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PageSpeed Ninja – Cache, Minify, Defer CSS JavaScript, Critical CSS, Optimize Images, Convert WebP

by PageSpeed · Performance

Boost page speed: cache, compress, optimize images to WebP, minify CSS/JS, defer loading, lazy load, generate critical CSS, improve Core Web Vitals

⚠ Stale
How scoring works →
60 Health · C
Maintenance 31
Rating quality 87
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+12%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

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 “5K+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
5K–6K ≈5.4K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install trend · reconstructed from 1382 daily snapshots

Details

Version
1.4.5
Last updated
1.8y ago
Added
2017-08-30
Requires WP
4.6
Tested up to
6.6.5
Requires PHP
5.6

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-06 6K+ → 5K+ down after 155 days in band
  2. 2026-01-02 7K+ → 6K+ down after 137 days in band
  3. 2025-08-18 8K+ → 7K+ down after 110 days in band
  4. 2025-04-30 9K+ → 8K+ down after 107 days in band
  5. 2025-01-13 10K+ → 9K+ down after 543 days in band
  6. 2023-07-20 20K+ → 10K+ down

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PageSpeed Ninja – Cache, Minify, Defer CSS JavaScript, Critical CSS, Optimize Images, Convert WebP: 5K+ active installs, 4.5★ (114 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-14. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/psn-pagespeed-ninja