Batcache Manager vs WP-Optimize
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| Feature | Batcache Manager v1.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details | WP-Optimize v4.7.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 700+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | March 28, 2020 | September 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Batcache Manager | WP-Optimize · WP-Optimize Premium ($) |
| Pros | Serves cached pages to anonymous visitors and reduces server load; Free and open source, from the Automattic and Batcache authors | Page, browser and minified-asset caching in the free edition; Database cleanup for revisions, spam, tables and more; Image compression and WebP conversion |
| Cons | Requires Memcached and a manually installed advanced-cache.php drop-in; Last tested with WordPress 5.3.2 and has no settings page | Unused CSS, Google Fonts hosting and Cloudflare purge are paid; Image compression relies on the reSmush.it service; Many scheduled background jobs run on the site |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| Page cache | Yes | Yes |
| Browser cache | Yes | Yes |
| Minify CSS/JS | No | Yes |
| CDN | No | Yes |
| Object cache | No | No |
| Database cleanup | No | Yes |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Caches pages for logged-out visitors, Regenerates post and home pages on post update, Cache-Control and Last-Modified headers | Image compression through reSmush.it, WebP conversion of compressed images, Scheduled page cache preload, 404 error log with daily pruning, Gzip compression test, Spam comment review link, Unused CSS removal ($), Local hosting of Google Fonts ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Other | — | reSmush.it, checkgzipcompression.com, Cloudflare ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 3.2 | 4.9 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.2 |
| Tested up to | 5.3.2 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | checkgzipcompression.com, api.resmush.it, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, teamupdraft.com |