JPEG PNG Compressor
by premiumthemes · Performance
Also makes 3 other plugins · 250+ installs across the portfolio →
Speed up your website. Compress your JPEG and PNG images automatically with PNG Compressor.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
50+
≈52 estimated
Momentum
-12%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “compress” for “image compressor”. “compress” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “image compressor” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 69 average across 1,808 Performance plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.4%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 3.6K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Performance plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,103 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 2 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
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 78 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
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.
36
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
10%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| compressor | #2 | #8 | 0 |
| jpeg | #3 | #19 | 0 |
| png | #4 | #22 | 0 |
| jpeg to png | #3 | #18 | 0 |
| image compressor | #6 | #14 | down 1 |
| shrink your tag | #15 | #23 | up 1 |
| images compressor | #6 | #14 | 0 |
| png images | #20 | #24 | 0 |
| compress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| faster your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| improve your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| optimize your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
11 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “compress” for “image compressor”. “compress” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “image compressor” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “shrink”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 163 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,200, alongside the other plugins at 50+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v1.2.1 · 14 Aug 2026
5
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 “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 50.
Install history since 26 Feb 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ venajanis7.2y ago
I have installed this plugin and quickly get my API key to start using. Within 20 mins it optimised all my WordPress website images and after that my website page speed increased significantly. PNG Compressor has cheaper paid plan that TinyPNG I was using Tiny now switched to PNG Compressor.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
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
6 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 website. Compress your JPEG and PNG images automatically with PNG Compressor."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 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 WooCommerce.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,505 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("faster", "improve", "shrink" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 40+ → 50+ up after 24 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 50+ → 40+ down after 522 days in tier
- 2025-03-03 60+ → 50+ down after 68 days in tier
- 2024-12-25 70+ → 60+ down after 84 days in tier
- 2024-10-02 80+ → 70+ down after 17 days in tier
- 2024-09-15 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-14 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-09-12 70+ → 80+ 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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Offload, AI & Optimize with Cloudflare Images 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Image Optimizer, Resizer and CDN – Sirv 1K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
PDF Compressor & Watermark – iLovePDF 500+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Image Optimizer for Google Lighthouse 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
iLoveIMG 100+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
neo Optimize – Resize and cache images – the original remains untouched 30+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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