Performance Tweaks
by Rick Hoekman · Performance
WordPress Performance Tweaks
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Health
C 68/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈28 estimated
Momentum
+27%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “dequeue” to your wp.org tags. You rank #14 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed it's a slot worth spending.
68 health vs 69 average across 1,806 Performance plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 2.4K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Performance plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,104 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.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 408 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description under 30 characters
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.
41
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
20%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| dequeue | #14 | #10 | up 1 |
| optimize your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| pagespeed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| performance your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| speed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 4 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
- Add “dequeue” to your wp.org tags. You rank #14 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed it's a slot worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 127 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,400 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ 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.
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.1y ago
latest release · v0.7.3 · 19 Sep 2025
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. 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 “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 30.
Install history since 11 Jul 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ ferda211mo ago
Simple, clear, functional!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ creeertnet4.2y ago
This is an extremely simple plugin when it comes to setting up! It really did improve the sites I installed it on in terms of speed. The developer is very responsive to any support questions and feature requests. Best of all it’s free, and there’s no marketing upsell for a pro version anywhere. Highly recommended!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jippiejoo4.3y ago
This plugin is excellent! It made my site faster and saver! Its very easy to use and great support! THNX! This topic was modified 4 years ago by jippiejoo.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description is 28 characters, too short to say what the plugin does.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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, Contact Form 7, Advanced Custom Fields, ACF.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 6 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,638 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "Optimize", "pagespeed" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-13 30+ → 20+ down after 119 days in tier
- 2026-04-16 20+ → 30+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-04-12 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-10 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-04-07 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-04-04 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-02 30+ → 20+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-03-29 20+ → 30+ up after 4 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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10Web Booster – Website speed optimization, Cache & Page Speed optimizer 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 4 shared tags A -
BerqWP – All-In-One Optimization for Core Web Vitals, Cache, CDN, Images, CSS & JavaScript 4K+ installs · 4.2★ · 4 shared tags B -
LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags A -
W3 Total Cache 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Autoptimize 800K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A
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