Perfmatters vs WP-Optimize
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| Feature | Perfmatters v2.6.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid 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 | — | 1M+ |
| Last updated | — | September 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Perfmatters ($) | WP-Optimize · WP-Optimize Premium ($) |
| Pros | Per-page control of scripts and styles; Lazy loading, minification and CDN rewrite included; Database cleanup built in | Page, browser and minified-asset caching in the free edition; Database cleanup for revisions, spam, tables and more; Image compression and WebP conversion |
| Cons | Paid product, updates need a licence key; Not a page cache or object cache; pair it with one; Many options can change how pages behave, so testing is needed | 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 | No | Yes |
| Browser cache | No | Yes |
| Minify CSS/JS | Paid | Yes |
| CDN | Paid | Yes |
| Object cache | No | No |
| Database cleanup | Paid | Yes |
| Free version | No | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Per-page script and style control ($), Lazy loading for images, iframes and assets ($), Remove unused CSS and inline stylesheets ($), Resource preload hints ($), Google Fonts handling ($), Local copy of Google Analytics scheduled daily ($), WP-CLI commands ($), Safe mode notice for testing ($) | 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 | ||
| Analytics | Google Analytics ($) | — |
| Other | Google Fonts ($), Perfmatters license server ($) | reSmush.it, checkgzipcompression.com, Cloudflare ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 5.5 | 4.9 |
| Requires PHP | 8.1 | 7.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | perfmatters.io | checkgzipcompression.com, api.resmush.it, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, teamupdraft.com |
| Shortcodes | 1 | — |