Best compress plugins for WordPress
The most popular compress plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. EWWW Image Optimizer leads with 1M+ active installs, ahead of Minify HTML (10K+) and Cimo (10K+). All 47 plugins tagged “compress” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 compress plugins
- 1.
EWWW Image OptimizerThe most installed compress plugin, with 1M+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 1,845 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Minify HTML10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 33 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
Cimo10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 20 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.
WP Super Minify • Minify, Compress and Cache HTML, CSS & JavaScript8K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 73 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Image Optimizer by 10web3K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 54 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 6.
Offload, AI & Optimize with Cloudflare Images1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 33 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 7.
WP-HTML-Compression1K+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 14 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 8.
Image Optimizer, Resizer and CDN900+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 265 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 9.
PDF Compressor & Watermark500+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 5 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 10.
ZIP from Media400+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 47 plugins tagged “compress”
EWWW Image Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:1#59by Shane Bishop9 days ago
Comprehensive image optimization with WebP, AVIF, Lazy Load, and more. Optimize images automatically for Faster Sites and Happy Visitors.
- Installs
- 1M+
- Rating
- 4.8(1.8K)
- Downloads
- 15K/day
Minify HTML
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,691by Tim Eckel7 months ago
Minify HTML output for clean looking markup and faster downloading.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(33)
- Downloads
- 61/day
Cimo
Up in the last 7 days:10#2,028by Benjamin Intal25 days ago
Unlimited free image compression and WebP conversion, done instantly as you upload them. No quotas, no external servers, no limits.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(20)
- Downloads
- 169/day
WP Super Minify • Minify, Compress and Cache HTML, CSS & JavaScript
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,322by Dipak Gajjar2 months ago
A lightweight plugin that automatically minifies, compresses, and caches HTML, CSS, and JavaScript on demand to improve your website’s load speed.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.1(73)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Image Optimizer by 10web
Down in the last 7 days:19#3,826by 10Web2 years ago
Image Optimizer by 10Web optimizes and preserves image quality. Improve your website speed, bounce rate, and SEO with Image Optimizer.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.5(54)
- Downloads
- 21/day
Offload, AI & Optimize with Cloudflare Images
Down in the last 7 days:23#5,725by Anton Vanyukov5 months ago
Offload you media library images to the Cloudflare Images service. Store, resize, optimize and deliver images in a fast and secure manner.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(33)
- Downloads
- 36/day
WP-HTML-Compression
Up in the last 7 days:8#6,880by Steven Vachon9 years ago
Reduce file size by shortening URLs and safely removing all standard comments and unnecessary whitespace from an HTML document.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.4(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Image Optimizer, Resizer and CDN
Down in the last 7 days:23#6,988by Sirv CDN and Image Hosting8 days ago
Serve perfectly optimized images, videos, models and 360 spins. The best WordPress & WooCommerce CDN plugin for media.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.9(265)
- Downloads
- 96/day
PDF Compressor & Watermark
Down in the last 7 days:41#8,566by iLovePDF6 months ago
Optimize and protect your PDFs with automatic compression and watermarking. Save space and secure your documents effortlessly.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 12/day
ZIP from Media
Down in the last 7 days:64#9,618by Katsushi Kawamori2 months ago
Compress from Media Library to ZIP archive.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
CSS Minify
Up in the last 7 days:29#12,561by peterpfeiffer8 years ago
Minify and Optimize your CSS by clicking one button.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 2.3(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Image Optimizer for Google Lighthouse
Down in the last 7 days:67#12,835by Evan Norton7 years ago
Upload a JSON file generated by Google's Lighthouse website auditing tool and this plugin will compress and replace all flagged images using the …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
iLoveIMG
Up in the last 7 days:125#16,064by iLovePDF6 months ago
Optimize your website images and improve your page load speed. Reduce the size of your photos and gain maximum compression while keeping sharp images.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Squish
Up in the last 7 days:35#16,288by WP Zone2 years ago
Reduce the amount of storage space consumed by your WordPress installation through the application of user-definable JPEG compression levels and image …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
JPEG PNG Compressor
#21,044by premiumthemes2 months ago
Speed up your website. Compress your JPEG and PNG images automatically with PNG Compressor.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP TinyPNG
Up in the last 7 days:146#22,769by optimising13 years ago
WP TinyPNG utilise the TinyPNG API to compress your PNG images neatly within WordPress.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Minify Javascript
Up in the last 7 days:21#23,101by peterpfeiffer8 years ago
Minify and Optimize your Javascript by clicking one button and place it in the footer or header.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Block & Optimize PDFs
Up in the last 7 days:416#24,165by pdfdk7 months ago
Block PDFs from Google indexing, compress and watermark. Nordic GDPR processing with deletion certificates.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
neo Optimize
Up in the last 7 days:161#24,208by neoWP Media Image Plugins5 days ago
Optimize your image SEO by serving images at the resolution they are displayed in the browser.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Inline HTML, CSS & Javascript Minifier
Up in the last 7 days:303#25,024by willroy8 years ago
Minify all front end code (HTML, CSS and Javascript).
