WP Optimize It
by Christian Bautista · Performance
This is a very simple plugin that will allow you to choose which plugin is going to be loaded on specific pages, templates, homepage and etc.,.
45 health vs 71 average across 426 Performance 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, 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 3768 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
47
now · peak 152
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-20 10+ → 20+ up after 18 days in band
- 2026-05-02 20+ → 10+ down after 6 days in band
- 2026-04-26 10+ → 20+ up after 16 days in band
- 2026-04-10 20+ → 10+ down after 547 days in band
- 2024-10-10 30+ → 20+ down after 23 days in band
- 2024-09-17 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in band
- 2024-09-14 30+ → 20+ down after 53 days in band
- 2024-07-23 20+ → 30+ up after 3 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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Performance Lab 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
Optimization Detective 60K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Image Prioritizer 50K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
CompressX — AVIF & WebP Converter, Media Replacement 40K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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