FlyingPress vs WP Smush
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| Feature | FlyingPress v5.6.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details | WP Smush v4.3.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 1M+ |
| Last updated | — | October 20, 2026 |
| Editions | FlyingPress ($) | Smush · Smush Pro ($) |
| 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 | Bulk and on-upload image compression at no cost; Lazy loading for images and embedded video; Works with common page builders, WooCommerce and caching plugins |
| 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 | WebP, AVIF, resizing and the image CDN need Smush Pro; Images are sent to the WPMU DEV API for compression |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 3 |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| Page cache | Yes | — |
| Browser cache | Yes | — |
| Minify CSS/JS | Yes | — |
| CDN | Yes | Yes |
| Object cache | 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 ($) | Bulk compression of the media library, Lazy loading for images and embedded video, WebP and AVIF conversion (Pro) ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce ($) | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Polylang ($), WPML ($) | WP Rocket, Elementor, Divi, Gravity Forms |
| Other | Cloudflare ($), Google Fonts ($) | WPMU DEV Smush API |
| Requires WordPress | 4.7 | 6.4 |
| 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 | smushpro.wpmudev.com |
| Custom tables | — | 1 |