WP-Optimize vs WP Rocket
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| Feature | WP-Optimize v4.7.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | WP Rocket v3.23.3.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | — |
| Last updated | September 21, 2026 | — |
| Editions | WP-Optimize · WP-Optimize Premium ($) | WP Rocket ($) |
| Pros | Page, browser and minified-asset caching in the free edition; Database cleanup for revisions, spam, tables and more; Image compression and WebP conversion | Page caching and minification with default settings; Preloading, critical CSS and unused CSS removal; Cloudflare and Sucuri integrations |
| 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 | No free edition; a licence is required; Several features call the vendor's cloud services; Usage analytics is opt-in but adds a vendor script in admin |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| Page cache | Yes | Paid |
| Browser cache | Yes | Paid |
| Minify CSS/JS | Yes | Paid |
| CDN | Yes | Paid |
| Object cache | No | No |
| Database cleanup | Yes | Paid |
| Free version | Yes | No |
| 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 ($), Local hosting of Google Fonts ($) | Cache preloading ($), Critical CSS generation through vendor API ($), Unused CSS removal through vendor API ($), RocketCDN content delivery ($), Cloudflare API integration ($), Sucuri WAF integration ($), Scheduled database optimisation ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | — | Mixpanel ($) |
| Storage | — | RocketCDN ($) |
| Other | reSmush.it, checkgzipcompression.com, Cloudflare ($) | Cloudflare ($), Sucuri ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 4.9 | 5.8 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | — |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | checkgzipcompression.com, api.resmush.it, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, teamupdraft.com | cpcss.wp-rocket.me, api.wp-rocket.me, b.rucss.wp-rocket.me, saas.wp-rocket.me, rocketcdn.me, api.cloudflare.com, waf.sucuri.net, cdn.mxpnl.com |