Plugin Optimizer – Speed Up Your WordPress Like Never Before

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

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.

Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.

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.

1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank

Ranked about #18,200 to #19,000, alongside the other plugins at 70+ 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.

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share 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.

Crossed into this band 46 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 80.

1. ★★★★★ Kaleu_87

   3.1y ago

   THey didnt update it since February…So it seems like this plugin is dead. Thats a pity, it was great…

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2. ★★★★★ mrretail

   4.4y ago

   This plugin deserves more praise. It’s a bit of an ‘unsung hero’ really. Takes a bit of work to set up but not difficult and definitely worth the effort. Major site speed boost!

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3. ★★★★★ fishingpromoter

   5.6y ago

   Took me some time to figure out building filters, but once I got one running it made a huge difference in my client’s bloated site. Going to try it on a few other sites now. Looking forward to new updates!

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4. ★★★★★ oribengal

   5.6y ago

   Ok, it took me a little while to get used to working with this. But…. totally worth it! I can’t remember the last time I left a review, but then again…. Not that many plugins are what I’d consider life-changing. A tiny bit of background: I design sites for myself and for clients. These sites have multiple plugins. Often we have 3rd party systems embedded (Clickfunnels, RightMessage, blah blah blah) for analytics, popups, support, and more…. I often use Divi as the theme, and while I love Divi, it’s kind of bloated. I was getting desperate when my largest clients were having their sites come to a crawl… Even using the admin section was a nightmare. Plugin optimizer (with a little bit of setup / trial&error) made the admin side of things load *instantly*. I was shocked! Sites that I dreaded working on, all of a sudden were fun to work on. It was like working on a clean install of WordPress… Because… Come on, do you really need WooCommerce and 90 other plugins to load while you are adding a new plugin, adding a theme, or changing the setting on your SMTP plugin? On the front end this made sites sing with joy as well… Because those above mentioned 90 plugins do not need to load on the about page, or the contact page, or countless others. They are just needed for specific pages, but.. WP loads them up on *every* page…. So… yeah– if you’re a bit of a plugin slut, like me, and your sites are suffering for it…. Then you need to try this plugin. It’s still early in its development, so the workflow could be better… but it’s totally worth it…. And I reached out to the developers— They are working very hard to add automation and simplicity to it.

   Read on wp.org ↗

1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.3.7). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.

1. Open Medium · 4.3 Plugin Optimizer <= 1.3.7 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2025-12-25 CVE-2025-68861 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.3.7 No patch available

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.2

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.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-09-15 80+ → 70+ down after 254 days in tier
2. 2026-01-04 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in tier
3. 2026-01-02 80+ → 90+ up after 3 days in tier
4. 2025-12-30 90+ → 80+ down after 77 days in tier
5. 2025-10-14 100+ → 90+ down after 3 days in tier
6. 2025-10-11 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2025-10-10 100+ → 90+ down after 3 days in tier
8. 2025-10-07 90+ → 100+ 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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Plugin Optimizer – Speed Up Your WordPress Like Never Before: 70+ active installs, 4.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/plugin-optimizer