Core Web Vitals & PageSpeed Booster

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1. ★★★★★ OsazuwaAkonedo

   1.4y ago

   Don’t use this plugin, the plugin will add cwv-image to all your images and when users call image on your site, the image will return 404, causing you huge loss of traffic. This plugin is so bad and evil that even when you deactivate and delete it from your site, the cwv-image will remain affecting your site images. I have to use another plugin to remove the cwv-image to stop the 404 evil this plugin did to my site. The plugin has shown us evidence that not all free plugins have genuine intention. Some are fraudulent with serious criminal motive to cause harm to your site unknown to you if not vigilant. We have spent thousands of dollars to purchase and subscribe plugins which we believe is more better than some completely free lifetime plugin who may have some fraudulent intentions. This plugin has made us to remove several completely free plugins from our site. One of our purchased plugins is the one currently helping us to redirect the 404 image links created by this plugin to the rightful permanent links. This topic was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by OsazuwaAkonedo. This topic was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by OsazuwaAkonedo.

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2. ★★★★★ alangrah

   2.2y ago

   I don’t normally leave reviews but this thing trashed the site. Pictures, margins, menus, everything. Uninstalling didn’t fix it. I had to restore from backup. You will regret it if you install this.

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3. ★★★★★ thgraef

   2.5y ago

   The plugin works fine alright. Bulk-changes all images to webp which is a valuable feature.But unfortunatedly it breaks spelling in german as it replaces all “Umlaut” with gremlins (¢#^¶)

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4. ★★★★★ grayson9

   2.6y ago

   Hello Magazine 3 team, I tried this plugin on my website which uses a theme named Vehica this week. The result on Google Page speed Insights was good and my mobile score matched my desktop score at 99% so top marks. However my mobile menu was no longer useable and there is no way the drop down would work. I am using WP Rocket and Cloudflare also. I disabled both of these plugins and cleared my cache and browser and still the same problem. I then turned of the cache, disabled all CSS features in your plugin and no change. My mobile menu still did ot work. Finally a deleted your plugin and the menu was active once again. I would love for your plugin to work for me and I would also even pay a small yearly fee if it did but at the moment its not good enough. Sad

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5. ★★★★★ doruhalip

   2.6y ago

   This plugin caused significant issues with my blog posts that were previously performing well in Google search rankings, resulting in a noticeable drop. I am extremely dissatisfied with the outcome. This topic was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by doruhalip.

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6. ★★★★★ Filip Markovski

   2.7y ago

   After I installed the plugin, I am unable to upload new images. This is the error I get: The server cannot process the image. This can happen if the server is busy or does not have enough resources to complete the task. Uploading a smaller image may help. Suggested maximum size is 2560 pixels. I tried to switch the Image Optimization to Manual. It does not help either.

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7. ★★★★★ ednaldos

   2.9y ago

   Plugin broke the language on the site, causing problems with words that contained: ç, ~ and ^…. This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by ednaldos.

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8. ★★★★★ Mike

   3.0y ago

   i would say, it more good for a free plugin, it worked well in optimiszing my woocommerce website speed. Also there was a specific error for my desktop score with a QUESTION ❓ mark in the pagespeed score. I contacted their support and would say they have done their best with their time and knowledge and sorted the issue. My pagespeed score has rocketed af this. I am happy I don’t need a premium plugin anymore for website speed. Thanks guys

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2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

1. Medium · 4.3 Core Web Vitals & PageSpeed Booster <= 1.0.27 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2025-12-31 CVE-2025-62144 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.0.27 No patch available
2. Medium · 4.7 Core Web Vitals & PageSpeed Booster <= 1.0.12 - Open Redirect via _wp_http_referer ↗
   2023-06-19 CVE-2023-35883 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') Affects <= 1.0.12 Patched in 1.0.13

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-08-19 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2025-08-17 1K+ → 2K+ up after 2 days in tier
3. 2025-08-15 2K+ → 1K+ down after 297 days in tier
4. 2024-10-22 3K+ → 2K+ down after 239 days in tier
5. 2024-02-26 4K+ → 3K+ down after 4 days in tier
6. 2024-02-22 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2024-02-21 4K+ → 3K+ down after 75 days in tier
8. 2023-12-08 3K+ → 4K+ up after 92 days in tier

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).

• WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 4 shared tags B
• Speed Booster Pack ⚡ PageSpeed Optimization Suite 9K+ installs · 4.3★ · 4 shared tags A
• AEH Speed Optimization: Browser Cache, Optimized Minify, Lazy Loading & Image Optimization 2K+ installs · 3.5★ · 4 shared tags B
• Autoptimize 800K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A
• Aruba HiSpeed Cache 100K+ installs · 3.5★ · 3 shared tags B
• NitroPack – Performance, Page Speed & Cache Plugin for Core Web Vitals, CDN & Image Optimization 90K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A

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Core Web Vitals & PageSpeed Booster: 1K+ active installs, 3.9★ (15 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/core-web-vitals-pagespeed-booster