InstantClick
by Erica Franz · Performance
Dramatically speed up your WordPress site and make navigation effectively instant by loading the next link on hover.
45 health vs 75 average across 321 Performance plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.10.
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 1265 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
29
now · peak 122
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 “60+”. 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 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 70+ → 60+ down after 85 days in band
- 2026-04-16 80+ → 70+ down after 19 days in band
- 2026-03-28 90+ → 80+ down after 44 days in band
- 2026-02-12 80+ → 90+ up after 18 days in band
- 2026-01-25 90+ → 80+ down after 43 days in band
- 2025-12-13 80+ → 90+ up after 23 days in band
- 2025-11-20 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-19 80+ → 90+ up after 82 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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