Speed Analyzer – Speed Test & Performance Audit
by Dalibor · Performance
Also makes 2 other plugins · 130+ installs across the portfolio →
Run WordPress speed tests from wp-admin. Check PageSpeed, Core Web Vitals, TTFB, page weight, database health, and create PDF reports.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈160 estimated
Momentum
-51%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “core web vitals” and “pagespeed insights” for “analyzer” and “lighthouse”. “core web vitals” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “analyzer” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “pagespeed insights” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “lighthouse” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 69 average across 1,808 Performance plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.1%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 4.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Performance plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,103 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Performance plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 16 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 39 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
46
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
38%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| speed test your tag | #5 | #22 | up 1 |
| analyzer | #5 | #14 | 0 |
| speed audit | #2 | #17 | up 2 |
| performance audit your tag | #8 | #21 | up 1 |
| site analyzer | #3 | #13 | 0 |
| ttfb your tag | #9 | #17 | 0 |
| plugin speed test | #12 | #23 | up 1 |
| speed insights | #13 | #24 | — |
| lighthouse | #21 | #19 | down 6 |
| database speed | #17 | #24 | 0 |
| website speed | #23 | #24 | up 1 |
| core web vitals your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| pagespeed insights your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
26 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 15 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “core web vitals” and “pagespeed insights” for “analyzer” and “lighthouse”. “core web vitals” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “analyzer” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “pagespeed insights” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “lighthouse” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Jun 2025 · 514 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 730 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
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.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
16
releases in the last 12 months
1mo ago
latest release · v1.19.1 · 22 Sep 2026
32
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 61% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Jun 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ babarabatiri12mo ago
Before I came across this plugin, I was using only Page Speed, optimised what I could and understood nothing changed much. Now, I know. Where to optimise and what to optimise and website is getting better, faster and we have boosted our visibility on search. If you want to really know, what to optimise and how your website is doing. I think this is essential plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Praveen Kumar1.1y ago
I saw the post on FB and decided to take it for a spin.Loving it so far. The data is quite neatly shown and it’s all inside the WP Admin. Saves me a lot of trouble going to Pagespeed insights and others.Thanks
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Run WordPress speed tests from wp-admin. Check PageSpeed, Core Web Vitals, TTFB, page weight, database heal..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 8 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Cloudflare.
- ✓ Headings and lists 8 headings and 6 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 5,247 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-22 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-20 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-18 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-17 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-15 90+ → 100+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2026-03-05 100+ → 90+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2026-02-27 90+ → 100+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2026-02-12 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Insights from Google PageSpeed 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Core Web Vitals Monitor & PageSpeed Checker — Cirv Pulse — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Speedlyst – Web Speed Analytics — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Site Kit by Google – Analytics, Search Console, AdSense, Speed 5M+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Autoptimize 800K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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