Slimage
by Giorgos Sarigiannidis · Performance
A WordPress plugin that uses jpegoptim and optipng to compress images during upload, allowing you to override the compression level and quality on a p …
45 health vs 68 average across 607 Performance plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 985 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
19
now · peak 74
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-10-03 30+ → 20+ down after 66 days in band
- 2025-07-29 20+ → 30+ up after 130 days in band
- 2025-03-21 30+ → 20+ down after 108 days in band
- 2024-12-03 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in band
- 2024-12-01 30+ → 20+ down after 11 days in band
- 2024-11-20 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in band
- 2024-11-17 30+ → 20+ down after 548 days in band
- 2023-05-19 40+ → 30+ down after 184 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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Cimo – Free Instant Image Optimizer & WebP Converter 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Image Optimizer, Resizer and CDN – Sirv 1K+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags A -
Image Prioritizer 50K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
PNG to JPG 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Image Optimizer by 10web – Image Optimizer and Compression plugin 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C -
Offload, AI & Optimize with Cloudflare Images 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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