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Squidge

by Ainsley Clark · Performance

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Squidge is a FREE WordpPress Plugin built for developers in mind compressing and convert images using jpegoptim, optipng, cwebp, and libavif.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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44 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 71/100
Support 70/100

44 health vs 68 average across 1,075 Performance plugins

40+

Active installs

≈47 estimated

2.9K

Total downloads

since 2021

3.85★

Rating (adjusted)

3.7★ raw · 3 reviews

+17%

74

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.15.

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.

45 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 5/100
WP compatibility 32/100
Rating quality 53/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1715 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+17% vs prior 30d
4Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

74

now · peak 170

7430d downloads · Sep 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

Squidge · #23397 you EWWW Image Optimizer · #61 ShortPixel Adaptive · #1802 Enable SVG, WebP, an · #1868

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.7Stars · Sep 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.

1.9Kper 1k installs · Sep 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
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.

0

releases in the last 12 months

4.7y ago

latest release · v0.1.2

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

0.1.2 · 4.7y ago0.1.3 · 4.7y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v0.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
40–50 ≈47

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations

40Installs · Sep 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.

Ratings · 3 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
1

Details

Version
0.1.4
Last updated
4.7y ago
Added
2021-12-08 · 4 yrs old
Requires WP
5.5
Tested up to
5.8.15
Requires PHP
5.6
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Hans Konings
    3.6y ago

    Doesn’t work at all. Tried it on two different websites. On both websites the settings pages is empty. No setting adjustments possible.

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  2. ★★★★★ pressport
    4.7y ago

    This looks promising! It seems to be the only such solution for avif that can run on the user’s own hosting.

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  3. ★★★★★ OhColar
    4.7y ago

    I’ll be using this plugin for all my projects for sure! It’s really useful as compression can be a nightmare with WordPress. Can’t believe it’s free too.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.8.3

✓ 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 2 languages, 2 at 90% or more · development strings

Russian 100%
German 90%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-07-15 30+ → 40+ up after 78 days in tier
  2. 2026-04-28 40+ → 30+ down after 74 days in tier
  3. 2026-02-13 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in tier
  4. 2026-02-10 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-02-09 30+ → 40+ up after 6 days in tier
  6. 2026-02-03 40+ → 30+ down after 169 days in tier
  7. 2025-08-18 50+ → 40+ down after 10 days in tier
  8. 2025-08-08 40+ → 50+ up after 27 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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