WP Smush vs WP Super Minify
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| Feature | WP Smush v4.3.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | WP Super Minify v2.0.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.1/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | 8,000+ |
| Last updated | October 20, 2026 | August 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Smush · Smush Pro ($) | WP Super Minify |
| Pros | Bulk and on-upload image compression at no cost; Lazy loading for images and embedded video; Works with common page builders, WooCommerce and caching plugins | Minifies HTML, inline CSS and inline JavaScript; Combines and minifies enqueued CSS and JS files; Simple, with almost no settings |
| Cons | WebP, AVIF, resizing and the image CDN need Smush Pro; Images are sent to the WPMU DEV API for compression | Not a full page cache; No CDN or object cache support; Few options to tune; the cached files need clearing after changes |
| Mentioned in our posts | 3 | 1 |
| Features (Speed Optimization plugins checklist) | ||
| Page cache | — | No |
| Minify CSS/JS | — | Yes |
| CDN | Yes | No |
| Object cache | — | No |
| Database cleanup | — | No |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Bulk compression of the media library, Lazy loading for images and embedded video, WebP and AVIF conversion (Pro) ($) | 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 | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | WP Rocket, Elementor, Divi, Gravity Forms | — |
| Other | WPMU DEV Smush API | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.4 | 4.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 5.6 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | smushpro.wpmudev.com | — |
| Custom tables | 1 | — |