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WP Rocket

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WP Rocket is a WordPress caching plugin engineered to speed up page loading without requiring manual configuration. It applies performance techniques as soon as it is activated.[1]

Supercharge your WordPress site's performance with WP Rocket, the premier caching and optimization plugin. This powerful tool implements advanced caching techniques, minifies CSS and JavaScript, and optimizes images to dramatically improve your site's loading speed. Enhance user experience, boost SEO rankings, and increase conversions with WP Rocket's easy-to-use performance solutions.

WP Rocket belongs toCachingWordPress pluginscategories.

Setup

Automates caching upon installation[1]

Trial

Includes a 14-day free trial period[2]

Languages

Supports multilingual cache settings[2]

Refunds

Offers refunds if unsatisfied[2]

81websites

use it — 3.2% of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months

#4of 107

tools in its category seen in our scans (we recognize 272)

28public pages

on UptimeCard — open any of them to see how that site is doing

In short: WP Rocket delivers automated WordPress caching with immediate speed optimizations, though every plan requires an annual commercial license renewal.[1][2]

3.46% of all websites we track run WP Rocket▲ 0.03 points since 20 Sep

Should you use WP Rocket?

The 10-second version, from the vendor’s own pages and what we see in our scans

WP Rocket fits if…

  • WordPress sites seeking automated caching and asset preloading without touching source code.[2]
  • Online stores running eCommerce plugins on WordPress.[2]

Look elsewhere if…

  • Websites running LiteSpeed web servers where server-level acceleration operates natively.[3]
Product updates and assistance require renewing the annual subscription each year.[2]

WP Rocket compared with WordPress caching plugins

Feature and licensing differences between WP Rocket and common caching alternatives.

WP RocketLiteSpeed CacheW3 Total Cache
Pricing and Setup
Entry pricing$59.00Single site license billed annually[2]Free pluginPlugin is free with server requirements[3]Not stated on its pricing page
What we see in our scans
Websites running it813.2% of 2,555 scanned sites0too few to compare110.4% of 2,555 scanned sites
  • LiteSpeed Cache: LiteSpeed Cache provides dedicated WordPress caching accelerated by LiteSpeed server architecture.[3]
  • W3 Total Cache: W3 Total Cache provides WordPress performance optimization across multiple caching layers.[4]

Choose WP Rocket if…

  • Choose WP Rocket for automated optimization without manual server configuration.[2]

Choose LiteSpeed Cache if…

  • Your host runs LiteSpeed Web Server[3]
  • You want a free plugin that also optimizes and lazy-loads images[3]

Choose W3 Total Cache if…

  • You want database and object caching, not only page caching[4]
  • You want whole HTML pages served from a CDN with the Pro upgrade[4]

Plans and what they cost

Annual commercial licenses based on the number of personal or client websites.[2]

Single

$59.00/ year

Single license for one website with annual updates and support.

  • Updates and assistance for 1 website

Plus

$119.00/ year

Plus license covering three websites with annual updates.

  • Updates and assistance for 3 websites

Multi

$299.00/ year

Multi license covering fifty websites for agencies and developers.

  • Updates and assistance for 50 websites

Custom enterprise licensing is available for site owners with over 500 installations.[2]

Support and help for WP Rocket

How the vendor says you can reach it, and the public help community

Technical documentation

Vendor offers technical documentation and support services to address user questions.[2]

Stack Overflow

2 questions[6][7]

100% have an upvoted answer. [wp-rocket] questions

Core performance capabilities

Primary optimizations bundled inside the plugin

Optimization modules

Speed setup

Applies web performance techniques as soon as it is activated.[1]

Commerce compatibility

Maintains compatibility with popular WordPress eCommerce plugins.[2]

WP Rocket versions

The newest release, the series that still gets fixes, and what changed

Latest release

3.23.5.1[5]

Maintained series

3

What changed in 3.23

  • Added MCP server support for modern AI clients.[5]

What changed in 3.20

  • Introduced the Rocket Insights performance tracking add-on.[5]

What changed in 3.16

  • Enabled automatic detection and optimization for critical LCP images.[5]

How WP Rocket sites protect themselves

Share of the 81 sites we scanned that run each protection

HSTS53% · 43 sites

HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS

reCAPTCHA26% · 21 sites

reCAPTCHA is a free service from Google that helps protect websites from spam and abuse

Cloudflare Bot Management22% · 18 sites

Cloudflare bot management solution identifies and mitigates automated traffic to protect websites from bad bots

Protections add up, they do not replace each other: a site can run all of them.

What sites use WP Rocket for

An estimate from UptimeCard's technology map of 23 public sites

Runs the whole site16 sites

catonetworks.com · coralogix.com · jfrog.io

Runs the marketing site6 sites

bloomreach.com · cloudlinux.com · hiverhq.com

Hosts help, docs or support content1 sites

helpshift.com

Rough guide, not a measurement: each description is written automatically from the site’s technology stack and the site has not confirmed it. A site is counted once, in the first group its description fits (shop, help and docs, blog, marketing site; otherwise the whole site). Descriptions that only guess (“likely”, “may”) are left out.

At a glance

UptimeCard's own scans and tests of 2,555 websites · refreshed weekly

How WP Rocket sites scoreout of 100 · hover or tap a score for details

52PerformanceLowaverage site: 5089AccessibilityGoodaverage site: 8996Best practicesGoodaverage site: 9392SEOGoodaverage site: 92

Page load time

Loads about as fast as the average site

WP Rocket sites
4.5 s
All sites
4.3 s

Most WP Rocket sites load in 3.0–6.3 s. Home page weight: 3.4 MB vs 3.3 MB for all sites. 26 public sites measured.

