WP-Optimize vs WP Super Minify
Compare WordPress plugins and tools side by side. Pick products with “Compare” in the software directory.
| Feature | WP-Optimize v4.7.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | WP Super Minify v2.0.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.1/5 Visit Details |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | 8,000+ |
| Last updated | September 21, 2026 | August 21, 2026 |
| Editions | WP-Optimize · WP-Optimize Premium ($) | WP Super Minify |
| Pros | Page, browser and minified-asset caching in the free edition; Database cleanup for revisions, spam, tables and more; Image compression and WebP conversion | Minifies HTML, inline CSS and inline JavaScript; Combines and minifies enqueued CSS and JS files; Simple, with almost no settings |
| Cons | Unused CSS, Google Fonts hosting and Cloudflare purge are paid; Image compression relies on the reSmush.it service; Many scheduled background jobs run on the site | Not a full page cache; No CDN or object cache support; Few options to tune; the cached files need clearing after changes |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| Page cache | Yes | No |
| Browser cache | Yes | — |
| Minify CSS/JS | Yes | Yes |
| CDN | Yes | No |
| Object cache | No | No |
| Database cleanup | Yes | No |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Image compression through reSmush.it, WebP conversion of compressed images, Scheduled page cache preload, 404 error log with daily pruning, Gzip compression test, Spam comment review link, Unused CSS removal ($), Local hosting of Google Fonts ($) | Minification of the HTML output, Combining and minifying enqueued CSS and JS files, Clear the minified CSS and JS cache from the settings page |
| Integrations | ||
| Other | reSmush.it, checkgzipcompression.com, Cloudflare ($) | — |
| Requires WordPress | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 5.6 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | checkgzipcompression.com, api.resmush.it, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, teamupdraft.com | — |