Speed Up vs LiteSpeed Cache

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

Speed Up

by Simone Nigro

Health B84

LiteSpeed Cache

by LiteSpeed Technologies

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Speed UpLiteSpeed 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	Speed Up	LiteSpeed Cache
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	7M–8M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-30%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 84	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	99/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	59/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	2	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	3mo ago	yesterday ✓
Downloads · 30d	176	2.2M ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5%	5.0% ✓
Category	Performance	Performance

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

Release activity

Speed UpLiteSpeed 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.