LazyLoad by WP Rocket vs WP-Optimize
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| Feature | LazyLoad by WP Rocket v2.4.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.2/5 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 | 100,000+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | October 6, 2026 | September 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Lazy Load - Optimize Images | WP-Optimize · WP-Optimize Premium ($) |
| Pros | Three simple toggles: images, iframes/videos, YouTube thumbnails; Small script with no jQuery dependency; Filters and data-no-lazy attribute for fine-grained exclusions | Page, browser and minified-asset caching in the free edition; Database cleanup for revisions, spam, tables and more; Image compression and WebP conversion |
| Cons | Lazy loading only; no caching or file optimisation; Native browser lazy loading only through a code filter; Shows an Imagify promotion notice in the admin | Unused CSS, Google Fonts hosting and Cloudflare purge are paid; Image compression relies on the reSmush.it service; Many scheduled background jobs run on the site |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| Page cache | No | Yes |
| Browser cache | No | Yes |
| Minify CSS/JS | No | Yes |
| CDN | No | Yes |
| Object cache | No | No |
| Database cleanup | No | Yes |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Lazy load images, Lazy load iframes and videos, Replace YouTube iframes with a preview thumbnail, Lazy load inline background images, Exclusions via data-no-lazy, skip-lazy and filters, Native lazy loading via filter, Disabled on AMP pages | Image compression through reSmush.it, WebP conversion of compressed images, Scheduled page cache preload, 404 error log with daily pruning, Gzip compression test, Spam comment review link, Unused CSS removal ($), Local hosting of Google Fonts ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Social | YouTube | — |
| Plugins | AMP | — |
| Other | — | reSmush.it, checkgzipcompression.com, Cloudflare ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | i.ytimg.com | checkgzipcompression.com, api.resmush.it, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, teamupdraft.com |