FastPixel Cache – Optimize Page Speed: Compress Images, Minify, Clean Database & CDN for WordPress Plugin Directory
By ShortPixel
FastPixel Cache – Optimize Page Speed: Compress Images, Minify, Clean Database & CDN is the #52 ranked cache app on WordPress, with a 4.8 average rating from 49 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
FastPixel Cache – Optimize Page Speed: Compress Images, Minify, Clean Database & CDN is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by ShortPixel. With a rating of 4.8★ from 49 reviews, it currently ranks #52 in the Cache category.
AppRanks data: FastPixel Cache – Optimize Page Speed: Compress Images, Minify, Clean Database & CDN ranks #52 in Cache on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 15% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
Generated from live marketplace data — refreshed daily
FastPixel Cache – Optimize Page Speed: Compress Images, Minify, Clean Database & CDN is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Cache category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 49 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.8★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by ShortPixel — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (49) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How FastPixel Cache – Optimize Page Speed: Compress Images, Minify, Clean Database & CDN works
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🚀 The Ultimate Caching and Speed Improvement Plugin for WordPress Have you ever wished your website scored 90+ on Google PageSpeed Insights, GTMetrix and other website performance analysis tools?
And achieve that without the need to pay expensive fees to consultants or learn a lot of advanced technical stuff?
⚡ FastPixel automatically integrates all the latest technical enhancements, such as Page Caching, HTML/CSS/JS minification, DNS prefetching and preloading, Critical CSS, ShortPixel’s Smart Image Optimization, adaptive images, background image scaling and optimization, HTTP/2 support, fonts loading optimization, caching, a global CDN, and Core Web Vitals, within an easy-to-use, 1-minute-setup interface.
🎬 Ready for a Quick TEST of our Speed Optimization Tool? There is no need to install our plugin to run a test.
You can test FastPixel live on a sandbox website at TasteWP or you can quickly assess how FastPixel can optimize your website by conducting a test. Simply use this test page, and we will apply all optimizations to a copy of your website.
This way, you can easily evaluate the substantial speed improvements it can achieve using the most widely recognized website performance analysis tools.
🆕 New! Object Cache – Now Available! You can now connect FastPixel to your Redis or Memcached server and let our plugin handle the rest.
Object caching stores the results of database queries in memory, so WordPress skips repetitive work on every page load, meaning faster pages and less load on your server. No configuration needed. Just connect and go.
– No need for additional plugins
– Tuned for WooCommerce compatibility
– Built for maximum performance with the same resources
– Smart cache prefetching
– Fully compliant with WordPress
– Improved efficiency with simple settings and defaults
– Encrypted communication
💡 Why choose FastPixel Caching plugin?
Website Performance Boost: Just activate the plugin and within seconds the optimized webpages will start to be served.
Lower the CPU/RAM Impact: Using the plugin will reduce the impact on the resources used by your website. All the CPU intensive processing is done in the cloud and resulting pages will generally be served from a cached version and the optimized images from the CDN.
Automated Core Web Vitals Optimization: FastPixel takes care of all technical aspects automatically.
Smart Cache Warmup/Update: The cache warmup and update are taken care of automatically in a smart way. Pages are cached as they are visited and also updated if you update the content.
Critical CSS: CCSS is automatically generated for each page for lightning-fast page loads.
CSS/JS Processing: CSS/JS files are combined and also minified and compressed before they are served from our CDN.
HTML Optimization: A single, highly optimized HTML file is generated, adaptively serving the ideal webpage based on the visitor’s viewport or device (e.g., mobile, tablet, laptop).
DNS Preconnects: Accelerates resource fetching, reduces the access time to external resources.
Font Processing: All the techniques to accelerate the processing and delivery of fonts are employed, e.g. font subsetting, font loading control, font compression, font embedding (lower CLS result).
Image Resizing & Optimization: Images are automatically resized to fit their placeholders, optimized, and delivered through the ShortPixel CDN.
Automatic Next-Gen Images Delivery: Based on the visitor’s browser capabilities, original JPG, PNG, or GIF images are converted to and served as WebP or AVIF when supported. For browsers without support, the original format is provided.
🌟 Happy users that use our plugin If you’re satisfied with the test, just search for “FastPixel” in your WordPress Dashboard > Plugins, install the plugin and see for yourself how much faster your site becomes.
Testimonials:
★★★★★ It’s as fast as it says in the title! liquidsnake2021
★★★★★ I was a tester and now I`m a happy user jppl
★★★★★ This plugin’s fast and easy to set up—I barely have to configure anything fajrisp
★★★★★ Works really well! touto
★★★★★ One of the best tools! torsten3d
★★★★★ Super easy to install and worked out of the box diffler
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📩 Additional questions If you have more questions, technical or otherwise, please refer to our FAQ section below, our docs or contact us.
We typically respond within 15 minutes.
Hooks FastPixel provides WordPress action hooks that allow developers to programmatically trigger cache purges and react to cache events. This is useful when integrating FastPixel with custom plugins, WooCommerce, ACF, or any workflow that modifies content outside the standard WordPress editor.
Example hooks:
do_action(‘fastpixel/purge/all’); – Purges the entire site cache.
do_action(‘fastpixel/purge/single’, [‘id’ => 123]); – Purges the cache for a single post, page, or taxonomy term.
do_action(‘fastpixel/purge/url’, ‘https://example.com/my-landing-page/’); – Purges the cache for a specific URL.
For a detailed documentation about the hooks, please see this page: https://fastpixel.io/docs/fastpixel-hooks/
Category rankings
As of Sep 4, 2026- Cache#52of 369Top 15%
- Performance#86of 762Top 12%
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Keyword rankings
FastPixel Cache – Optimize Page Speed: Compress Images, Minify, Clean Database & CDN ranks for 4 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 3:
Competitors & alternatives
FastPixel Cache – Optimize Page Speed: Compress Images, Minify, Clean Database & CDN doesn't have curated competitor matchups yet. Other tracked cache apps on WordPress:
Frequently asked questions
What is FastPixel Cache – Optimize Page Speed: Compress Images, Minify, Clean Database & CDN?
FastPixel Cache – Optimize Page Speed: Compress Images, Minify, Clean Database & CDN is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.8-star rating from 49 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Cache category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by ShortPixel.
Who uses FastPixel Cache – Optimize Page Speed: Compress Images, Minify, Clean Database & CDN?
Currently around 4,000 active stores have installed FastPixel Cache – Optimize Page Speed: Compress Images, Minify, Clean Database & CDN. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Cache category on WordPress.
Where does FastPixel Cache – Optimize Page Speed: Compress Images, Minify, Clean Database & CDN rank on WordPress?
FastPixel Cache – Optimize Page Speed: Compress Images, Minify, Clean Database & CDN currently sits at position #52 in the Cache category on WordPress. That places it in the top 14% of 369 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.