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WP Super Cache
A very fast caching engine for WordPress that produces static html files.
- Installs
- 1+ million
- Rating
- 4.3 (1.3K)
- Updated
- 31 days ago
Hummingbird Performance – Cache & Page Speed Optimization for Core Web Vitals | Critical CSS | Minify CSS | Defer CSS Javascript | CDN
Optimize PageSpeed Performance & Core Web Vitals, Advanced Cache, Minify CSS & JavaScript, Inline Critical CSS, Defer CSS & JS, Smush & Lazy Load, CDN
- Active installs
- 70,000+
- #598 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 5.8M
- 5,817,242
- Downloads, 30 days
- 15.1K
- 3.3K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.7 / 5
- 1,488 reviews
- Last updated
- 2 months ago
- Sep 1, 2026
- Version
- 3.21.2
- 79 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | September 1, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.0.8Older than WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 6.4 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 7.4 or newer |
| First published | June 9, 2017 |
| Support, last two months | 1 of 1 threads resolved (100%) |
Reviews
4.7 / 5 from 1,488 reviews
| 5 stars | 1,319 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 81 |
| 3 stars | 22 |
| 2 stars | 14 |
| 1 star | 52 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
Hummingbird makes your website faster and optimizes site performance by adding new ways to boost Google PageSpeed Insights with fine-tuned controls over file compression, deferring CSS and JavaScript styles and scripts, minify for CSS and JS, Lazy Load integration, and world-class caching.
Hummingbird is brought to you by the WordPress speed specialists that created Smush image optimization, now active on more than +1 million websites. Get the complete speed boost with Hummingbird and Smush.
Enjoy top-tier performance and PageSpeed optimization from the start with Hummingbird Pro.
Level up immediately with exclusive Pro features like Delay JavaScript Execution, Critical CSS Generation, Brotli file compression, and 119-point global asset CDN with unlimited bandwidth. Learn more about Pro.
If PageSpeed Insights is making these speed recommendations Hummingbird can help:
- Enable text compression – Use gzip to make your site fly (Brotli Compression via CDN included with Pro).
- Preconnect to required origins – Use Hummingbird to establish earlier connections.
- Preload key requests – Prioritize resources based on order.
- Avoid enormous network payloads – Consider Lazy Load for comments or breaking up smaller posts.
- Use efficient cache – The Hummingbird Cache suite offers effective browser cache for caching any site.
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
Do I need Hummingbird if I already have caching like WP Rocket or W3 Total Cache?
Yes! Of course, our cache suite is more than enough, but if you already use WP Rocket or W3 Total Cache, the special monitoring tools Hummingbird offers still make it worth it. To ensure compatibility, only activate overlapping features in one of the plugins.
Does Hummingbird work with Cloudflare?
Yes! Hummingbird is built to take full advantage of Cloudflare features. Just plug in your API to get started.
Does Hummingbird work with WooCommerce?
Yes! Hummingbird works great with ecommerce plugins like WooCommerce and MarketPress. For best results, when configuring full-page cache, follow the WooCommerce recommended cache settings. Hummingbird will exclude the cart, my account and checkout pages to keep content dynamic.
Why is my WordPress slow?
There are plenty of factors involved in why you’d have WordPress slow. Hummingbird’s scanning and one-click fixes can work out why your site is slow, and with one click, speed up WordPress for you. Easy peasy!
What’s the difference between Hummingbird and Hummingbird Pro?
The free Hummingbird plugin is a powerful suite of WordPress speed optimization features! You can deliver big improvements in your page speed in mere minutes using our one-click implementation of recommended fixes. Some of the reviews above show you the results you can get.
Somebody help! I turned on Asset Optimization and it broke my site!?
Asset Optimization is a great way to speed up your site but moving, combining, using minify, and rearranging CSS and JavaScript (.JS) files can also mess with styling and break functionality. We recommend making incremental changes and testing your site as you go so you can undo the changes if something breaks. And remember, don’t panic. If something goes wrong you can start over with the click of a button 🙂
Latest changelog entry
- Fix: Performance Test Notification Report is not sent
- Fix: Security hardening
Screenshots
Performance test. 
Full-page, browser and gravatar caching. 
Minify and combine files to speed up your site. 
Save space and speed things up.
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin.