PageSpeed Purge Button
by salaros · Performance
Creates a button on WP Admin Bar which allows one to purge Google PageSpeed module's cache via PURGE HTTP request
41 health vs 67 average across 672 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.25, 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 2730 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
19
now · peak 72
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,365 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-17 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-07-15 10+ → 20+ up after 25 days in band
- 2026-06-20 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-06-18 10+ → 20+ up after 16 days in band
- 2026-06-02 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-01 10+ → 20+ up after 6 days in band
- 2026-05-26 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-05-23 10+ → 20+ up after 35 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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SpeedyCache – Cache, Optimization, Performance 600K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
OMGF | GDPR/DSGVO Compliant, Faster Google Fonts. Easy. 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Aruba HiSpeed Cache 100K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
10Web Booster – Website speed optimization, Cache & Page Speed optimizer 80K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Super Page Cache – Cloudflare Cache, Page Speed & Core Web Vitals 60K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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