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Best WordPress Plugins for Assets

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Assets

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for assets 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. Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster Best overall 90/100
  2. 2. Free Assets Library 80/100
  3. 3. Assets manager, dequeue scripts, dequeue styles for WordPres... 80/100
  4. 4. Load Combined Core Block Assets 79/100
  5. 5. Disable CSS JS Cache 79/100
  6. 6. NextGenThemes jsDelivr CDN 78/100
  7. 7. Perform 77/100
  8. 8. GoDAM 76/100
  9. 9. Site Assets 72/100
  10. 10. Canto 68/100
  11. 11. Version Assets 63/100
  12. 12. Brandfolder 63/100
  13. 13. Resources WP 50/100
  14. 14. Custom Upload Folder 48/100
  15. 15. Filename based asset cache busting 48/100
1 Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster
Best overall Free by Gabe Livan

Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster

Speed up your WordPress site by unloading unnecessary CSS and JavaScript, reducing page bloat, and managing your own Critical CSS per page type.

4.9★
from 1,561 ratings
100k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
90

WPScore

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2 Free Assets Library
Free by surror

Free Assets Library

Free Assets Library is the #1 WordPress plugin which provides 600 Million FREE Images with 90,000+ downloads 🚀

4.4★
from 11 ratings
4k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
80

WPScore

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5 Disable CSS JS Cache
Free by Umang Prajapati

Disable CSS JS Cache

Prevent browser caching of CSS and JS files in WordPress and control static asset caching headers.

5★
from 2 ratings
400+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
79

WPScore

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7 Perform
Free by Mehul Gohil

Perform

Optimize WordPress performance with asset controls, page caching, CDN rewriting, and cleanup tools.

5★
from 2 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
77

WPScore

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8 GoDAM
Free by rtCamp

GoDAM

Manage and optimize digital assets with GoDAM – featuring transcoding, adaptive streaming, interactive video layers, and video analytics.

5★
from 2 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
76

WPScore

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9 Site Assets
Free by abda53

Site Assets

Share website assets on a per page basis. Perfect for sites with multiple contributors and developers.

5★
from 1 ratings
500+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
72

WPScore

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10 Canto
Free by Canto

Canto

Find & publish creative assets to WordPress easily, no email or folder search needed, with Canto's digital asset management.

100+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
68

WPScore

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11 Version Assets
Free by Evan Mattson

Version Assets

Automatically apply a content-based version on all of your assets to optimize browser caching.

5★
from 1 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
63

WPScore

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12 Brandfolder
Free by Brandfolder

Brandfolder

Our simple plugin creates a beautiful web view for anybody to access your logos, product images, brand information, and plenty more.

4.2★
from 5 ratings
60+
active installs
Updated
Oct 2025
Tested to
WP 6.4.10
63

WPScore

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13 Resources WP
Free by dystrick

Resources WP

ResourcesWP provides the flexibility to add a variety of resource types, including blogs, downloadable documents, standalone pages, and more.

5★
from 5 ratings
20+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2024
Tested to
WP 6.5.10
50

WPScore

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