Breeze vs WP Fastest Cache
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| Feature | Breeze v2.6.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.6/5 Visit Details | WP Fastest Cache v1.5.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 300,000+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | October 20, 2026 | October 10, 2026 |
| Editions | Breeze | WP Fastest Cache · WP Fastest Cache Premium ($) |
| Pros | 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 | Static page cache with a simple settings screen; Browser caching and GZIP rules written for the site; Cache is cleared when a post changes status; Cloudflare cache purge from the settings screen |
| Cons | 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 | Database cleanup, mobile cache and advanced minification are Premium only; Cache and browser rules are written to .htaccess files |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 2 |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| Page cache | Yes | Yes |
| Browser cache | Yes | Yes |
| Minify CSS/JS | Yes | Yes |
| CDN | Yes | Yes |
| Object cache | No | No |
| Database cleanup | Yes | Paid |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | 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 | Clears cache when a post changes status, Delete cached and minified CSS/JS files, GZIP rules in .htaccess, Cloudflare cache purge, Clear all cache from a URL call, Skips caching when DONOTCACHEPAGE is defined, Exclusion rules by page type |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Other | Cloudflare (via Cloudways), Google Fonts, Sucuri SiteCheck (CDN URL check) | Cloudflare |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0 | 5.7 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | sitecheck.sucuri.net, api.wordpress.org, fonts.googleapis.com, fonts.gstatic.com | api.cloudflare.com |