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Best Free WordPress Plugins for Pagespeed

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Pagespeed

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for pagespeed comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. LiteSpeed Cache Best overall 94/100
  2. 2. Autoptimize 92/100
  3. 3. W3 Total Cache 91/100
  4. 4. Super Page Cache 91/100
  5. 5. WP Fastest Cache 89/100
  6. 6. SpeedyCache 89/100
  7. 7. Hummingbird Performance 88/100
  8. 8. Seraphinite Accelerator 88/100
  9. 9. Clearfy Cache 86/100
  10. 10. Fast Velocity Minify 86/100
  11. 11. WP Meteor Website Speed Optimization Addon 86/100
  12. 12. Aruba HiSpeed Cache 84/100
  13. 13. Powered Cache 83/100
  14. 14. WPSpeed 83/100
  15. 15. Helper Lite for PageSpeed 82/100
1 LiteSpeed Cache
Best overall Free by LiteSpeed Technologies

LiteSpeed Cache

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

4.8★
from 2,764 ratings
7M+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
94

WPScore

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2 Autoptimize
Free by Optimizing Matters

Autoptimize

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

4.7★
from 1,428 ratings
800k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
92

WPScore

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3 W3 Total Cache
Free by BoldGrid

W3 Total Cache

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

4.4★
from 5,420 ratings
900k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
91

WPScore

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4 Super Page Cache
Free by Optimole

Super Page Cache

Boost PageSpeed, SEO, and Core Web Vitals with full page caching, JS/CSS optimization, media optimization, and Cloudflare CDN.

4.8★
from 506 ratings
70k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
91

WPScore

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6 SpeedyCache
Free by Softaculous

SpeedyCache

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

4.4★
from 30 ratings
600k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
89

WPScore

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7 Hummingbird Performance
Free by WPMU DEV - Your All-in-One WordPress Platform

Hummingbird Performance

Optimize PageSpeed Performance & Core Web Vitals, Advanced Cache, Minify CSS & JavaScript, Inline Critical CSS, Defer CSS & JS, Smush & Lazy Load, CDN

4.7★
from 1,487 ratings
70k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
88

WPScore

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9 Clearfy Cache
Free by Creativemotion

Clearfy Cache

Optimize and tweak WordPress by disable unused features. Improve performance, SEO and security using Clearfy — super easy, fast and zero code.

4.7★
from 339 ratings
50k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
86

WPScore

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10 Fast Velocity Minify
Free by Raul P.

Fast Velocity Minify

Maximize GTmetrix, PageSpeed and enhance Web Vitals by minifying CSS/JS, lazy loading scripts, optimizing images, and improving load speed overall.

4.6★
from 195 ratings
40k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
86

WPScore

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12 Aruba HiSpeed Cache
Free by Aruba.it Dev

Aruba HiSpeed Cache

Aruba HiSpeed Cache interfaces directly with an Aruba hosting platform's HiSpeed Cache service and automates its management.

3★
from 10 ratings
100k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
84

WPScore

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13 Powered Cache
Free by poweredcache

Powered Cache

Powered Cache is the most powerful caching and performance suite for WordPress. Easily Improve PageSpeed & Web Vitals Score.

4.8★
from 58 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
83

WPScore

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14 WPSpeed
Free by JExtensions Store

WPSpeed

WordPress speed optimization plugin to boost PageSpeed, improve Core Web Vitals, reduce TTFB and enable static HTML caching for 100/100 performance.

4.9★
from 39 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
83

WPScore

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15 Helper Lite for PageSpeed
Free by seojacky

Helper Lite for PageSpeed

Speed up your site with attributes decoding="async" & loading="lazy" for <img> and <iframe>.

5★
from 9 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
82

WPScore

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