WP Rocket | Disable Cache Clearing vs WP Super Cache
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| Feature | WP Rocket | Disable Cache Clearing checked 23 Oct 2026 Free Visit Details | WP Super Cache v3.1.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.3/5 Visit Details |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 1M+ |
| Last updated | — | September 30, 2026 |
| Editions | WP Rocket | Disable Cache Clearing | WP Super Cache |
| Pros | 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 | Serves cached static HTML, reducing PHP load; Simple and expert modes; Cache preloading and automatic expiry of old files |
| Cons | Pages can stay stale until the cache is purged by hand; Advanced option that depends on WP Rocket internals | No CSS or JavaScript minification; Cloudflare or other proxies can make the built-in test report false failures; Object cache support only applies when a persistent object cache is installed |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 2 |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| Page cache | — | Yes |
| Browser cache | — | Yes |
| Minify CSS/JS | — | No |
| CDN | — | Yes |
| Object cache | — | Yes |
| Database cleanup | — | No |
| Free version | — | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | 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 | Scheduled cache preloading, Scheduled garbage collection of expired cache files, Simple and expert configuration modes, Built-in cache tester |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | WP Rocket, Elementor | — |
| Requires WordPress | — | 6.8 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | — | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |