NitroPack vs Speed Optimizer
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| Feature | NitroPack v1.20.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.3/5 Visit Details | Speed Optimizer v7.8.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.2/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 90,000+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | September 25, 2026 | October 20, 2026 |
| Editions | NitroPack Free plan · NitroPack paid plans ($) | Speed Optimizer |
| Pros | Page caching with cache purge on post and product saves; Minification and CSS/JS optimisation from the dashboard; Works with Cloudflare, Fastly, LiteSpeed and Sucuri cache headers | Page caching, minification and lazy loading in one place; Browser cache headers and database cleanup; Free, from the WordPress.org directory |
| Cons | Optimisation runs on NitroPack servers, so the site depends on the service; Free plan is limited to one site and monthly page views and CDN bandwidth; Higher limits and most advanced features need a paid subscription | Dynamic caching and Memcached are SiteGround-only; CDN premium tier depends on the hosting plan; Calls Google PageSpeed and Google Fonts services |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| Page cache | Yes | Yes |
| Browser cache | — | Yes |
| Minify CSS/JS | Yes | Yes |
| CDN | Yes | Paid |
| Object cache | No | Yes |
| Database cleanup | No | Yes |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Purges cached pages when posts and products are saved, Detects conflicting plugins such as Smush lazy load and WebP, Cloudflare CDN cache header integration, LiteSpeed, Sucuri and Fastly cache integration, Hosting-specific cache flushing (Pressable, SiteGround) | Lazy loading of images, iframes and videos, Image optimisation, WebP image conversion, Force HTTPS, Heartbeat control, PageSpeed analysis |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | — | Google PageSpeed Insights |
| Plugins | Yoast SEO, WPML, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Elementor, Beaver Builder, Advanced Math Captcha | — |
| Other | Cloudflare | Google Fonts |
| Requires WordPress | 4.7 | 5.5.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.2 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Yes | No |
| External services | api.getnitropack.com | www.googleapis.com, fonts.googleapis.com, sgwpdemo.com, api.wordpress.org |
| Shortcodes | 2 | — |