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Best Performance & Caching Plugins

The top Performance & Caching plugins for WordPress & WooCommerce, ranked by active installs and rating. Listing data sourced from the WordPress.org plugin directory ↗.

📦 50 plugins Live WordPress.org data Ranked by rating
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50 plugins in Performance & Caching

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LI

LiteSpeed Cache

by LiteSpeed Technologies

All-in-one unbeatable acceleration & PageSpeed improvement: caching, image/CSS/JS optimization...

Rating 4.8/5
7.0M+ View
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WP

WP Super Cache

by Automattic

A very fast caching engine for WordPress that produces static html files.

Rating 4.3/5
1.0M+ View
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SP

Speed Optimizer

by SiteGround

Boost your website performance and page speed, and increase conversions with powerful caching, frontend, media, and environment optimizations.

Rating 4.2/5
1.0M+ View
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WP

WP Fastest Cache

by Emre Vona

The simplest and fastest WP Cache system

Rating 4.9/5
1.0M+ View
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WP

WP-Optimize

by David Anderson / Team Updraft

Get caching and more with this powerful cache plugin. Cache, optimize images, clean your database and minify for maximum performance.

Rating 4.8/5
1.0M+ View
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IM

Image Optimizer

by Elementor

Automatically resize, optimize, and convert images to WebP and AVIF. Compress images in bulk or on upload to boost your WordPress site performance.

Rating 1.7/5
1.0M+ View
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EWWW Image Optimizer

by Shane Bishop

Comprehensive image optimization with WebP, AVIF, Lazy Load, and more. Optimize images automatically for Faster Sites and Happy Visitors.

Rating 4.8/5
1.0M+ View
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SM

Smush

by WPMU DEV - Your All-in-One WordPress Platform

Compress and optimize images, enable lazy load, serve WebP & AVIF, and speed up your site with a global image CDN.

Rating 4.8/5
1.0M+ View
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IM

Imagify

by WP Media

Optimize images in 1‑click: compress, resize & convert to WebP/AVIF - free up to 20MB/month. Enjoy the easiest WordPress image optimizer to set up.

Rating 4.3/5
1.0M+ View
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W3

W3 Total Cache

by BoldGrid

Search Engine (SEO) & Performance Optimization (WPO) via caching. Integrated caching: CDN, Page, Minify, Object, Fragment, Database support.

Rating 4.4/5
900K+ View
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Autoptimize

by Optimizing Matters

Autoptimize speeds up your website by optimizing JS, CSS, images (incl. lazy-load), HTML and Google Fonts, asyncing JS, removing emoji cruft and more.

Rating 4.7/5
800K+ View
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SP

SpeedyCache

by Softaculous

SpeedyCache is a WordPress cache plugin that helps you improve performance of your WordPress site by caching, minifying, and compressing your website.

Rating 4.4/5
600K+ View
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CO

Converter for Media

by Mateusz Gbiorczyk

Speed up your website by using our WebP & AVIF Converter. Optimize images and serve WebP and AVIF images instead of standard formats!

Rating 4.9/5
500K+ View
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Redis Object Cache

by Till Krüss

A persistent object cache backend powered by Redis®¹. Supports Predis, PhpRedis, Relay, replication, sentinels, clustering and WP-CLI.

Rating 4.5/5
500K+ View
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AM

AMP

by Weston Ruter

An easier path to great Page Experience for everyone. Powered by AMP.

Rating 3.8/5
400K+ View
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CU

Custom Fonts

by Brainstorm Force

Custom Fonts is a powerful WordPress plugin that allows you to upload your own custom fonts or choose from a vast collection of Google Fonts, all host …

Rating 4.3/5
400K+ View
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BR

Breeze Cache

by Cloudways

Breeze is a caching plugin developed by Cloudways. Breeze uses advance caching systems to improve site loading times exponentially.

Rating 3.6/5
300K+ View
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ShortPixel Image Optimizer

by ShortPixel

Optimize images & PDFs smartly. Create and compress next-gen WebP and AVIF formats. Smart crop and resize.

Rating 4.5/5
300K+ View
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OM

OMGF

by Daan van den Bergh

OMGF automagically caches the Google Fonts used by your theme/plugins locally. No configuration (or brains) required!

Rating 4.7/5
300K+ View
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Jetpack Boost

by Automattic

Speed up your WordPress site with one-click optimizations like Page Cache, Critical CSS, and Image CDN to improve Core Web Vitals.

Rating 4.7/5
200K+ View
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PA

Page Optimize

by Automattic

Optimize pages for faster load and render in the browser.

Rating 3.0/5
200K+ View
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Kraken.io Image Optimizer

by Kraken.io

Optimize images automatically — compress, resize and convert to WebP, AVIF & more with Kraken.io. Faster pages, smaller files, same quality.

Rating 4.5/5
10K+ View
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ShortPixel Adaptive Images

by ShortPixel

Start serving properly sized, smart cropped & optimized images, plus CSS, JS and fonts from our CDN with a click; Automatic AVIF & WebP support.

