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WP SpeedUp

by Fahad Mahmood · Performance

Also makes 36 other plugins · 30.1K+ installs across the portfolio →

A great plugin which helps you to speed up your WordPress website from all aspects — CSS, JS, images, caching, database, cron jobs, and more.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
62 Health · C
Maintenance 45/100
Rating quality 75/100
Support 70/100

62 health vs 68 average across 1,075 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.

77 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 54/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 61/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 504 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

0% vs prior 30d
8Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

87

now · peak 691

9230d downloads · Aug 26

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

WP SpeedUp · #11359 you RabbitLoader Cache: · #4635 Snappy · #51381 LiteSpeed Cache · #5

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.1Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

460per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

1.4y ago

latest release · v1.5.0

14

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.5.0 · 1.4y ago1.4.9 · 1.4y ago1.4.8 · 1.8y ago1.4.7 · 3.3y ago1.4.6 · 5.0y ago1.4.5 · 6.3y ago1.4.4 · 6.4y ago1.4.2 · 7.3y ago1.4.3 · 7.3y ago1.4.1 · 8.6y ago1.4.0 · 8.8y ago1.1.0 · 9.2y ago1.2.0 · 9.2y ago1.3.0 · 9.2y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 63% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.5 63%
v1.4 37%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈250

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-10-08 · 1,390 observations

200Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.5.0
Last updated
1.4y ago
Added
2015-07-16 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0.1
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
7.0

Recent reviews

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  1. jatinjaat1
    9.8y ago

    which one better for my site http://www.workingtricks.review for speed plugin wp super chache or w3cache This topic was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by jatinjaat1.

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  2. yucelsnc
    10.1y ago

    Amazing plugin,i have tested a´lot other speed optimization plugin. facing different issue,or didn´t work like expect. This plugin is easy to use you get some useful option,and it does his work like expected. stable,lightweight file size overall a good solid plugin. Very happy that i got it,also an fair to use politic i can imagine to purchase the pro version,if it works over longer time stable and i see update effort. Greets from an satisfait customer.

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  3. Zhyrmar
    10.4y ago

    I tried it on my website and both CSS and JS stopped working when I tried to speed them up. So, not working for me (using Be Theme).

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  4. Muhammad Asim
    10.9y ago

    Thanks Author for such an amazing plugin. I was facing so much difficulties in optimizing my website to maintain its response time. I was about to hire extra person for speed optimization work when i come across this plugin and believe me i wanna salute you for this plugin. It is working as per description. Worth recommending to friends. Keep it Up dude (Y)

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  5. MarketingBRANDING
    10.9y ago

    In order to work you must get the premium version…

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  6. Imran Saeed
    11.1y ago

    Finally got a speedup plugin that doesn’t break my site. I even went after a long time on my wordpress account just to make this review. Keep up the good work! Yes, this is just wonderful. Tried many different plugins.. [Won’t name them though… ;)] But this one is simply the best… I use it in conjunction with Autoptimize…. And boy..!!!! The site load time is dipping below 1 sec mark….

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  7. Waxil
    11.1y ago

    Speed Optimization was an eyewash before because a number of gigs online are to speedup your website but they don’t exactly inform you what are they doing? I can bet that they can’t do such difficult task in a few dollars where a large number of images need to be optimized. I salute to the developer of this plugin who finally came up with this solution. Its better and faster than manual Photoshop image optimization because its a single click away. I would suggest to include some back-end process flexibility instead of page refresh. BTW its an awesome plugin.

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  8. Coding Champion
    11.1y ago

    It was not easy to handle this mess in single plugin. I have faced such situations when at least 4 plugins have to be used to achieve a better page load speed and then the compatibility issue among them is another nightmare. It would be great if a developer will test such plugin on his websites first and will continuously improve it for his audience. I wish you best of luck. Coding Champ

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.2

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-07-11 300+ → 200+ down after 249 days in tier
  2. 2025-11-04 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in tier
  3. 2025-11-01 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2025-10-31 400+ → 300+ down after 439 days in tier
  5. 2024-08-18 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2024-08-17 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2024-08-16 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
  8. 2024-08-15 400+ → 500+ up after 3 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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