WP Rocket vs WP Super Cache
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| Feature | WP Rocket v3.23.3.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details | WP Super Cache v3.1.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.3/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 1M+ |
| Last updated | — | September 30, 2026 |
| Editions | WP Rocket ($) | WP Super Cache |
| Pros | Page caching and minification with default settings; Preloading, critical CSS and unused CSS removal; Cloudflare and Sucuri integrations | Serves cached static HTML, reducing PHP load; Simple and expert modes; Cache preloading and automatic expiry of old files |
| Cons | No free edition; a licence is required; Several features call the vendor's cloud services; Usage analytics is opt-in but adds a vendor script in admin | No CSS or JavaScript minification; Cloudflare or other proxies can make the built-in test report false failures; Object cache support only applies when a persistent object cache is installed |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 2 |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| Page cache | Paid | Yes |
| Browser cache | Paid | Yes |
| Minify CSS/JS | Paid | No |
| CDN | Paid | Yes |
| Object cache | No | Yes |
| Database cleanup | Paid | No |
| Free version | No | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Cache preloading ($), Critical CSS generation through vendor API ($), Unused CSS removal through vendor API ($), RocketCDN content delivery ($), Cloudflare API integration ($), Sucuri WAF integration ($), Scheduled database optimisation ($) | Scheduled cache preloading, Scheduled garbage collection of expired cache files, Simple and expert configuration modes, Built-in cache tester |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | Mixpanel ($) | — |
| Storage | RocketCDN ($) | — |
| Other | Cloudflare ($), Sucuri ($) | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 6.8 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | — | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | 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 | — |