The Off Switch (formerly WP Avoid Slow)
by Abhishek Deshpande · Performance
Disable unused WordPress features and remove bloat. 104 toggles for performance, security hardening, and WooCommerce — pure PHP, no .
86 health vs 71 average across 436 Performance 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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
204
now · peak 1.1K
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
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-08-16 90+ → 100+ up after 170 days in band
- 2025-02-27 80+ → 90+ up after 446 days in band
- 2023-12-09 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-12-08 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in band
- 2023-12-06 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in band
- 2023-12-04 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-12-03 70+ → 80+ up after 3 days in band
- 2023-11-30 80+ → 70+ down after 3 days in band
Competes with
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