Rating 4.8/5
10K+ View
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Server-Side Cache AutoPurge

by suresupport

Purge server-side cache automatically after making website changes. Optimized for servers managed by SureSupport.

Rating 4.2/5
10K+ View
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EZ

ezCache

by uPress

Lightning-fast WordPress optimization — page caching, Redis Object Cache, Critical CSS, WebP images, CSS/JS optimization, and 15+ performance tools.

Rating 4.6/5
10K+ View
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FE

Featherweight

by jody nesbitt

Speed up WordPress by disabling unused features — emojis, embeds, query strings, XML-RPC, RSS and more — for fewer requests and faster pages.

Rating 4.1/5
10K+ View
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AF

AF Companion

by AF themes

One-Click Starter Sites, Performance Optimization, and Publisher Growth Tools

Rating 4.9/5
10K+ View
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CD

CDN Enabler

by KeyCDN

A content delivery network (CDN) integration plugin for WordPress that rewrites URLs, like for CSS, JavaScript, and images, to be served by a CDN.

Rating 4.1/5
10K+ View
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CL

CLP Varnish Cache

by CloudPanel

CLP Varnish Cache lets you configure the cache lifetime, paths, and parameters to exclude from caching. You can purge single urls or cache entries by …

Rating 5.0/5
10K+ View
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CI

Cimo

by Benjamin Intal

Unlimited free image compression and WebP conversion, done instantly as you upload them. No quotas, no external servers, no limits.

Rating 4.9/5
10K+ View
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NG

Nginx Cache

by Till Krüss

Purge the Nginx cache (FastCGI, Proxy, uWSGI) automatically when content changes or manually within WordPress.

Rating 4.6/5
10K+ View
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Plugin Check (PCP)

by WordPress.org

Plugin Check is a WordPress.org tool which provides checks to help plugins meet the directory requirements and follow various best practices.

Rating 4.5/5
10K+ View
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PA

Pantheon Advanced Page Cache

by Pantheon Systems

Automatically clear related pages from Pantheon's Edge when you update content. High TTL. Fresh content. Visitors never wait.

Rating 5.0/5
10K+ View
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SQ

SQLite Object Cache

by OllieJones

A fast persistent object cache backend for the rest of us, powered by SQLite and accelerated by APCu

Rating 5.0/5
10K+ View
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WP

WP Compress

by AresIT

Everything you need for a faster website – smart optimization, advanced caching, adaptive images, WebP creation, script improvements, optional CDN del …

Rating 4.5/5
10K+ View
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WP

WP OPcache

by nierdz

Manage OPcache inside your WordPress admin dashboard.

Rating 4.8/5
10K+ View
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US

Use Google Libraries

by Jason Penney

Allows your site to use common javascript libraries from Google's AJAX Libraries CDN, rather than from WordPress's own copies.

Rating 4.4/5
10K+ View
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WP

WP Performance Score Booster

by Dipak Gajjar

Make website faster, speed up page load time and improve performance scores in tools like Google PageSpeed Insights, GTmetrix, Pingdom, and more.

Rating 4.6/5
10K+ View
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AP

APCu Manager

by Pierre Lannoy

APCu statistics and management right in the WordPress admin dashboard.

Rating 4.6/5
10K+ View
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WP

WP REST Cache

by Acato

Enable caching of the WordPress REST API and auto-flush caches upon wp-admin editing.

Rating 4.9/5
10K+ View
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WP

WP Super Minify • Minify, Compress and Cache HTML, CSS & JavaScript

by Dipak Gajjar

A lightweight plugin that automatically minifies, compresses, and caches HTML, CSS, and JavaScript on demand to improve your website’s load speed.

Rating 4.1/5
9K+ View
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Lazy Load for Videos

by kevinweber

Boost page speed by replacing embedded YouTube and Vimeo videos with a clickable preview image. Video scripts only load on click.

Rating 4.4/5
9K+ View
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WP

WP Redis

by Pantheon Systems

Back your WP Object Cache with Redis, a high-performance in-memory storage backend.

Rating 4.7/5
9K+ View
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CA

Cachify

by pluginkollektiv

Smart, efficient cache solution for WordPress. Use DB, HDD, Redis or Memcached for storing your blog pages. Make WordPress faster!

Rating 4.7/5
9K+ View
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SP

Speed Booster Pack ⚡ PageSpeed Optimization Suite

by Optimocha

PageSpeed optimization is vital for SEO: A faster website equals better conversions. Optimize your Core Web Vitals metrics (CLS, LCP, TBT) today!

Rating 4.3/5
9K+ View
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FR

Freesoul Deactivate Plugins

by Jose Mortellaro

Load plugins only where you need them. No bloat, no conflicts, more speed. Deactivate plugins where they don't add anything useful.

Rating 4.8/5
8K+ View
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AU

Autoclear Autoptimize Cache

by John Teague

Automatically clear Autoptimize cache if it grows larger then the allowed option.

Rating 5.0/5
8K+ View
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HY

Hyper Cache

by Stefano Lissa

Hyper Cache is a performant and easy to configure cache system for WordPress.

Rating 4.5/5
8K+ View