LiteSpeed Cache
Free WordPress plugin from LiteSpeed Technologies with server-level page caching on LiteSpeed web servers, plus CSS and JS minification, lazy load, database cleanup and image optimization through QUIC.cloud.
At a glance
- Testing
- Researched Facts come from the vendor’s own pages, with sources and dates. We haven’t tested it hands-on yet.
- Starting price
- Free Free to use.
- Free plan or trial
- Free plan
- Works with
- WordPress, WooCommerce Page caching needs a LiteSpeed web server (OpenLiteSpeed, a commercial LiteSpeed product or LiteSpeed-powered hosting) or the QUIC.cloud CDN; the other optimization features work on any web server.
- Best for
- Site on LiteSpeed hosting, WooCommerce store
- Made by
- LiteSpeed Technologies
- Store rating
- 4.8 on WordPress.org, 2,777 ratings, checked Oct 26, 2026 Week by week
- Last verified
- Oct 26, 2026
Features we checked
- Image compression
- Partly: Lossless and lossy image optimization on QUIC.cloud's servers, which charge above certain usage levels Checked Oct 26, 2026 on wordpress.org
- Speed optimization
- Yes: Server-level full-page cache on a LiteSpeed web server, plus page optimization, lazy load, browser and object cache support and database optimization Checked Oct 26, 2026 on litespeedtech.com
Sources
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/litespeed-cache/ (Oct 26, 2026)
- https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/cache-plugins/wordpress-acceleration (Oct 26, 2026)
Change log
- Oct 26, 2026: New draft record from the WordPress.org listing (with its FAQ) and the LiteSpeed Technologies product page; QUIC.cloud's prices left out because its terms forbid automated access.
- Oct 26, 2026: Every number checked against its sources by a person.
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