Site Speed Test – SpeedGuard
by Sabrina Zeidan · Performance
Tracks Core Web Vitals for you. Every single day, for free.
59 health vs 74 average across 328 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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 735 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
38
now · peak 675
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-01 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-30 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-29 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-28 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-27 300+ → 200+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-11-23 200+ → 300+ up after 12 days in band
- 2025-11-11 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-10 200+ → 300+ up after 1 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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Speed Booster Pack ⚡ PageSpeed Optimization Suite 9K+ installs · 4.3★ · 4 shared tags A -
Core Web Vitals & PageSpeed Booster 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 4 shared tags B -
F12 Profiler 500+ installs · 3.9★ · 4 shared tags B -
WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags A -
Autoptimize 800K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
10Web Booster – Website speed optimization, Cache & Page Speed optimizer 80K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags B
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