Plugins Comparison

Test environment

Plugins

Sociable, GD Star Rating, WordPress Related Posts, WordPress.com Stats, WordPress.com Popular Posts, Popularity Contest, WP-SpamFree Anti-Spam

Theme

Pixel

Comparison table

Options	Initial State	Script Compressor	W3 Total Cache	Autoptimize	Demo or Zero Edition	Standard Edition
Overview
YSlow Grade	74	78	79	77	82	93
JS files	3	3	1	4	2	2
CSS files	3	2	2	3	1	1
CSS Images	9	9	9	5	6	2
HTML Images	2	2	2	2	2	2
Total size (Kb)	161	110	110	142	106	102
Savings (%)	0	32	32	12	34	37
Basic Options
Installation		plugin, code changes	plugin, manual configuration	plugin	plugin	plugin
HTML Minify / Gzip	Gzip Only		Yes, buggy
CSS / JS Combine
CSS / JS Minify
CSS / JS Gzip
List of Files to Exclude
CSS / JS Combine Inside Body
Inline CSS / JS Combine
Dynamic Files Fetching
.Htaccess Usage
Proxy Cache Support
Static Gzip Support
Advanced Options
CSS Sprites
data:URI + mhtml
Multiple Hosts