Fast Backend
by WDM · Performance
Tired of having a slow WordPress admin area? Improve your speed with "Fast Backend" - the lightweight solution for optimizing the WordPress backend.
76 health vs 66 average across 751 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 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
91
now · peak 1.2K
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-06-19 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-06-17 100+ → 90+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2024-06-10 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-06-08 100+ → 90+ down after 35 days in tier
- 2024-05-04 90+ → 100+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2024-04-26 100+ → 90+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2024-04-22 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-04-21 100+ → 90+ down after 12 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WP Super Cache 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Speed Optimizer – The All-In-One Performance-Boosting Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
ManageWP Worker 1M+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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