WP Tweaks
by Luiz Bills · Performance
Several opinionated WordPress tweaks focused in security and performance.
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Health
C 61/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+25%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Slipping on “tweaks”. Down 6 places since 2026-09-18, now #18. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
61 health vs 69 average across 1,809 Performance plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.2%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 16.1K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Performance plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,106 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Performance plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 556 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 3 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 556 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
40
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 21d
33%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 21d
-0.7
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| tweaks your tag | #18 | #22 | down 6 |
| optimization your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| performance your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| security your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| xmlrpc your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Slipping on “tweaks”. Down 6 places since 2026-09-18, now #18. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
- “optimization”, “performance” and “security” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.1K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
1.5y ago
latest release · v2.4.1 · 26 Apr 2025
24
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 90% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 10 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 15 Oct 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Curtis4.2y ago
I appreciate this plugin as it contains clean up options for WordPress. Thank you. This topic was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by Curtis.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ borseba4.6y ago
This plugin is great! It has all the right stuff. I just think it only needs to remove “Comments” from the admin bar and add the functions that this plugin does: WP Core Update Cleaner. Anyway, great job!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Tiago Bega8.2y ago
Gostei do plugin, agiliza bastante na hora de dar uma otimizada
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions REST API.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,017 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "optimization" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-10 300+ → 200+ down after 98 days in tier
- 2025-10-04 200+ → 300+ up after 163 days in tier
- 2025-04-24 300+ → 200+ down after 160 days in tier
- 2024-11-15 200+ → 300+ up after 137 days in tier
- 2024-07-01 300+ → 200+ down after 109 days in tier
- 2024-03-14 200+ → 300+ up after 44 days in tier
- 2024-01-30 300+ → 200+ down after 68 days in tier
- 2023-11-23 200+ → 300+ up after 51 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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ManageWP Worker 1M+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
AMP 300K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags C -
Performance Lab 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Optimization Detective 60K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Image Prioritizer 40K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Simply Static – The Static Site Generator 30K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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