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Rocket Reader (Speed-Reader)

by cageehv · Performance

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Introduction

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 68 average across 1,075 Performance plugins

20+

Active installs

≈27 estimated

14.2K

Total downloads

since 2014

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

-7%

168

Downloads · 30d

category median +16%

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.14.

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.

43 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 7/100
WP compatibility 41/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 82/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1578 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-7% vs prior 30d
5Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

168

now · peak 224

16830d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Rocket Reader (Speed · #27826 you Speed Optimizer · #43 Cloudflare · #231 Jetpack Boost · #245

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.

8.4Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

4.3y ago

latest release · v1.6.2

20

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.6.2 · 4.3y ago1.6.1 · 9.6y ago1.6 · 11.0y ago1.5.1 · 11.0y ago1.5.0 · 11.0y ago1.4.1 · 11.3y ago1.4 · 11.4y ago1.3.3 · 11.4y ago1.3.2 · 11.9y ago1.3.1 · 11.9y ago1.3 · 11.9y ago1.2.3 · 12.1y ago1.2.2 · 12.2y ago1.2.1 · 12.2y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

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.

v1.6 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
20–30 ≈27

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

Install history · since 2015-09-08 · 1,388 observations

20Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.6.2
Last updated
4.3y ago
Added
2014-06-10 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
2.8
Tested up to
6.0.14
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ BeHeard
    11.3y ago

    For education or heavy reading sites this is FABULOUS.. Thankyou

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  2. ★★★★★ iroller
    12.2y ago

    It is a good addition to our website which provides news articles for children and is used as a literacy resource for primary school teachers.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-08-13 10+ → 20+ up after 149 days in tier
  2. 2026-03-17 20+ → 10+ down after 11 days in tier
  3. 2026-03-06 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-03-05 20+ → 10+ down after 12 days in tier
  5. 2026-02-21 10+ → 20+ up after 21 days in tier
  6. 2026-01-31 20+ → 10+ down after 7 days in tier
  7. 2026-01-24 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
  8. 2026-01-23 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in tier

Competes with

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Rocket Reader (Speed-Reader): 20+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/rocket-reader-speed-reader