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Web Worker Offloading

by WordPress Performance Team · Analytics

Offloads select JavaScript execution to a Web Worker to reduce work on the main thread and improve the Interaction to Next Paint (INP) metric.

⚠ Few reviews
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80 Health · B
Maintenance 94
Rating quality 71
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2024-10-04 · 649 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-8%
Oct 24
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

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 “10K+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
10K–20K ≈14K

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

Install trend · reconstructed from 647 daily snapshots

Details

Version
0.2.1
Last updated
5mo ago
Added
2024-10-03
Requires WP
6.6
Tested up to
7.0.1
Requires PHP
7.2

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-14 20K+ → 10K+ down after 336 days in band
  2. 2025-07-13 10K+ → 20K+ up after 150 days in band
  3. 2025-02-13 9K+ → 10K+ up after 14 days in band
  4. 2025-01-30 8K+ → 9K+ up after 12 days in band
  5. 2025-01-18 7K+ → 8K+ up after 13 days in band
  6. 2025-01-05 6K+ → 7K+ up after 14 days in band
  7. 2024-12-22 5K+ → 6K+ up after 12 days in band
  8. 2024-12-10 4K+ → 5K+ up after 10 days in band

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Web Worker Offloading: 10K+ active installs, 3.5★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/web-worker-offloading