Edge Images
by Jono Alderson · Performance
Turbocharge your WordPress images by using an edge provider (like Cloudflare or Accelerated Domains) and optimizing your HTML markup.
70 health vs 73 average across 350 Performance plugins
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
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2025-01-06 · 557 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
62
now · peak 543
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 30+ in roughly 1780 days.
Install history · since 2025-01-10 · 551 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-16 10+ → 20+ up after 22 days in band
- 2026-03-25 20+ → 10+ down after 103 days in band
- 2025-12-12 30+ → 20+ down after 74 days in band
- 2025-09-29 40+ → 30+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-09-25 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-09-24 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-09-23 30+ → 40+ up after 55 days in band
- 2025-07-30 20+ → 30+ up after 1 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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W3 Total Cache 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
Autoptimize 800K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
AMP 400K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags C -
Breeze Cache 400K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
WebP Express 300K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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