Is WP-HTML-Compression free?

Yes, WP-HTML-Compression is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use WP-HTML-Compression?

WP-HTML-Compression has 1.0K+ active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best WP-HTML-Compression alternatives?

Popular alternatives to WP-HTML-Compression include Comments – wpDiscuz, Honeypot Anti-Spam, DCO Comment Attachment. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does WP-HTML-Compression work with the latest WordPress?

WP-HTML-Compression has been tested up to WordPress 3.5.2. It requires WordPress 3.2+ and PHP false+.

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WP-HTML-Compression

Name: WP-HTML-Compression
Rating: 3.4 (14 reviews)
Author: Steven Vachon

Reduce file size by shortening URLs and safely removing all standard comments and unnecessary whitespace from an HTML document.

By Steven Vachon·Comment·Free

3.4(14 reviews)

·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 years ago

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As of April 2026, WP-HTML-Compression is a WordPress comment plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 3.4/5 rating from 14 reviews. It has been downloaded 108K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 39% this week. Top alternative: Comments – wpDiscuz.

3.4/514 reviews

1.0K+active installs

108K+total downloads

17 yearssince 2009

Overview

Combining HTML “minification” with cache and HTTP compression (WP Super Cache, or similar) will cut down your bandwidth and ensure near-immediate content delivery while increasing your Google rankings.

This plugin will compress your HTML by shortening URLs and removing standard comments and whitespace; including new lines, carriage returns, tabs and excess spaces. Most importantly, by ignoring <pre>, <textarea>, <script> and Explorer® conditional comment tags, presentation will not be affected.

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Recent Reviews

Very useful and good plugin

by RealMag777·11 years ago

Very useful and good plugin. Thank you….

worked

by rashtnevesht·11 years ago

سلام
در وردپرس بنده به غیر از کدهای جاوا اسکریپت کل کدهای HTML رو کوچک کرد

Not working with qTranslate

by Mario Lamboglia·12 years ago

It works, but do not absolutely use with qTranslate. It completely breaks the site! 🙁
…any suggestion?

Well Done

by bdonmez·12 years ago

Good job, thank you..

No denying it – it compresses!

by andrewpaulbowden·12 years ago

Recently installed this on a couple of sites. It seems to do the job well, compressing very happily with no obvious repercussions. One site includes inline JavaScript which the plugin happily ignores.

If there’s one downside, the WP-Supercache comment gets stripped out (along with other comments) so there’s no way to check when a cached version was created, which is annoying (flaw with how WP-Supercache works more than anything) but I’ll survive!