Hyper Cache vs WP Fastest Cache
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| Feature | Hyper Cache v3.4.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.5/5 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 | 7,000+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | February 3, 2026 | October 10, 2026 |
| Editions | Hyper Cache | WP Fastest Cache · WP Fastest Cache Premium ($) |
| Pros | Serves cached HTML pages to visitors with few settings to manage; Clears cached pages when posts, comments or bbPress topics change | 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 CSS or JavaScript minification in this version; No object cache or database cleanup, so pair with other tools | Database cleanup, mobile cache and advanced minification are Premium only; Cache and browser rules are written to .htaccess files |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| Page cache | Yes | Yes |
| Browser cache | Yes | Yes |
| Minify CSS/JS | No | Yes |
| CDN | Yes | Yes |
| Object cache | No | No |
| Database cleanup | No | Paid |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Hourly cache clean, Cache clean on bbPress topics and replies, Reject user agents from cache | 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 | ||
| Plugins | Autoptimize, bbPress | — |
| Other | cdnjs | Cloudflare |
| Requires WordPress | 6.1 | 5.7 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | — |
| Tested up to | 6.9 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | cdnjs.cloudflare.com | api.cloudflare.com |