WP-Compress-HTML
by mandar-marathe · Uncategorized
Reduces the HTML file size by removing unnecessary white space from the HTML document created by the WordPress blog.
45 health vs 57 average across 9,175 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 5290 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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
131
now · peak 150
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-04 40+ → 30+ down after 168 days in band
- 2025-06-19 30+ → 40+ up after 29 days in band
- 2025-05-21 40+ → 30+ down after 231 days in band
- 2024-10-02 50+ → 40+ down after 13 days in band
- 2024-09-19 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-09-18 50+ → 40+ down after 182 days in band
- 2024-03-20 60+ → 50+ down after 7 days in band
- 2024-03-13 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WP Super Minify • Minify, Compress and Cache HTML, CSS & JavaScript 8K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
EWWW Image Optimizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Template Kit – Import 400K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D -
Show Current Template 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Shortcoder — Create Shortcodes for Anything 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wp-compress-html" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WP-Compress-HTML — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> WP-Compress-HTML: 30+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-compress-html