Hyper Cache vs WP Super Cache
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| Feature | Hyper Cache v3.4.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details | WP Super Cache v3.1.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.3/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 7,000+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | February 3, 2026 | September 30, 2026 |
| Editions | Hyper Cache | WP Super Cache |
| Pros | Serves cached HTML pages to visitors with few settings to manage; Clears cached pages when posts, comments or bbPress topics change | Serves cached static HTML, reducing PHP load; Simple and expert modes; Cache preloading and automatic expiry of old files |
| Cons | No CSS or JavaScript minification in this version; No object cache or database cleanup, so pair with other tools | No CSS or JavaScript minification; Cloudflare or other proxies can make the built-in test report false failures; Object cache support only applies when a persistent object cache is installed |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| Page cache | Yes | Yes |
| Browser cache | Yes | Yes |
| Minify CSS/JS | No | No |
| CDN | Yes | Yes |
| Object cache | No | Yes |
| Database cleanup | No | No |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Hourly cache clean, Cache clean on bbPress topics and replies, Reject user agents from cache | Scheduled cache preloading, Scheduled garbage collection of expired cache files, Simple and expert configuration modes, Built-in cache tester |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Autoptimize, bbPress | — |
| Other | cdnjs | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.1 | 6.8 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 6.9 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | cdnjs.cloudflare.com | — |