Perfmatters vs WP Super Cache
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| Feature | Perfmatters v2.6.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details | WP Super Cache v3.1.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.3/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 1M+ |
| Last updated | — | September 30, 2026 |
| Editions | Perfmatters ($) | WP Super Cache |
| Pros | Per-page control of scripts and styles; Lazy loading, minification and CDN rewrite included; Database cleanup built in | Serves cached static HTML, reducing PHP load; Simple and expert modes; Cache preloading and automatic expiry of old files |
| Cons | Paid product, updates need a licence key; Not a page cache or object cache; pair it with one; Many options can change how pages behave, so testing is needed | No CSS or JavaScript minification; Cloudflare or other proxies can make the built-in test report false failures; Object cache support only applies when a persistent object cache is installed |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| Page cache | No | Yes |
| Browser cache | No | Yes |
| Minify CSS/JS | Paid | No |
| CDN | Paid | Yes |
| Object cache | No | Yes |
| Database cleanup | Paid | No |
| Free version | No | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Per-page script and style control ($), 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 ($) | Scheduled cache preloading, Scheduled garbage collection of expired cache files, Simple and expert configuration modes, Built-in cache tester |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | Google Analytics ($) | — |
| Other | Google Fonts ($), Perfmatters license server ($) | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.5 | 6.8 |
| Requires PHP | 8.1 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | perfmatters.io | — |
| Shortcodes | 1 | — |