Index WP MySQL For Speed
by OllieJones · Performance
Also makes 5 other plugins · 61.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Speed up your WordPress site by adding high-performance keys (database indexes) to your MariaDB / MySQL database tables.
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Health
A 95/100
no flags
Active installs
50K+
≈59K estimated
Momentum
+55%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “performance” for “speed”. “performance” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “speed” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
95 health vs 69 average across 1,806 Performance plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.8%
of downloads still active
At least 50K of 854.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Performance plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,104 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Performance plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 4 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Well tuned across the board
Updated 28 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.8★ over 99 reviews, smoothed to 4.57★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
4 of 5 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
60
Momentum
Gaining ground
+1.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
62%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.9
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| mysql your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| index your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| mysql database | #1 | #1 | — |
| mariadb | #1 | #2 | up 2 |
| carbon | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| speed up | #2 | #2 | up 4 |
| indexes | #2 | #2 | up 1 |
| fast index | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| site index | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| index page | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| no index | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| speed test | #2 | #4 | up 1 |
| speed | #4 | #5 | up 1 |
| site speed | #3 | #3 | up 5 |
| key your tag | #5 | #7 | up 4 |
| custom index | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| database speed | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| wordpress speed | #4 | #4 | up 4 |
| wp cli your tag | #8 | #10 | up 4 |
| wordpress site speed up | #3 | #6 | up 5 |
| performance your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
192 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 156 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “performance” for “speed”. “performance” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “speed” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 52.6K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
28d ago
latest release · v1.6.0 · 5 Oct 2026
39
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “50K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 12 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 17 Aug 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Amin4mo ago
You are a life saver! This plugin is truley speeding up my site, specially for logged-in users. If you only want to make things faster, I recommend using this plugin before installing any cache plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ fff6545mo ago
all in the tittle. Note that I have a lot of posts & metas.VERY GOOD. GUI is excellent on what it does, and how to revert. Tip for shared cPanel users: i could not add the key to post & meta tables because timeouts (other tables where long, but OK). And on my shared hosting, no CLI on cPanel … except if you go to Softaculous area that provides a CLI access in its menu –> less that 3 seconds to generates the 2 keys that would timeout otherwise !!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Philipp10mo ago
I never had any problems with this plugin, it works like a charm and can improve performance drastically!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Bike Gremlin11mo ago
Thank you very much for the time and effort put into making and maintaining this plugin. One of the best – never had any problems with it for years now.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ momo-fr11mo ago
An essential plugin for shared hosting or high-traffic websites. Significantly accelerated execution speed.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Eroan Boyer12mo ago
I’ve been using it on several WooCommerce websites, it helped a lot improving performance. The debug tab is a gold mine to understand mysql configuration issues.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ omid1.1y ago
It’s a good plugin, but it interferes with the Woodmart template and gives a Server respond slow error (observed 1353 milliseconds) in the document request latency section of the pagespeed website.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ supton1.2y ago
Fantastic performance improvements on every site I have used this on so far. I consider this one of my must use plugins for each build now.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.5.7 (No changes to keys). php 8.5 compatibility fixes. 1.5.7
- — Version 1.5.6 (No changes to keys). Correct composer compatibility issue. Upgrade to the latest Datatables.net code. Suppress reversions to keys when the WooCommerce installer runs. 1.5.6
- — Version 1.5.4 Correct php 5.6 compatibility issue. 1.5.4
- — Version 1.5.3 Correct language deprecations, test on IIS. 1.5.3
- — Version 1.5.2 Correct release error. 1.5.2
- — Version 1.5.1 Add support for the WooCommerce tables wp_automatewoo_log_meta, wp_wc_orders_meta, and wp_woocommerce_order_itemmeta. 1.5.1
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.6.0). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2024-06-22 CVE-2024-4977 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.4.17 Patched in 1.4.18
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 10 languages, 6 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
8 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Speed up your WordPress site by adding high-performance keys (database indexes) to your MariaDB / MySQL dat..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 20 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 20 of 20 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use this", "if you have", "use it").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, WP-CLI.
- ✓ Headings and lists 9 headings and 6 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 7,197 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-15 40K+ → 50K+ up after 302 days in tier
- 2025-01-17 30K+ → 40K+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-01-12 40K+ → 30K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-01-09 30K+ → 40K+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2025-01-01 40K+ → 30K+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2024-12-21 30K+ → 40K+ up after 305 days in tier
- 2024-02-20 20K+ → 30K+ up after 172 days in tier
- 2023-09-01 10K+ → 20K+ up after 302 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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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 · 4.1★ · 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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