SM – Prefetch
by Sulaiman Misri · Performance
SM Fetch is built to make your website load blazing fast using Prefetch Algorithm. In order to make this plugin work perfectly, you need to :
44 health vs 74 average across 333 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.10.
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 1305 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 2022-10-07 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
16
now · peak 239
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 2022-10-06 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-17 20+ → 10+ down after 45 days in band
- 2026-01-03 10+ → 20+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-12-31 20+ → 10+ down after 208 days in band
- 2025-06-06 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-06-05 20+ → 30+ up after 20 days in band
- 2025-05-16 30+ → 20+ down after 8 days in band
- 2025-05-08 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-05-07 30+ → 20+ down after 196 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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Lazy Load Control For Elementor – Remove the Lazy Load attribute from specific images in Elementor 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
RabbitLoader Cache: Optimize your Website for Speed 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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