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Web Worker Offloading

by WordPress Performance Team · Analytics

Also makes 9 other plugins · 550K+ installs across the portfolio →

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
How scoring works →
82 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 71/100
Support 70/100

82 health vs 64 average across 1,029 Analytics plugins

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.

89 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2024-10-04 · 695 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+360% vs prior 30d
619Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

7.5K

now · peak 15.3K

7.7K30d downloads · Aug 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

Web Worker Offloadin · #1544 you Speculative Loading · #605 Async JavaScript · #604 Use Google Libraries · #2048

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.5Stars · Aug 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.

765per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
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.

2

releases in the last 12 months

6mo ago

latest release · v0.2.1

4

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

0.2.1 · 6mo ago0.2.0 · 9mo ago0.1.1 · 1.9y ago0.1.0 · 1.9y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

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

v0.2 98%
v0.1 1.9%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10K–20K ≈15K

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

Install history · since 2024-10-03 · 692 observations

10KInstalls · Aug 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. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

Details

Version
0.3.0
Last updated
3d ago
Added
2024-10-03 · 1 yr old
Requires WP
6.9
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.4

Recent reviews

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  1. princetajik
    7mo ago

    thank you, this is amazing. i had problem with google tag manager and analytics. i used this + site kit plugin and my performance went from 70 to 99. if you wanna setup tag manager/analytics manually, you should add type=”text/partytown” to the script tag. like: <script type="text/partytown"> tag manager code </script> and it works like a charm!

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  2. kenny
    1.6y ago

    Problems with Google Analytics and Google Tag ManagerTested: 1 week. While Enabled: No hits, no recorded live users/users in Google Analytics. Google Tag Manager also didnt get to connect to the site. – Clarity did record users live, and page hits. This is because Clarity is not included in the built-in integrationWhile disabled: Google Analytics got hits right away – same with Google Tag Manager.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 0.2.1 Intend to sunset. ( 2404 ) 0.2.1
  2. Version 0.2.0 Enhancements Integrate Web Worker Offloading with Google Site Kit. ( 1686 ) Integrate Web Worker Offloading with Rank Math SEO. ( 1685 ) Serve unminified scripts when SCRIPT_DEBUG is enabled. ( 1643 ) Bug Fixes Fix track 0.2.0
  3. Version 0.1.1 Enhancements Add Web Worker Offloading meta generator. ( 1598 ) 0.1.1
  4. Version 0.1.0 Initial release. 0.1.0
  5. Version 0.3.0 Enhancements Add declare( strict_types = 1 ) to all PHP files. ( 2424 ) Bump minimum required WordPress version to 6.9. ( 2517 ) Bump minimum required PHP version from 7.2 to 7.4. ( 2469 ) Improve code quality with nativ 0.3.0

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

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 9 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Chinese (Taiwan) 100%
English (UK) 100%
Persian 100%
French (France) 85%
Portuguese (Brazil) 85%
Spanish (Chile) 85%
Spanish (Spain) 85%
German 57%
German (Formal) 57%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-14 20K+ → 10K+ down after 336 days in tier
  2. 2025-07-13 10K+ → 20K+ up after 150 days in tier
  3. 2025-02-13 9K+ → 10K+ up after 14 days in tier
  4. 2025-01-30 8K+ → 9K+ up after 12 days in tier
  5. 2025-01-18 7K+ → 8K+ up after 13 days in tier
  6. 2025-01-05 6K+ → 7K+ up after 14 days in tier
  7. 2024-12-22 5K+ → 6K+ up after 12 days in tier
  8. 2024-12-10 4K+ → 5K+ up after 10 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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Web Worker Offloading: 10K+ active installs, 3.5★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/web-worker-offloading