Force gzip
by Em Shreve · Uncategorized
Implements gzip output compression to speed up load times and does a check to see if browsers are incorrectly saying that they do not support GZIP whe …
44 health vs 57 average across 10,044 Uncategorized 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5, 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 5841 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
66
now · peak 164
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 “200+”. 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-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-04 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-01-02 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-01 300+ → 200+ down after 404 days in band
- 2024-11-23 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-11-22 300+ → 400+ up after 8 days in band
- 2024-11-14 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-11-12 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-11-11 400+ → 300+ down after 6 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- W WP HTTP Compression 500+ installs · 3.2★ · 3 shared tags F
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Instant Gzip Compression 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D - W WP GZip 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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TinyPNG – JPEG, PNG & WebP image compression 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Cache Enabler 90K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B -
Media Sync 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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