Fast 404
by Ayesh Karunaratne · Performance
Prevents WordPress from delivering full Page-Not-Found errors when the browser is not expecting a full HTML page. Saves bandwidth and improves perform …
43 health vs 69 average across 500 Performance plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1090 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
138
now · peak 259
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-27 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-26 50+ → 40+ down after 145 days in band
- 2026-02-01 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-31 50+ → 40+ down after 182 days in band
- 2025-08-02 60+ → 50+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-07-28 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-27 60+ → 50+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-07-24 50+ → 60+ 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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Static 404 3K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D - R Redirectioner 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth 3M+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Redirection 2M+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Super Cache 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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