Breeze
300,000+ active installs · Rated 3.6/5 · Updated October 20, 2026
Free caching and performance plugin from Cloudways. It provides a file-based page cache, gzip and browser-cache rules, HTML/CSS/JS minification and deferral, lazy loading, CDN URL rewriting, database cleanup, preloading and heartbeat control, with Varnish purging built in. It suits any WordPress site and is tuned for Cloudways servers. Some parts, such as Cloudflare purging through the Cloudways microservice and Varnish, only do anything on Cloudways hosting.
Pros
- Completely free with no upsell
- Page cache, minify, CDN rewrite and DB cleanup in one plugin
- Built-in Varnish purge and WooCommerce-aware cache rules
- WP-CLI commands and a REST endpoint to clear cache
- Version rollback screen
Cons
- No object cache backend of its own; it only flushes an existing one
- Cloudflare and Varnish features depend on Cloudways hosting
- Browser cache and gzip rules are written to .htaccess, so Apache only
Topics: Speed Optimization plugins
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