bunny.net – WordPress CDN Plugin
by bunny.net · Performance
Enable Bunny CDN to speed up your WordPress website and enjoy greatly improved loading times around the world.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
B 81/100
no flags
Active installs
10K+
≈19K estimated
Momentum
-16%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “waf” and “around” to your wp.org tags. You rank #19 and #20 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
81 health vs 69 average across 1,807 Performance plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.5%
of downloads still active
At least 10K of 669.4K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Performance plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,101 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Performance plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 8 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 73 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
3.1★ over 22 reviews, smoothed to 3.79★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
19%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.4
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress cdn | #3 | #13 | up 1 |
| bunny cdn | #3 | #7 | 0 |
| cdn your tag | #10 | #21 | up 2 |
| around | #20 | #23 | 0 |
| waf | #19 | #19 | down 1 |
| cdn performance | #20 | #23 | 0 |
| performance your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| video your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
22 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 16 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “waf” and “around” to your wp.org tags. You rank #19 and #20 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 67.1K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
8
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v3.1.1 · 19 Aug 2026
52
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 44% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5.7 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 18 Nov 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ paknejad5mo ago
This plugin is completely Paid plugin. Noting For Free. This topic was modified 1 month, 2 weeks ago by paknejad.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rb2858mo ago
It causes more problems than it solves, and there’s no support available.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ foundr11mo ago
Well-intentioned, but it doesn’t work. In our tests, the CDN had the opposite effect to what it was supposed to have: increased server load, pages unavailable, lots of 529 errors – instead of making the server faster.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Excess Pro Net11mo ago
(review edited from 2 to 5 stars) This is the best cdn for imagesand have worked well since years ago. However, their service sometimes conflicts with cloudflare under attack mode….There is no information online on how to solve this….I managed to create a firewall rule to exclude bunny asn from this level in cloudflare and worked but it would be better if they realize about this as images were not showing in my website for this and showed up broken in the frontend….this issue was recent and came due to clouflare but bunny should now know it…….For the rest they offer better security for images offering a firewall for images…I recommend them This topic was modified 7 months ago by Excess Pro Net. This topic was modified 7 months ago by Excess Pro Net.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Torgut12mo ago
Pretty much it doesn’t work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ fairsuchen1.0y ago
I m using this on every of my client projects
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ scottrobins1.2y ago
Optimizer is not intelligent enough to see already compressed images so it uses the larger image. Also the compression is not great and for over $115 a year you would expect much more. Not impressed and I am looking elsewhere.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dsl504t1.5y ago
This CDN plugin works flawlessly for me.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 3.1.0 Added support for Bunny Shield; offloader: fix cron schedule; stream: support tokenAuth=true for the bunnycdn_stream_video shortcode; stream: add translation calls to video block; Tested with WordPress 7.0; 3.1.0
- — Version 3.0.1 offloader: improve performance around delay checks; 3.0.1
- — Version 3.0.0 stream: use new player; WARNING: There are breaking changes to Video libraries using custom HTML. Read more ; 3.0.0
- — Version 2.3.8 offloader: add retry logic for uploads 2.3.8
- — Version 2.3.7 Security fix 2.3.7
- — Version 2.3.6 Tested with WordPress 6.9 offloader: use wp-cron to sync existing files 2.3.6
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 3 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (3.1.1). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 bunny.net <= 2.3.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-05-19 CVE-2025-48236 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.3.0 Patched in 2.3.1
- Patched Medium · 4.4 bunny.net – WordPress CDN Plugin <= 2.0.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2024-04-08 CVE-2024-31361 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.0.1 Patched in 2.0.2
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 6 languages, 0 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Enable Bunny CDN to speed up your WordPress website and enjoy greatly improved loading times around the world."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,409 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2021-03-08 9K+ → 10K+ up after 138 days in tier
- 2020-10-21 6K+ → 9K+ up after 160 days in tier
- 2020-05-14 4K+ → 6K+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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W3 Total Cache 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Breeze Cache 300K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP YouTube Lyte 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A - U Use Google Libraries 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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Jetpack VideoPress 7K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Swift Performance Lite 6K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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