Autoptimize vs Hyper Cache
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| Feature | Autoptimize v3.1.17 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Hyper Cache v3.4.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 800,000+ | 7,000+ |
| Last updated | October 25, 2026 | February 3, 2026 |
| Editions | Autoptimize · Autoptimize Pro ($) | Hyper Cache |
| Pros | Aggregates and minifies CSS and JavaScript; Lazy-loads images with WebP and AVIF support; Works without changing theme code | Serves cached HTML pages to visitors with few settings to manage; Clears cached pages when posts, comments or bbPress topics change |
| Cons | Aggressive script changes can break pages and need testing; Page cache, CDN and critical CSS need the paid Pro version | No CSS or JavaScript minification in this version; No object cache or database cleanup, so pair with other tools |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| Page cache | — | Yes |
| Browser cache | — | Yes |
| Minify CSS/JS | — | No |
| CDN | — | Yes |
| Object cache | — | No |
| Database cleanup | — | No |
| Free version | — | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | CSS and JavaScript aggregation and minification, Image lazy-load and WebP and AVIF settings, Extra options for fonts, emoji and script placement, Critical CSS through the criticalcss.com premium API ($), Pro upgrade tab in the admin | Hourly cache clean, Cache clean on bbPress topics and replies, Reject user agents from cache |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | — | Autoptimize, bbPress |
| Other | criticalcss.com ($), Google Fonts | cdnjs |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 6.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.9 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | criticalcss.com, misc.optimizingmatters.com | cdnjs.cloudflare.com |