WP-Optimize vs WP Rocket | Disable Cache Clearing
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| Feature | WP-Optimize v4.7.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | WP Rocket | Disable Cache Clearing checked 23 Oct 2026 Free Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | — |
| Last updated | September 21, 2026 | — |
| Editions | WP-Optimize · WP-Optimize Premium ($) | WP Rocket | Disable Cache Clearing |
| Pros | Page, browser and minified-asset caching in the free edition; Database cleanup for revisions, spam, tables and more; Image compression and WebP conversion | Stops WP Rocket purging the cache on content and settings changes; Covers WooCommerce variations, Elementor and user changes; Shows a notice on the WP Rocket settings page while active |
| Cons | Unused CSS, Google Fonts hosting and Cloudflare purge are paid; Image compression relies on the reSmush.it service; Many scheduled background jobs run on the site | Pages can stay stale until the cache is purged by hand; Advanced option that depends on WP Rocket internals |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| Page cache | Yes | — |
| Browser cache | Yes | — |
| Minify CSS/JS | Yes | — |
| CDN | Yes | — |
| Object cache | No | — |
| Database cleanup | Yes | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Image compression through reSmush.it, WebP conversion of compressed images, Scheduled page cache preload, 404 error log with daily pruning, Gzip compression test, Spam comment review link, Unused CSS removal ($), Local hosting of Google Fonts ($) | Disables automatic cache clearing on content and settings changes, Disables cache clearing on user and term changes, Disables cache clearing on Elementor saves, Disables cache clearing after WooCommerce variation saves, Shows a notice on the WP Rocket settings page |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | WP Rocket, Elementor |
| Other | reSmush.it, checkgzipcompression.com, Cloudflare ($) | — |
| Requires WordPress | 4.9 | — |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | — |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | checkgzipcompression.com, api.resmush.it, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, teamupdraft.com | — |