Performance Optimization: Order Styles and Javascr vs Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation

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

Performance Optimization: Order Styles and Javascr

by Satya Prakash

Health D47

Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation

by Gijo Varghese

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

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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	Performance Optimization: Order Styles and Javascr	Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-22%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 47	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	90/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	6	79 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	13.1y ago	6mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	87	1.6K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5%	7.9% ✓
Category	Performance	Performance

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

Release activity

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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.