NitroPack vs WP-Optimize
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| Feature | NitroPack v1.20.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.3/5 Visit Details | WP-Optimize v4.7.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 90,000+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | September 25, 2026 | September 21, 2026 |
| Editions | NitroPack Free plan · NitroPack paid plans ($) | WP-Optimize · WP-Optimize Premium ($) |
| 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 | Page, browser and minified-asset caching in the free edition; Database cleanup for revisions, spam, tables and more; Image compression and WebP conversion |
| 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 | Unused CSS, Google Fonts hosting and Cloudflare purge are paid; Image compression relies on the reSmush.it service; Many scheduled background jobs run on the site |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 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) | Image compression through reSmush.it, WebP conversion of compressed images, Scheduled page cache preload, 404 error log with daily pruning, Gzip compression test, Spam comment review link, Unused CSS removal ($), Local hosting of Google Fonts ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Yoast SEO, WPML, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Elementor, Beaver Builder, Advanced Math Captcha | — |
| Other | Cloudflare | reSmush.it, checkgzipcompression.com, Cloudflare ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.2 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Yes | No |
| External services | api.getnitropack.com | checkgzipcompression.com, api.resmush.it, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, teamupdraft.com |
| Shortcodes | 2 | — |