FlyingPress vs Converter for Media
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| Feature | FlyingPress v5.6.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details | Converter for Media v6.7.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 500,000+ |
| Last updated | — | October 14, 2026 |
| Editions | FlyingPress ($) | Converter for Media · Converter for Media PRO ($) |
| 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 | Converts uploads to WebP on the server with GD or Imagick; Optional Cloudflare cache rules and cache purge; Core WebP conversion works without a licence |
| 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 | AVIF output and cloud conversion need the PRO licence; Upgrade prompts appear in the admin and plugin list; Cloud conversion sends images to a vendor API |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| Page cache | Yes | — |
| Browser cache | Yes | — |
| Minify CSS/JS | Yes | — |
| CDN | Yes | — |
| Object cache | Yes | — |
| Database cleanup | Yes | — |
| Free version | No | — |
| 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 ($) | Local WebP conversion with GD or Imagick, Serve WebP through rewrite rules, Convert on upload, Cloudflare cache rules and purge, AVIF output format ($), Cloud conversion through the vendor API ($), PRO access token validation ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce ($) | — |
| Plugins | Polylang ($), WPML ($) | — |
| Other | Cloudflare ($), Google Fonts ($) | Cloudflare, Converter for Media API ($), Deactivation survey endpoint |
| Requires WordPress | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| 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-converter.mattplugins.com, data.mattplugins.com, api.cloudflare.com |