WP Performance
by Ante Laca · Performance
WP Performance is a cache & performance plugin which makes optimizing your site really easy.
50 health vs 71 average across 413 Performance plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.19.
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 2221 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
107
now · peak 2.5K
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 “200+”. 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
- 2026-02-11 300+ → 200+ down after 127 days in band
- 2025-10-07 400+ → 300+ down after 13 days in band
- 2025-09-24 600+ → 400+ down after 12 days in band
- 2025-09-12 500+ → 600+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-09-10 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-09-09 600+ → 400+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-09-05 500+ → 600+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-09-02 400+ → 500+ 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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JCH Optimize 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Super Cache 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
SpeedyCache – Cache, Optimization, Performance 600K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Breeze Cache 400K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wp-performance" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WP Performance — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> WP Performance: 200+ active installs, 4.9★ (28 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-performance