Performance Optimisation
by Nilesh Kanzariya · Performance
Also makes 1 other plugin · — installs across the portfolio →
Free WordPress performance plugin for faster sites with page caching, Core Web Vitals monitoring, image optimization, and CSS/JS optimization.
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
—
not reported yet
Momentum
+204%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “cache”, “core web vitals” and “optimization” for “rum”, “optimisation” and “image optimisation”. “cache” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “rum” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “core web vitals” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “optimisation” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “optimization” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “image optimisation” sits at #16 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
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 30 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
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.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
13%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| optimisation | #14 | #17 | up 1 |
| rum | #12 | #5 | down 1 |
| image optimisation | #16 | #18 | up 2 |
| site optimisation | #16 | #20 | up 1 |
| cache your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| core web vitals your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| optimization your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| pagespeed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| performance your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
19 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 15 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “cache”, “core web vitals” and “optimization” for “rum”, “optimisation” and “image optimisation”. “cache” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “rum” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “core web vitals” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “optimisation” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “optimization” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “image optimisation” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 24 Feb 2025 · 616 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 398 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #50,200 to #69,500, alongside the other plugins with fewer than 10 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 1 Nov 2026.
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.
Estimated active installs
wp.org publishes an install count once a plugin has enough of them. This one has none yet.
wp.org reports no install count for this plugin yet.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
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 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 13 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 13 of 13 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("who want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Cloudflare, WP-CLI, LiteSpeed.
- ✓ Headings and lists 12 headings and 6 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 12,815 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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Core Web Vitals & PageSpeed Booster 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 5 shared tags B -
WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 4 shared tags A -
Speed Booster Pack ⚡ PageSpeed Optimization Suite 8K+ installs · 4.3★ · 4 shared tags B -
AEH Speed Optimization: Browser Cache, Optimized Minify, Lazy Loading & Image Optimization 2K+ installs · 3.5★ · 4 shared tags B -
RabbitLoader 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 4 shared tags A -
Autoptimize 800K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A
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