Performance Plugins
Easy Caching Plugin
WP Rocket
A well-known WordPress caching plugin that speeds up a site with most settings applied automatically.
- Category
- Performance Plugins
- Stack role
- Delivery
- Tool type
- WordPress Plugin
- Best suited for
- Easy Site Speed-Ups
- Hosting model
- Self-Hosted
- Software price
- $59 - $299 / year
- Made by
- WP Rocket
- First released
- 2013
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What is WP Rocket?
WP Rocket, in plain English.
WP Rocket is a WordPress caching plugin. Caching saves a ready-made copy of each page, so your server can hand it over at once instead of building it fresh for every visitor. That alone makes many sites feel noticeably quicker.
What sets WP Rocket apart is how little setup it needs. Its own site says most optimizations switch on automatically, and it works with popular themes, plugins and managed WordPress hosts. It cites more than five million websites using it, and it comes with a 14-day free trial and human support.
It's one of the best-known options for speeding up WordPress. FlyingPress is the closest rival, with a lighter feel, and Perfmatters does a different job: removing code a site doesn't need rather than caching pages. For a business, a faster site means fewer people leaving before the page appears.
In our stack
Why we use WP Rocket.
WP Rocket is a safe, well-supported pick when a client already has it or a team wants a familiar, easy tool for caching. We keep it in our toolbox and will recommend it when it suits the site and the people running it.
Works on Day One
Most speed settings switch on automatically when the plugin is activated.
Widely Compatible
It's tested with popular themes, plugins and managed WordPress hosts.
Human Support
Real people answer questions, which helps when something needs fixing quickly.
Related tools
Works well with WP Rocket.
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