NitroPack vs WP Smush
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| Feature | NitroPack v1.20.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.3/5 Visit Details | WP Smush v4.3.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 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 ($) | Smush · Smush Pro ($) |
| 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 | Bulk and on-upload image compression at no cost; Lazy loading for images and embedded video; Works with common page builders, WooCommerce and caching plugins |
| 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 | WebP, AVIF, resizing and the image CDN need Smush Pro; Images are sent to the WPMU DEV API for compression |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 3 |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| Page cache | Yes | — |
| Minify CSS/JS | Yes | — |
| CDN | Yes | Yes |
| Object cache | No | — |
| Database cleanup | No | — |
| 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) | Bulk compression of the media library, Lazy loading for images and embedded video, WebP and AVIF conversion (Pro) ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Yoast SEO, WPML, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Elementor, Beaver Builder, Advanced Math Captcha | WP Rocket, Elementor, Divi, Gravity Forms |
| Other | Cloudflare | WPMU DEV Smush API |
| Requires WordPress | 4.7 | 6.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.2 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Yes | Only if you agree |
| External services | api.getnitropack.com | smushpro.wpmudev.com |
| Shortcodes | 2 | — |
| Custom tables | — | 1 |