10 Best Asset CleanUp Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Asset CleanUp has 100,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Asset CleanUp
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Hummingbird Performance – Cache & Page Speed Optimization for Core Web Vitals | Critical CSS | Minify CSS | Defer CSS Javascript | CDN
4.7 (1,487) 70,000+ active installsOptimize PageSpeed Performance & Core Web Vitals, Advanced Cache, Minify CSS & JavaScript, Inline Critical CSS, Defer CSS & JS, Smush & Lazy Load, CDN
Shares the Critical CSS, minify css tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.7 against 4.9, last updated 6 days ago.
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4.4 (5,420) 900,000+ active installsSearch Engine (SEO) & Performance Optimization (WPO) via caching. Integrated caching: CDN, Page, Minify, Object, Fragment, Database support.
About 9 times the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.9, last updated 3 days ago.
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All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall
4.7 (1,715) 1 million+ active installsProtect your website investment with All-In-One Security (AIOS) – a comprehensive and easy to use security plugin designed especially for WordPress.
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.9, last updated 25 days ago.
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SEOPress
Paid version availableSEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO
4.8 (1,252) 300,000+ active installsWordPress SEO plugin with AI SEO metadata, schema, XML sitemap, redirections & Search Console. Privacy-first, white-label SEO. Now AI-ready.
About 3 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.9, last updated 5 days ago.
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4.2 (137) 7,000+ active installsAllows you to combine and minify your CSS and JS files to improve page load time.
Shares the minify css, minify javascript tags on WordPress.org. 7,000+ installs against 100,000+, rated 4.2 against 4.9, no update since November 28, 2017.
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PageSpeed Ninja – Cache, Minify, Defer CSS JavaScript, Critical CSS, Optimize Images, Convert WebP
4.5 (114) 5,000+ active installsBoost page speed: cache, compress, optimize images to WebP, minify CSS/JS, defer loading, lazy load, generate critical CSS, improve Core Web Vitals
Shares the minify css, minify javascript tags on WordPress.org. 5,000+ installs against 100,000+, rated 4.5 against 4.9, no update since September 26, 2024.
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4.3 (1,345) 1 million+ active installsA very fast caching engine for WordPress that produces static html files.
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 4.9, last updated 12 days ago.
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WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance
4.8 (2,608) 1 million+ active installsGet caching and more with this powerful cache plugin. Cache, optimize images, clean your database and minify for maximum performance.
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.9, last updated 25 days ago.
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4.8 (1,031) 1 million+ active installsLoginizer is a WordPress security plugin which helps you fight against bruteforce attacks.
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.9, last updated 19 days ago.
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Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin
4.5 (157) 1 million+ active installsSecure your WordPress site from brute-force attacks, threats, malware, and bots. Free to use and easy to set up.
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.9, last updated 10 days ago.
Switching from Asset CleanUp: common questions
What is the best alternative to Asset CleanUp?
Hummingbird Performance is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 70,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Asset CleanUp alternative has the most users?
Security and Firewall, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Asset CleanUp alternative is rated highest?
WP-Optimize, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 2,608 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Asset CleanUp alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Asset CleanUp score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Asset CleanUp on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Hummingbird Performance is the closest match to Asset CleanUp by the data we track, and Security and Firewall has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. W3 Total Cache shipped the most recent release, on September 4, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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