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Compress-HTML
Down in the last 7 days:357#25,349by mandar-marathe15 years ago
Reduces the HTML file size by removing unnecessary white space from the HTML document created by the WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 7/day
Fast HTML Minify
Down in the last 7 days:153#25,819by abdolahi401 year ago
Minify HTML output for clean looking markup and faster downloading.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dependency Minification
Down in the last 7 days:52#26,505by Weston Ruter11 years ago
Automatically concatenates and minifies any scripts and stylesheets enqueued using the standard dependency system.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.0(11)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CT Optimization
Up in the last 7 days:11,978#26,624by Code Tốt4 months ago
Provides settings for enable/disable WordPress core features and some tweaks for ACF, Gravity Forms, such like Enable CDN, Lazyload assets.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MITS Image Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:474#29,900by wpaluchmits2 months ago
Auto-compress images on upload, bulk convert to WebP & AVIF, manage .htaccess WebP serving, and audit your site - all in one plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 7/day
LC Scripts Optimizer
Down in the last 7 days:2,508#30,138by LCweb5 days ago
A lightweight WordPress performance optimizer that gives you full control over JavaScript and CSS loading. Reduce unnecessary requests, optimize front …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Just Image Optimizer
Down in the last 7 days:263#30,543by Alex Prokopenko / JustCoded8 years ago
Just Image Optimizer uses Google Page Speed Insights API to compress image files, improve performance and boost your SEO rank.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PDF Compression & Watermarking
Down in the last 7 days:364#32,065by kfshakeel2 years ago
A wordpress plugin by WoowPDF.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Halka WebP Image Optimizer
Down in the last 7 days:260#32,274by Jewel Rana7 months ago
Automatically compress and convert uploaded images to WebP for faster page loads.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nik Images Auto Convert
Up in the last 7 days:420#32,556by Dmytro Nikolaienko3 months ago
Convert uploads to WebP or AVIF with adjustable quality, and convert your existing media library without breaking published pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Slimage
Down in the last 7 days:5,444#32,717by Giorgos Sarigiannidis24 days ago
A WordPress plugin that uses jpegoptim and optipng to compress images during upload, allowing you to override the compression level and quality on a p …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 8/day
Webxperthub Media Optimizer
Down in the last 7 days:72#32,968by iftiarhossain2 months ago
Automatically compress and convert your images to WebP on upload, with safe background bulk processing for your existing media library.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Squishly
Up in the last 7 days:5,931#42,004by myaoapps3 months ago
Add Squishly's free file-compression and conversion tools to your site with a block or shortcode. Everything runs in your visitors' browsers.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ToffeePress
#43,830by Dan6 years ago
Compress your images to a high quality allowing your pages to load faster, use less bandwidth, less storage and score better on general SEO tests.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Png Compress
#48,005by Katsushi Kawamori2 months ago
Compress PNG files.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CC-Minify
Down in the last 7 days:10,754#48,150by Clearcode10 years ago
This plugin combines and minifies your CSS and JS files to improve page load time.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
G File Merge & Minify
Down in the last 7 days:1,976#56,004by Sinan Yorulmaz8 years ago
A lightweight WordPress plugin that can shrink and combine CSS and JavaScript files on your website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pihlfelt Image Assistant
Up in the last 7 days:10,643#56,009by Kristoffer Pihlfelt2 months ago
Find images missing alt text, fix them fast — manually or with AI — and optimize your whole media library with automatic backups.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
PDFkind
#56,372by PDFkind1 day ago
Stop "file too big" errors: PDFs and photos are reduced in the visitor's browser before your form uploads them.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 44/day
Compress PDF with Cross Service Solutions integration
Up in the last 7 days:13,696#57,157by XSS Cross Service Solutions1 year ago
A WordPress plugin to compress PDF files using the service of XSS (Cross Service Solutions) Pte Ltd
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ImgOPT
Up in the last 7 days:185#67,622by Takanashi Hoshino1 year ago
Optimize Images, more speed for WordPress site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
ImageCompressionAI Media Optimizer
#68,074by Rachid Aitouaissi2 months ago
Compress your media library through the imagecompression.ai API. Automatic on upload, bulk compression, resizing, backups with one-click restore.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Kashii Client‑Side Image Compressor
#68,554by Kashii Malik11 months ago
Client-side image compression tool. Compress multiple images without storing data. Compatible with Elementor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
OmegaPix Image Optimizer
Down in the last 7 days:1,707#71,135by wxdlabs4 months ago
Optimize images and convert to WebP & AVIF on your own server. Local, private, no cloud, no credits — faster site and better Core Web Vitals.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
FreshCode Image Compress Lite
Down in the last 7 days:2,454#71,527by Faredul Ali10 months ago
A lightweight WordPress plugin that automatically compresses uploaded images to improve website loading speed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
OptiImage
Down in the last 7 days:5,588#73,928by Yudiz Solutions Ltd.2 years ago
Optimize and compress images uploaded from the frontend and media library for faster loading times with OptiImage - Upload Optimizer!
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day