Page Optimize vs Speed Optimizer
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| Feature | Page Optimize v0.6.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.0/5 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 | 200,000+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | October 20, 2026 |
| Editions | Page Optimize | Speed Optimizer |
| Pros | Combines CSS and JavaScript into fewer requests; Long browser cache headers on combined files; Free, from Automattic | Page caching, minification and lazy loading in one place; Browser cache headers and database cleanup; Free, from the WordPress.org directory |
| Cons | Does not cache full pages; CSS minification is off by default; Development is limited to a small plugin; check compatibility with your theme | Dynamic caching and Memcached are SiteGround-only; CDN premium tier depends on the hosting plan; Calls Google PageSpeed and Google Fonts services |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| Page cache | No | Yes |
| Browser cache | Yes | Yes |
| Minify CSS/JS | Yes | Yes |
| CDN | No | Paid |
| Object cache | No | Yes |
| Database cleanup | No | Yes |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | CSS concatenation, JavaScript concatenation, Scheduled cleanup of combined cache files, Skips optimization in the Divi front-end builder | Lazy loading of images, iframes and videos, Image optimisation, WebP image conversion, Force HTTPS, Heartbeat control, PageSpeed analysis |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | — | Google PageSpeed Insights |
| Plugins | Divi, Jetpack | — |
| Other | — | Google Fonts |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 5.5.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.0 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | www.googleapis.com, fonts.googleapis.com, sgwpdemo.com, api.wordpress.org |