FlyingPress vs W3 Total Cache
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| Feature | FlyingPress v5.6.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details | W3 Total Cache v2.11.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 900,000+ |
| Last updated | — | October 20, 2026 |
| Editions | FlyingPress ($) | W3 Total Cache · W3 Total Cache Pro ($) |
| Pros | Page cache, minify, lazy load and font swap in one plugin; Cloudflare cache rules and purge integration; Image optimisation and page preloading built in | Page, browser, object and CDN caching in one plugin; Minification of CSS and JavaScript; Works with many CDN providers in the free code |
| Cons | Needs a paid licence key for updates; Image optimisation runs on the vendor's service; Gains depend on the theme and plugins in use | Large settings area that is easy to misconfigure; Some modules need external cache servers or CDN accounts; Pro upgrade notes appear in the free admin |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 3 |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| Page cache | Yes | Yes |
| Browser cache | Yes | Yes |
| Minify CSS/JS | Yes | Yes |
| CDN | Yes | Yes |
| Object cache | Yes | Yes |
| Database cleanup | Yes | — |
| Free version | No | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Image optimisation (compression, AVIF, resize) ($), Page preloading after purge ($), Lazy loading of images ($), Font display swap and Google Fonts optimisation ($), YouTube embed placeholder ($), Cloudflare cache purge on content changes ($), WP-CLI commands for purge and licence ($) | Database query caching, Fragment caching for plugins and themes ($), Local usage statistics collection, Pro upgrade notes in the free admin ($), Pro licence check ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | — | New Relic |
| Storage | — | BunnyCDN, Google Drive, Rackspace Cloud Files |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce ($) | — |
| Plugins | Polylang ($), WPML ($) | — |
| Other | Cloudflare ($), Google Fonts ($) | — |
| Requires WordPress | 4.7 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | api.cloudflare.com, image-optimizer.flyingpress.com, license.flyingpress.com, page-optimizer.flyingpress.com, purge.flyingcdn.com, translations.flyingpress.com, api.flyinghost.com, video-thumbnails.flyingpress.com | api.bunny.net, identity.api.rackspacecloud.com, api.newrelic.com, closure-compiler.appspot.com, management.core.windows.net |