Performance & Optimization plugins ranked by health
294
rated Performance & Optimization plugins
69%
rated Healthy
Healthiest caching solutions plugins
Top 20 by Canary Score with 10,000+ active installs.
| # | Plugin | Score | Status | Active installs | Last release | Support resolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Page Optimize | 100 | Healthy | 200,000+ | 19 Oct 2026 | 0% |
| 2 |  Nginx Helper | 100 | Healthy | 200,000+ | 9 Sep 2026 | 0% |
| 3 |  Performance Lab | 100 | Healthy | 100,000+ | 26 Aug 2026 | 50% |
| 4 |  Speculative Loading | 100 | Healthy | 70,000+ | 26 Aug 2026 | 100% |
| 5 |  Optimization Detective | 100 | Healthy | 60,000+ | 26 Aug 2026 | no data |
| 6 |  Embed Optimizer | 100 | Healthy | 50,000+ | 26 Aug 2026 | no data |
| 7 |  Performant Translations | 100 | Healthy | 30,000+ | 18 Aug 2026 | 100% |
| 8 |  Disable Everything | 100 | Healthy | 30,000+ | 27 Oct 2026 | no data |
| 9 |  Loading Page with Loading Screen | 100 | Healthy | 10,000+ | 14 Aug 2026 | no data |
| 10 |  WP Performance Score Booster | 100 | Healthy | 10,000+ | 21 Aug 2026 | no data |
| 11 |  Disable Bloat for WordPress | 100 | Healthy | 10,000+ | 2 Nov 2026 | 0% |
| 12 |  View Transitions | 100 | Healthy | 10,000+ | 26 Aug 2026 | 0% |
| 13 |  WP OPcache | 100 | Healthy | 10,000+ | 3 Oct 2026 | no data |
| 14 |  Insights from Google PageSpeed | 100 | Healthy | 10,000+ | 14 Oct 2026 | no data |
| 15 |  Instant Back/Forward | 100 | Healthy | 10,000+ | 12 Sep 2026 | 0% |
| 16 |  Web Worker Offloading | 100 | Healthy | 10,000+ | 26 Aug 2026 | no data |
| 17 |  Perfect Images | 98 | Healthy | 60,000+ | 3 Nov 2026 | 100% |
| 18 |  Index WP MySQL For Speed | 98 | Healthy | 50,000+ | 5 Oct 2026 | 100% |
| 19 | Debloat | 98 | Healthy | 30,000+ | 9 Oct 2026 | 50% |
| 20 |  Simply Static | 97 | Healthy | 30,000+ | 4 Nov 2026 | 100% |
Most at risk popular plugins
At risk or Avoid, with 10,000+ active installs.
Heartbeat Control70,000+ installsAt riskNo release in 38 months (last release 31 Aug 2023).Async JavaScript60,000+ installsAt riskNo release in 41 months (last release 22 Jun 2023).Disable Google Fonts40,000+ installsAt riskNo release in 93 months (last release 24 Feb 2019).Lazy Load10,000+ installsAt riskNo release in 96 months (last release 22 Nov 2018).Use Google Libraries10,000+ installsAt riskNo release in 108 months (last release 28 Nov 2017).Recent events in Caching Solutions
Last 90 days, from the Radar.
3 Nov 2026, Security
Remove Google Fonts: Vulnerability published 3 Nov 2026 with no patched version yet.
Remove Google Fonts: Vulnerability published 3 Nov 2026 with no patched version yet.
3 Nov 2026, Maintenance
MouseWheel Smooth Scroll: Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, 2 major versions behind 7.1.4.
MouseWheel Smooth Scroll: Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, 2 major versions behind 7.1.4.