DNS Prefetch
by jp2112 · Performance
Adds dns prefetching meta tags to your site.
45 health vs 67 average across 704 Performance plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4196 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
53
now · peak 141
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-20 70+ → 60+ down after 63 days in band
- 2026-03-18 80+ → 70+ down after 11 days in band
- 2026-03-07 70+ → 80+ up after 19 days in band
- 2026-02-16 80+ → 70+ down after 6 days in band
- 2026-02-10 70+ → 80+ up after 10 days in band
- 2026-01-31 80+ → 70+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-01-28 70+ → 80+ up after 6 days in band
- 2026-01-22 80+ → 70+ down after 412 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Quicklink for WordPress 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C -
AMP 400K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag C -
Performance Lab 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
Speculative Loading 70K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Optimization Detective 60K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
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