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Seraphinite Accelerator

by Seraphinite Solutions · Performance

Also makes 3 other plugins · 50.8K+ installs across the portfolio →

Turns on site high speed to be attractive for people and search engines.

How scoring works →
91 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 95/100
Support 70/100

91 health vs 67 average across 1,076 Performance plugins

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.

84 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Support resolution

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 95/100
Listing tuning 100/100
Support resolution 0/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,421 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+10% vs prior 30d
2.2KDownloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

13.7K

now · peak 54.9K

13.7K30d 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

Seraphinite Accelera · #722 you WP Fastest Cache · #49 Aruba HiSpeed Cache · #328 10Web Booster · #586

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.8Stars · Aug 26

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.

275per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Actively maintained
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.

45

releases in the last 12 months

1mo ago

latest release · v2.29.17

410

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.29.17 · 1mo ago2.29.16 · 2mo ago2.29.15 · 2mo ago2.29.14 · 3mo ago2.29.13 · 3mo ago2.29.12 · 3mo ago2.29.11 · 4mo ago2.29.10 · 4mo ago2.29.9 · 4mo ago2.29.8 · 4mo ago2.29.7 · 5mo ago2.29.6 · 5mo ago2.29.5 · 5mo ago2.29.4 · 5mo ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 47% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.29 47%
v2.27 24%
v2.28 14%
Older / other versions 15%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “50K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
50K–60K ≈55K

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

Install history · since 2021-08-17 · 1,425 observations

50KInstalls · 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.

Details

Version
2.29.21
Last updated
2d ago
Added
2021-05-29 · 5 yrs old
Requires WP
4.5
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.1

Recent reviews

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  1. vinderr
    2mo ago

    I have been using this plugin on my business directory site for a while now. It significantly improved our page loading speed and caching efficiency. Highly recommended for optimizing website performance!

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  2. valikoblr
    3mo ago

    I’ve been using Seraphinite Accelerator for almost five years. My knowledge of web technologies is exactly what I need to run my own site, pcminsk.by, but I’ve always been obsessed with its speed. At one point I tried half a dozen plugins, maybe even more – and only this one gave an obvious, instant boost, without endless tweaking and empty promises. I just turned it on and saw the difference. Since then the plugin has become my benchmark. I recently switched to the full version – and that’s a separate pleasure. The site got even faster, although it felt like there was nowhere left to go. And everything works out of the box, with no magic incantations or complicated workarounds. The main thing is the real performance gain, which I notice, and so do my visitors. Huge thanks to the developers for a product you can use for years and never be disappointed. A truly solid plugin.

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  3. kafdagi3462
    5mo ago

    Eklentiyi indirdim kurdum. SONUÇ: Performans: % 99 Erişebilirlik: %99 En iyi uygulamalar %100 Seo: %100 çok heyacanlıyım. ilk defa bütün değerler yeşil oldu. Eklentiyi kim yaptıysa sonsuz teşekkürler.

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  4. serg1991my
    6mo ago

    I have encountered a problem: Google Merchant Center has started rejecting my products, supposedly due to a 500 error, even though my server is very powerful.

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  5. sreekanthglog
    8mo ago

    We discovered the Serpentine Accelerator plugin online and were genuinely impressed by the quality of their support. Even while using the free version, the support team was extremely helpful and guided us thoroughly. After installing the plugin, we noticed a clear improvement in our website’s speed. Overall, it’s a great value-for-money plugin with reliable support.

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  6. andrejdunda
    10mo ago

    The performance of my site is now significantly better, I definitely recommend this plugin! Although I had some small issues with it, the support was super fast and fixed everything for me within a couple of hours.

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  7. mitchb2992
    11mo ago

    I am skeptical, on the face it looks to work well, but since I installed it, the https traffic to my website has increased 1000% which is flagging issues with my ISP. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but I also suspect that this might be a bit too good to be true – I wonder if there is some suspicious work being done through this plugin to fabricate the results, which seem inconsistent depending on when you run Page Insights… This topic was modified 10 months ago by mitchb2992.

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  8. alireza9898
    11mo ago

    Hi After installation Woodmart sticky header disappears. Please make it compatible. Thanks

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 2.29.18 Improvements: Ability to cache search queries. Support for Navigation Menu of Elementor. 2.29.18
  2. Version 2.29.17 Improvements: Skin Slideshow of Elementor. Swiper Slider generic. 2.29.17
  3. Version 2.29.16 Improvements: Normalize cookies. Fixes: Messed up UI in admin when ‘themesflat-addons-for-elementor’ is used. 2.29.16
  4. Version 2.29.15 Fixes: Adding URL to processing queue while server cache warming up. %D0%A1ache is not updated after TTL is expired after auto-revalidation. 2.29.15
  5. Version 2.29.14 Improvements: Fonts lazy loading. 2.29.14
  6. Version 2.29.13 Improvements: Slick Slider generic. Fixes: If ‘SERVER_SOFTWARE’ is empty, internal async tasks dont work. 2.29.13

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

11 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2026-08-04 CVE-2026-17532 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.29.18 Patched in 2.29.19
  2. 2026-03-03 CVE-2026-3058 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 2.28.14 Patched in 2.28.15
  3. 2026-03-03 CVE-2026-3056 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.28.14 Patched in 2.28.15
  4. 2025-04-29 CVE-2025-6059 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 2.27.21 Patched in 2.27.22
  5. 2024-12-19 CVE-2024-54222 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 2.22.15 Patched in 2.22.16
  6. 2024-02-27 CVE-2024-1568 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Affects <= 2.20.52 Patched in 2.21
  7. 2024-01-08 CVE-2024-22138 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 2.20.47 Patched in 2.20.48
  8. 2023-12-01 CVE-2023-49740 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.20.28 Patched in 2.20.29
  9. 2023-10-29 CVE-2023-5611 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 2.20.31 Patched in 2.20.32
  10. 2023-10-27 CVE-2023-5610 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') Affects <= 2.20.28 Patched in 2.20.29
  11. 2023-10-27 CVE-2023-5609 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') Affects <= 2.20.28 Patched in 2.20.29

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 3 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Russian 41%
Slovak 7%
German 5%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-05 60K+ → 50K+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-04 50K+ → 60K+ up after 3 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-01 60K+ → 50K+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-05-31 50K+ → 60K+ up after 5 days in tier
  5. 2026-05-26 60K+ → 50K+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2026-05-25 50K+ → 60K+ up after 7 days in tier
  7. 2026-05-18 60K+ → 50K+ down after 2 days in tier
  8. 2026-05-16 50K+ → 60K+ up after 5 days in tier

Competes with

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