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LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ installs · 4.8★
7M+ A91 2 
WP Super Cache 1M+ installs · 4.3★
1M+ A87 3 
Speed Optimizer – The All-In-One Performance-Boosting Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.2★
1M+ A85 4 
WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.9★
1M+ A88 5 
WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance 1M+ installs · 4.8★
1M+ A95 6 
Image Optimization – Compress Images and Convert to WebP or AVIF 1M+ installs · 1.7★
1M+ C65 7 
EWWW Image Optimizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★
1M+ A91 8 
Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN 1M+ installs · 4.8★
1M+ A96 9 
Imagify Image Optimization: Optimize Images | Compress & Convert to WebP/AVIF 1M+ installs · 4.3★
1M+ A87 10 
W3 Total Cache 900K+ installs · 4.4★
900K+ B81
Performance: state of the market
1074 tracked plugins · 24.6M+ active installs · 12,781,093 downloads in the last 30 days · average health 67/100
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Top plugins
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1 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ installs · 4.8★
7M+ A91 2 WP Super Cache 1M+ installs · 4.3★
1M+ A87 3 Speed Optimizer – The All-In-One Performance-Boosting Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.2★
1M+ A85 4 WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.9★
1M+ A88 5 WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance 1M+ installs · 4.8★
1M+ A95 6 Image Optimization – Compress Images and Convert to WebP or AVIF 1M+ installs · 1.7★
1M+ C65 7 EWWW Image Optimizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★
1M+ A91 8 Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN 1M+ installs · 4.8★
1M+ A96 9 Imagify Image Optimization: Optimize Images | Compress & Convert to WebP/AVIF 1M+ installs · 4.3★
1M+ A87 10 W3 Total Cache 900K+ installs · 4.4★
900K+ B81 Climbing
Install-tier crossings, last 90 days
Siteboosterseo 1K+ +12 tiers PixelCraft with WebP 600+ +9 tiers MYAIO – Your AI-Powered Co-Founder 100+ +6 tiers Easy Actions Scheduler Cleaner 800+ +5 tiers Raina Image Compression 100+ +5 tiers Fastcache by Host.it 800+ +5 tiers AjaxPress – Single Page Application, Ajax Navigation & Persistent Media Player 90+ +4 tiers Hide reCAPTCHA on Non-Form Pages for Contact Form 7 50+ +4 tiersFalling
Dropped install tiers over the same window
YEP: Optimize YouTube Embeds 80+ -3 tiers AMP WP – Google AMP For WordPress 600+ -2 tiers SiteEase Progressive Web App 40+ -2 tiers Why So Slow? 80+ -2 tiers Easy Image Optimizer 60+ -2 tiers ImageEngine – Optimize the Images on Your WordPress Site Like No Other Plugin 70+ -2 tiers 站长帮 – WordPress CDN 缓存管理插件 20+ -2 tiers PixJet – NextGen Image Optimizer & CDN 10+ -2 tiersThe report is written by a model reading exactly the measurements shown on this page, drawn from Plugin Pulse's own daily crawl. Install counts are wp.org tiers, so tier crossings are the growth signal. See all Performance plugins or how this works.