Rocket Reader (Speed-Reader)
by cageehv · Performance
Introduction
45 health vs 67 average across 693 Performance plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 6.0.12.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1533 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
154
now · peak 224
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
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-17 20+ → 10+ down after 11 days in band
- 2026-03-06 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-05 20+ → 10+ down after 12 days in band
- 2026-02-21 10+ → 20+ up after 21 days in band
- 2026-01-31 20+ → 10+ down after 7 days in band
- 2026-01-24 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-23 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-01-20 10+ → 20+ up after 79 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Cloudflare 200K+ installs · 3.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
Jetpack Boost – Website Speed, Performance and Critical CSS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
10Web Booster – Website speed optimization, Cache & Page Speed optimizer 80K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
A2 Optimized WP – Turbocharge and secure your WordPress site 60K+ installs · 3.3★ · 1 shared tag C - D Debloat – Remove Unused CSS, Optimize JS 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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