Page Speed
by Rex Anthony Eubanas (Batugan Design) · Performance
Fast and optimized pages lead to higher visitor engagement, retention, and conversions.
43 health vs 70 average across 448 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.15.
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 1904 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
189
now · peak 290
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-11-30 300+ → 200+ down after 220 days in band
- 2025-04-24 400+ → 300+ down after 10 days in band
- 2025-04-14 300+ → 400+ up after 9 days in band
- 2025-04-05 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-04-02 300+ → 400+ up after 9 days in band
- 2025-03-24 400+ → 300+ down after 210 days in band
- 2024-08-26 500+ → 400+ down after 191 days in band
- 2024-02-17 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- C Clear Cache for Me 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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Insights from Google PageSpeed 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C -
PhastPress 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
LuckyWP Scripts Control 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Simple Header Footer HTML 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D - W WP Minify Fix 800+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/page-speed" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Page Speed — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Page Speed: 200+ active installs, 3.6★ (12 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/page-speed