Convesio Caching vs WP-Optimize
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| Feature | Convesio Caching v3.7.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free 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 | Convesio Caching | WP-Optimize · WP-Optimize Premium ($) |
| Pros | Toolbar button to purge the cache; Purges the cache when posts change; Purges Cloudflare when it is in use | Page, browser and minified-asset caching in the free edition; Database cleanup for revisions, spam, tables and more; Image compression and WebP conversion |
| Cons | Little use outside the Convesio platform; Page cache itself is not in this code; Bundles SendGrid mail delivery when that setting is on | Unused CSS, Google Fonts hosting and Cloudflare purge are paid; Image compression relies on the reSmush.it service; Many scheduled background jobs run on the site |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| Page cache | — | Yes |
| Browser cache | No | Yes |
| Minify CSS/JS | No | Yes |
| CDN | No | Yes |
| Object cache | No | No |
| Database cleanup | No | Yes |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Toolbar button to purge the cache, Purges the cache when a post changes, Purges Cloudflare when in use, Detailed cache control setting, Purge hooks for other cache plugins, Cache settings page | Image compression through reSmush.it, WebP conversion of compressed images, Scheduled page cache preload, 404 error log with daily pruning, Gzip compression test, Spam comment review link, Unused CSS removal ($), Local hosting of Google Fonts ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| SendGrid | — | |
| Other | Cloudflare, Kernl update checks | reSmush.it, checkgzipcompression.com, Cloudflare ($) |
| Requires WordPress | — | 4.9 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.2 |
| Tested up to | — | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.sendgrid.com, kernl.us | checkgzipcompression.com, api.resmush.it, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, teamupdraft.com |