Transients Manager vs WP Smush
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| Feature | Transients Manager v2.0.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 5.0/5 Visit Details | WP Smush v4.3.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 20,000+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | October 18, 2024 | October 20, 2026 |
| Editions | Transients Manager | Smush · Smush Pro ($) |
| Pros | View, search, edit and delete transients from Tools; Bulk delete of expired or persistent transients; Toolbar button to pause transient writes | Bulk and on-upload image compression at no cost; Lazy loading for images and embedded video; Works with common page builders, WooCommerce and caching plugins |
| Cons | A developer tool; deleting transients can break features; Shows cross-promotion notices for other plugins; Offers to install other plugins from the admin | WebP, AVIF, resizing and the image CDN need Smush Pro; Images are sent to the WPMU DEV API for compression |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 3 |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| CDN | — | Yes |
| Free version | — | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | List all transients in the database, Search transients by name, Edit the name, expiration and value of a transient, Bulk delete of expired, persistent or all transients, Toolbar button to pause transient writes, Cross-promotion notices for other plugins | Bulk compression of the media library, Lazy loading for images and embedded video, WebP and AVIF conversion (Pro) ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | WP Rocket, Elementor, Divi, Gravity Forms |
| Other | WordPress.org plugin directory | WPMU DEV Smush API |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 6.4 |
| Requires PHP | 5.6.20 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 6.6 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | — | smushpro.wpmudev.com |
| Custom tables | — | 1 |