Site Speed Test – SpeedGuard
by Sabrina Zeidan · Performance
Tracks Core Web Vitals for you. Every single day, for free.
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
C 57/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+7%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “core web vitals”, “optimization” and “pagespeed” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
57 health vs 69 average across 1,808 Performance plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.5%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 13.3K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with 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.
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.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 841 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.5.14; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 20 reviews, smoothed to 4.36★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 841 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| core web vitals your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| optimization your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| pagespeed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| performance your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| speed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “core web vitals”, “optimization” and “pagespeed” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 675 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
2.3y ago
latest release · v2.0.2 · 12 Jul 2024
19
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 82% run the current release. 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 11 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 3 Aug 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Volodymyr Melnychenko2.3y ago
Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kyle Van Deusen4.6y ago
This is a handy little plugin that you can “set and forget”, but will give you peace of mind knowing that your site is being tested regularly and you’ll be notified if there are any performance issues. Works exactly as advertised and does exactly what I need!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tdwordpress5.5y ago
Really nice solution. Would like to see many more options so started to customize it for personal usage. Will let you know the moment I am done with some of the adjustments. For now many thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous User 6522815.5y ago
Genius just to concentrate on the Largest Contentful Paint. A nice way to stay ahead of Google reports. Thank you.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jezzaz5.6y ago
A real time-saver, I was looking for something like this and here it is! a suggestion would be an offsite version that automatically scans all pages and shows the scores in columns
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ adksweb5.6y ago
Nice at work plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous5.7y ago
Great Plugin, very helpful, clean and quick.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ robbowker6.2y ago
Very neat plugin for those starting with WordPress
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.5
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 16 languages, 2 at 90% or more
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 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Tracks Core Web Vitals for you. Every single day, for free."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,743 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "optimization" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-01 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-30 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-29 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-28 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-27 300+ → 200+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-11-23 200+ → 300+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2025-11-11 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-10 200+ → 300+ 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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Speed Booster Pack ⚡ PageSpeed Optimization Suite 8K+ installs · 4.3★ · 4 shared tags B -
Core Web Vitals & PageSpeed Booster 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 4 shared tags B -
Easy Optimizer – PageSpeed, Cache & Core Web Vitals (Unused CSS, Delay JS, Lazy Load) 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 4 shared tags A -
F12 Profiler 400+ 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
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