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Best Optimize WordPress Plugins

13 plugins · 10.5M combined installs · 4.5/5 avg rating

Optimisation plugins cover a broad category of performance improvements beyond caching alone, including database cleanup, script and style minification, deferred JavaScript loading, DNS prefetching, critical CSS generation, and removal of render-blocking resources. These tools help WordPress sites pass Google's Core Web Vitals thresholds by reducing Time to First Byte, Largest Contentful Paint, and Cumulative Layout Shift. Plugins like WP-Optimize, Autoptimize, and Asset CleanUp are favoured by developers and site owners who need fine-grained control over what loads on each page. Any site struggling with PageSpeed Insights scores will typically find significant gains by addressing the issues these plugins target.