SpinupWP
by Brad Touesnard · Performance
SpinupWP is a modern server control panel that's here to help you implement best practices for every server you spin up. Designed for WordPress.
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
A 88/100
no flags
Active installs
30K+
≈39K estimated
Momentum
-11%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “spin”, “fastcgi” and “varnish” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4, #7 and #13 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
88 health vs 69 average across 1,806 Performance plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.2%
of downloads still active
At least 30K of 575.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Performance plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,099 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 2 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 31 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 13 reviews, smoothed to 4.29★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 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.
41
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
26%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| spinupwp | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| spin | #4 | #6 | 0 |
| fastcgi | #7 | #4 | up 1 |
| varnish | #13 | #10 | down 2 |
| caching your tag | #24 | #23 | 0 |
| redis | #17 | #14 | 0 |
| nginx | #18 | #17 | down 3 |
| varnish cache | #23 | #15 | down 2 |
| plugin best practices | #23 | #23 | down 4 |
| cache your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| performance your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
66 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 9 listed. 57 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
- Add “spin”, “fastcgi” and “varnish” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4, #7 and #13 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 28.1K · peaks are release surges
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
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v1.9.1 · 17 Jun 2026
20
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 78% 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 “30K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 21 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 5 Dec 2019
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- 2026-01-07 Version 1.9.1 Improvement: Add support for SpinupWP subdomains 1.9.1
- 2025-10-01 Version 1.9.0 Change: Use SPINUPWP_REDIS_* variables instead of SPINUPWP_CACHE_* Change: No longer enabling WP_REDIS_SELECTIVE_FLUSH by default as it can result in timeouts when flushing the cache. Flushing the object cache will now f 1.9.0
- 2025-05-13 Version 1.8.0 New: Support for Redis ACL and separate Redis databases Improvement: Register cache command when page cache disabled Bug Fix: Purge URLs with and without trailing slash Bug Fix: Replace for FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING which i 1.8.0
- 2024-06-03 Version 1.7.1 Bug Fix: Magic Login not working when WordPress installed in a subdirectory. 1.7.1
- 2024-06-02 Version 1.7 New: Support for Magic Login (Log into the WP Admin with one click from the SpinupWP dashboard) 1.7
- 2024-01-31 Version 1.6 New: Add “Purge this URL” option to our Cache menu in the WordPress nav bar. New: Cache key customization. /props quimcastella Improvement: Increase default cache purge timeout limit from 1 to 5 seconds. Improvement: PHP 1.6
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 5 languages, 3 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
4 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 "SpinupWP is a modern server control panel that's here to help you implement best practices for every server..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("designed for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WP-CLI, Amazon S3.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 6,362 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-02-05 20K+ → 30K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-02-02 30K+ → 20K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-01 20K+ → 30K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-31 30K+ → 20K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-30 20K+ → 30K+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-01-26 30K+ → 20K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-01-24 20K+ → 30K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-23 30K+ → 20K+ down after 5 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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WP Super Cache 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Breeze Cache 300K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B -
Cache Enabler 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Hummingbird Performance – Cache & Page Speed Optimization for Core Web Vitals | Critical CSS | Minify CSS | Defer CSS Javascript | CDN 70K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Cachify 9K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags C -
Clear All Cache for WP Super Cache 6K+ installs · 3.5★ · 3 shared tags B
Embed this report card
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