Pressidium Performance
by pressidium · Performance
Also makes 1 other plugin · 10.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Speed up your WordPress site, improve Core Web Vitals and enhance user experience with one-click image optimization, CSS & JavaScript minification.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈180 estimated
Momentum
+20%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “convert avif”, “convert webp” and “image optimization” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
83 health vs 69 average across 1,808 Performance plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →6.6%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 1.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Performance plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,103 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.
This plugin shipped 4 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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 8 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ 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.
52
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 23d
50%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 23d
+0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| convert avif your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| convert webp your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image optimization your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| optimizations your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| performance your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 8 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
- “convert avif”, “convert webp” and “image optimization” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 10 Jan 2026 · 295 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 319 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
8d ago
latest release · v1.2.0 · 23 Oct 2026
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 10 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 79% of the way through.
Install history since 9 Jan 2026
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Christos Paloukas9mo ago
Full disclosure: I am part of the Pressidium team and was involved with the planning for this project. That said, I’m reviewing this because I genuinely believe in the approach we took. I’ve seen countless plugins promising to speed up sites that just add to the clutter. What I love about this is that it knocks out all the low-hanging fruit, plus advanced stuff like AVIF conversion and background processing, without the noise and headache. It’s FOSS and highly accessible. I’m biased, obviously, but honestly, it just works.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Speed up your WordPress site, improve Core Web Vitals and enhance user experience with one-click image opti..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 19 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 19 of 19 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,964 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("convert AVIF", "convert webp", "optimizations" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-15 10+ → 100+ up
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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Image Optimizer – Compress Images and Convert to WebP or AVIF 1M+ installs · 2.0★ · 4 shared tags C -
Imagify Image Optimization: Optimize Images | Compress & Convert to WebP/AVIF 900K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Converter for Media – Optimize images | Convert WebP & AVIF 500K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
ShortPixel Image Optimizer – Optimize Images, Convert WebP & AVIF 300K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
CompressX — AVIF & WebP Converter, Media Replacement 40K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
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