Object cache | — | No |
| Database cleanup | — | Yes |
| Free version | — | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | CSS and JavaScript aggregation and minification, Image lazy-load and WebP and AVIF settings, Extra options for fonts, emoji and script placement, Critical CSS through the criticalcss.com premium API ($), Pro upgrade tab in the admin | Varnish cache purge, Lazy loading for images and iframes, Delay and defer JavaScript, Font preload, link prefetch and cache preloader, WordPress heartbeat control, Host Google Fonts locally, Refreshes product page cache after WooCommerce orders, REST endpoint to clear all cache, WP-CLI commands, Roll back to an earlier plugin version |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Other | criticalcss.com ($), Google Fonts | Cloudflare (via Cloudways), Google Fonts, Sucuri SiteCheck (CDN URL check) |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | criticalcss.com, misc.optimizingmatters.com | sitecheck.sucuri.net, api.wordpress.org, fonts.googleapis.com, fonts.gstatic.com |