LH Add Headers
by shawfactor · Performance
Adds the ETag, Last-Modified, and if appropriate 304 headers to HTTP responses generated by WordPress for more efficient caching.
41 health vs 72 average across 370 Performance plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.28, well behind 6.8.
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 3363 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
50
now · peak 145
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
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
- 2025-07-22 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-07-20 10+ → 20+ up after 22 days in band
- 2025-06-28 20+ → 10+ down after 30 days in band
- 2025-05-29 10+ → 20+ up after 123 days in band
- 2025-01-26 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-01-23 10+ → 20+ up after 53 days in band
- 2024-12-01 20+ → 10+ down after 758 days in band
- 2022-11-04 30+ → 20+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Cache-Control 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
Cache control by Cacholong 500+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Super Cache 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Speed Optimizer – The All-In-One Performance-Boosting Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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