Site Speed Test vs Speed Booster Pack ⚡ PageSpeed Optimization Suite

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

Site Speed Test

by Sabrina Zeidan

Health C57

Speed Booster Pack ⚡ PageSpeed Optimization Suite

by Optimocha

Health B81

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	Site Speed Test	Speed Booster Pack ⚡ PageSpeed Optimization Suite
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	8K–9K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-20%
Overall health	C · 57	B · 81 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	20/100	88/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	91/100 ✓	82/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.6★ ✓	4.3★
Reviews	20	186 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	63/100	77/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.3y ago	6mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	114	1.5K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.5% ✓	0.5%
Category	Performance	Performance

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

Release activity

Site Speed TestSpeed Booster Pack ⚡ PageSpeed Optimization Suite

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.