Index WP Users For Speed
by OllieJones · Performance
Also makes 5 other plugins · 61.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Do you have thousands of users on your WordPress site? Look them up fast. Find authors more easily. Speed up your laggy dashboard.
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.9K estimated
Momentum
-4%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “database”, “performance” and “users” for “speed”, “wordpress speed” and “slow”. “database” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “speed” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “performance” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “wordpress speed” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “users” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #14. “slow” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
86 health vs 69 average across 1,806 Performance plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.8%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 35.6K 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 5 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 58 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 2 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →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.
19
Momentum
Losing ground
-3.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-2.8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| largesite your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| index your tag | #3 | #9 | down 1 |
| no index | #2 | #8 | 0 |
| fast index | #4 | #12 | 0 |
| site index | #4 | #12 | 0 |
| index page | #4 | #14 | down 2 |
| speed | #13 | #21 | down 5 |
| users your tag | #14 | #21 | down 8 |
| wp users | #19 | #24 | down 7 |
| speed up | #19 | #23 | down 8 |
| wordpress speed | #16 | #24 | down 2 |
| site speed | #17 | #24 | down 6 |
| database speed | #11 | #22 | 0 |
| slow | #22 | #24 | down 7 |
| mysql | #23 | #22 | down 11 |
| page speed | #24 | #23 | down 11 |
| wp speed up | #19 | #24 | down 4 |
| wordpress site speed up | #22 | #24 | — |
| speed up wordpress | #22 | #24 | down 1 |
| add users | #24 | #22 | down 4 |
| database your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| performance your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
51 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 30 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “database”, “performance” and “users” for “speed”, “wordpress speed” and “slow”. “database” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “speed” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “performance” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “wordpress speed” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “users” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #14. “slow” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- Slipping on “users”. Down 8 places since 2026-09-18, now #14. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 3.7K · 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
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.
5
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v1.4.1 · 4 Sep 2026
22
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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.2 years 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 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ alinnz2.4y ago
Must have for large user database!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pipdig3.2y ago
It’s great to see a plugin like this created and maintained to such a high standard. Thank you Ollie
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ scysys3.6y ago
Really Fantastic. Thanks for this!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Aaron Queen4.0y ago
This is absolutely amazing work. I’ve reviewed your discussions on WP issue tracker and various other places and came to the same conclusion. While I had already added some of my own custom indexes long ago, this is even better. Fantastic job!
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 0 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
7 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Do you have thousands of users on your WordPress site? Look them up fast. Find authors more easily. Speed u..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 10 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 10 of 10 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, WP-CLI.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,827 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "largesite" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-08-16 900+ → 1K+ up after 102 days in tier
- 2024-05-06 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-05-05 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-05-04 800+ → 900+ up after 45 days in tier
- 2024-03-20 700+ → 800+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2024-03-08 600+ → 700+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2024-03-04 700+ → 600+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-03-02 600+ → 700+ up after 3 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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Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Index WP MySQL For Speed 50K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Docket Cache – Object Cache Accelerator 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
AAA Autoload Optimizer 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
WP Super Cache 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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