NitroPack vs WP Fastest Cache
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| Feature | NitroPack v1.20.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.3/5 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 | 90,000+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | September 25, 2026 | October 10, 2026 |
| Editions | NitroPack Free plan · NitroPack paid plans ($) | WP Fastest Cache · WP Fastest Cache Premium ($) |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| Minify CSS/JS | Yes | Yes |
| CDN | Yes | Yes |
| Object cache | No | No |
| Database cleanup | No | Paid |
| 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) | 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 | Yoast SEO, WPML, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Elementor, Beaver Builder, Advanced Math Captcha | — |
| Other | Cloudflare | Cloudflare |
| Requires WordPress | 4.7 | 5.7 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1.2 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Yes | No |
| External services | api.getnitropack.com | api.cloudflare.com |
| Shortcodes | 2 | — |