Menu Caching vs LiteSpeed Cache

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Menu Caching

by Theo Gkitsos

Health A86

LiteSpeed Cache

by LiteSpeed Technologies

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Menu CachingLiteSpeed Cache

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Menu Caching	LiteSpeed Cache
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	7M–8M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	A · 86	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	80/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	60/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	4	2,778 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	14d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	411	2.2M ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.2%	5.0% ✓
Category	Performance	Performance

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Menu CachingLiteSpeed Cache

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.