Gcore CDN
by gcorewpress · Performance
Gcore Plugin
44 health vs 68 average across 581 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 1026 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
65
now · peak 199
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 “80+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
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
- 2026-07-12 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-07-11 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-07-10 90+ → 80+ down after 87 days in band
- 2026-04-14 100+ → 90+ down after 9 days in band
- 2026-04-05 90+ → 100+ up after 6 days in band
- 2026-03-30 100+ → 90+ down after 49 days in band
- 2026-02-09 90+ → 100+ up after 18 days in band
- 2026-01-22 100+ → 90+ down 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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Shift8 CDN 600+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags B -
LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Super Cache 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Speed Optimizer – The All-In-One Performance-Boosting Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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