Where are they hosted?

Mostly Cloudflare and Google Cloud

  • Cloudflare36%
  • Google Cloud11%
  • Amazon Web Services11%
  • Fastly7%
  • Other36%
Canada 43%United States 32%Netherlands 7%

Who uses it?

Technology and Software is the biggest group

Technology and Software68%
Business Services7%
Domain Registration and Hosting7%
Software as a Service (SaaS)7%

Share of 28 classified public sites. “× average” compares with all 961 public sites.

Browser-security check

27% of graded sites pass

3of 11 score B or better

Rates each site’s own security settings, not WP Rocket. 11 public sites graded so far.

How WP Rocket sites are built

Closest partners. The number says how many times more often the tool runs on WP Rocket sites than on an average website. Hover a partner for its share of sites.

Draftpress HFCM19×Hello Elementor9×RankMath SEO8×Yoast SEO Premium7×Elementor7×Yoast SEO6×jQuery UI3×Swiper2×HubSpot Analytics2×

Stacks we see most. Tools that tend to run together with WP Rocket on the same websites. The percentage is the share of all 81 WP Rocket sites that run the whole stack.

12 stacks · swipe, drag or use the arrows
#1

WP Rocket + Yoast SEO + Popup Maker

8.6%7 of 81 sites
#2

WP Rocket + Yoast SEO + Contact Form 7

8.6%7 of 81 sites
#3

WP Rocket + Yoast SEO + Elementor + Hello Elementor

6.2%5 of 81 sites
#4

WP Rocket + Elementor + Draftpress HFCM

6.2%5 of 81 sites
#5

WP Rocket + Elementor + WPForms

6.2%5 of 81 sites
#6

WP Rocket + Draftpress HFCM + WPForms

6.2%5 of 81 sites
#7

WP Rocket + Yoast SEO + WPML

6.2%5 of 81 sites
#8

WP Rocket + Elementor + Astra

6.2%5 of 81 sites
#9

WP Rocket + RankMath SEO + jsDelivr

4.9%4 of 81 sites
#10

WP Rocket + Draftpress HFCM + Site Kit

4.9%4 of 81 sites
#11

WP Rocket + Popup Maker + YouTube

4.9%4 of 81 sites
#12

WP Rocket + jsDelivr + CookieYes

4.9%4 of 81 sites

Usually installed alongside

The bigger the bubble, the more of the 81 WP Rocket sites also run the tool. Colour shows what the tool does. Hover or tap a bubble for details.

Google Tag Manager77%Google Analytics65%Linkedin Insight Tag24%Facebook Pixel21%Yoast SEO54%RankMath SEO20%Yoast SEO Premium20%Elementor31%HubSpot20%Microsoft Advertising17%DoubleClick Floodlight16%Draftpress HFCM12%
Tag managerAnalyticsSearch visibilityPage builderMarketingAdvertisingPlugin

Similar tools in its category

Caching: 272 tools known, 107 seen in our scans

Varnish156 sitesAlternativeWooCommerce21 sitesAlternativeDivi17 sitesAlternativewpBakery16 sitesAlternativeAutoptimize12 sitesAlternativeGutenberg12 sitesAlternativeYoast SEO230 sitesUsed togetherElementor116 sitesUsed togetherContact Form 770 sitesUsed togetherSite Kit66 sitesUsed together

How websites combine WP Rocket with other tools

Relationships found on the websites that use it, from the same map status pages show.

Complements another tool 19Integrates with another 7Needs another tool 5Built on a platform 3Overlaps with another 3

Who is behind WP Rocket

From its own pages and public records, with sources

Operated by

WP MEDIA[8]

Lyon, France. · since 2013[8][1]

Co-Founder

Jonathan B.[1]

Co-Founder

Jean-Baptiste M.[1]

Its story

  1. 2013

    WP Rocket was developed to make WordPress caching accessible without requiring deep performance tuning skills.[1]

  2. 2021

    Version 3.10 refreshed the delivery interface for optimized CSS and updated baseline platform support.[5]

  3. 2022

    Version 3.12 deployed a revised preload module and finalized removal of unused CSS stylesheets.[5]

  4. 2023

    Version 3.15 added support for lazy loading CSS background images to defer off-screen graphical assets.[5]

  5. 2024

    Version 3.16 enabled automated critical image detection to optimize largest contentful paint metrics.[5]

  6. 2025

    Version 3.20 added the Rocket Insights performance monitoring tool directly inside the plugin interface.[5]

  7. 2026

    Version 3.23 introduced MCP server integration to connect caching operations with external AI clients.[5]

Questions about WP Rocket

How many websites use WP Rocket?
We found WP Rocket on 81 of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months (3.2%). 28 of them have a public status page.
How much does WP Rocket cost?
Single: $59.00 / year. Single license for one website with annual updates and support. Plus: $119.00 / year. Plus license covering three websites with annual updates. Multi: $299.00 / year. Multi license covering fifty websites for agencies and developers.
What is WP Rocket often used with?
Among the websites we scan, WP Rocket is often found alongside Google Tag Manager (76.5% of its sites), Yoast SEO (54.3% of its sites), Elementor (30.9% of its sites).
What are the alternatives to WP Rocket?
Other caching tools we recognize include Yoast SEO, Varnish, Elementor, Contact Form 7.

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