Perfmatters and Wp Rocket are plugins aiming at speed optimization. How do they compare?
The percentage of sites using Perfmatters passing Core Web Vitals is 46%, compared to 48% of sites using Wp Rocket.
Perfmatters was built to remove unused code, but has been adding features that help improve Core Web Vitals. Wp Rocket is also a plugin to help improve Core Web Vitals, with its features being more beginner-friendly, built-in integrations, and support for popular plugins.
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Due to how complex it is to solve Core Web Vitals issues, using both can maximize the effort and deliver better results.
If your website has both LCP and CLS issues, Perfmatters is an essential tool to fix them, as it allows you to remove the code causing them, rather than just optimizing.
Fix your Core Web Vitals and Pagespeed only using Perfmatters, even for themes like Elementor, if you’re keen to test your page functions and visuals.
| Functionality | Perfmatters | Wp Rocket |
|---|---|---|
| Improves LCP | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Improves CLS | Few features | 1 feature |
| Built-in CDN | ❌ (Bunny CDN) | ❌ (Bunny CDN) |
| Database Optimization | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Lazyload + Image Optim. + WebP | ❌ | ❌(Imagify $10/mo) |
| Remove unused CSS | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| LCP: Fetch Priority + Preload | ✔️ | ❌ |
| Plugin Integration | +50 | +116 |
Get your Core Web Vitals optimized to pass.
