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Solid Performance – Your No-Code Caching, Performance, & Page Speed Solution

by Nexcess · Performance

Also makes 22 other plugins · 2.6M+ installs across the portfolio →

Solid Performance is a no-code solution for increasing the page performance of your WordPress website.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
83 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

83 health vs 67 average across 1,075 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.

76 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Support resolution

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 53/100
Listing tuning 100/100
Support resolution 0/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2024-07-15 · 775 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-26% vs prior 30d
34Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

975

now · peak 6.6K

92530d 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

Solid Performance · #3422 you NitroPack · #482 WP Super Cache · #38 WP Fastest Cache · #48

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.3Stars · 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.

231per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
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.

3

releases in the last 12 months

3mo ago

latest release · v2.0.1

19

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.0.1 · 3mo ago2.0.0 · 4mo ago1.9.0 · 6mo ago1.8.0 · 1.3y ago1.7.1 · 1.3y ago1.7.0 · 1.4y ago1.6.1 · 1.4y ago1.6.0 · 1.5y ago1.5.0 · 1.5y ago1.4.2 · 1.5y ago1.4.1 · 1.5y ago1.4.0 · 1.5y ago1.3.3 · 1.7y ago1.3.2 · 1.8y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 77% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.0 77%
v1.8 14%
v1.9 9.8%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “4K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
4K–5K ≈4.5K

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

At the current install trend, crossing 5K+ in roughly 126 days.

Install history · since 2024-07-14 · 771 observations

4KInstalls · 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. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.

Details

Version
2.0.1
Last updated
3mo ago
Added
2024-08-12 · 2 yrs old
Requires WP
6.4
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.4

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 2.0.1 Bug fixes Cache paths now normalize the request hostname consistently (case-insensitive, with trailing dots stripped), preventing duplicate cache entries for the same site reached via different host casings. Maintenance 2.0.1
  2. Version 2.0.0 Enhancements Updated branding from SolidWP to Kadence. Updated branding references from StellarWP to Nexcess. 2.0.0
  3. Version 1.9.0 Enhancements Added mobile page caching: separate cache files for mobile and desktop visitors using device detection. Enable from Settings > Solid Performance (Mobile Cache option). PHP cache headers and debug HTML commen 1.9.0
  4. Version 1.8.0 Enhancements Added Nginx Cache Delivery method. Bug fixes Fixed race condition to prevent fatal errors when the plugin is being activated, deactivated or uninstalled. 1.8.0
  5. Version 1.7.1 Security Added more safety checks to telemetry opt-ins/opt-outs. 1.7.1
  6. Version 1.7.0 Enhancements Added support for Cloudflare Images Transform via URL . Added plugin headers to advanced-cache.php which are visible in the Drop-in section of the plugins page. Bug fixes Added a scheduled job to clean up ex 1.7.0

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 1 language, 0 at 90% or more

Russian 28%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-05-13 3K+ → 4K+ up after 154 days in tier
  2. 2025-12-10 2K+ → 3K+ up after 117 days in tier
  3. 2025-08-15 1K+ → 2K+ up after 98 days in tier
  4. 2025-05-09 900+ → 1K+ up after 7 days in tier
  5. 2025-05-02 800+ → 900+ up after 9 days in tier
  6. 2025-04-23 700+ → 800+ up after 9 days in tier
  7. 2025-04-14 600+ → 700+ up after 5 days in tier
  8. 2025-04-09 500+ → 600+ up after 12 days in tier

Competes with

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Solid Performance – Your No-Code Caching, Performance, & Page Speed Solution: 4K+ active installs, 4.3★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/solid-performance