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Image Prioritizer

by WordPress Performance Team · 40,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: Image Prioritizer is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Image Prioritizer
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
plugin-master5 Jun 2024 to 5 Jun 2024, 1 commits
westonruter5 Jun 2024 to 12 Nov 2024, 2 commits
performanceteam7 Jun 2024 to 26 Aug 2026, 14 commits

3 committers recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
2 months ago
Releases, 24 months
6
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for Image Prioritizer
Q1 20240
Q2 20242
Q3 20243
Q4 20242
Q1 20253
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20261
Q2 20260
Q3 20261
Q4 20260

Last release 26 Aug 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Support

100% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Average rating 5.0 in Q3 2025.

Rating distribution
5 star1
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star0

Momentum

40,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Image Prioritizer
4 May 2026570
11 May 20261,046
18 May 20261,138
25 May 20261,018
1 Jun 20261,204
8 Jun 20261,564
15 Jun 20261,553
22 Jun 20261,306
29 Jun 20261,072
6 Jul 2026957
13 Jul 2026906
20 Jul 20261,339
27 Jul 20261,262
3 Aug 20261,616
10 Aug 20261,667
17 Aug 20261,306
24 Aug 202620,085
31 Aug 20265,343
7 Sep 20263,463
14 Sep 20264,356
21 Sep 20263,234
28 Sep 20262,850
5 Oct 20262,443
12 Oct 20262,029
19 Oct 20262,694
26 Oct 20262,313
2 Nov 2026377

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 27% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version1.0.0-beta4
AuthorWordPress Performance Team
Added5 Jun 2024
Last updated26 Aug 2026
Active installs40,000+
Requires WordPress6.9
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryPerformance & Optimization > Image Optimization & Compression
Tagsimage, performance, optimization, optimization-detective

Other plugins by this author: Modern Image Formats, Performance Lab, Speculative Loading, Optimization Detective, Image Placeholders, Embed Optimizer, Enhanced Responsive Images, View Transitions, Web Worker Offloading

Questions

Is Image Prioritizer still maintained?

Image Prioritizer was last updated on 26 Aug 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is Image Prioritizer safe?

Image Prioritizer has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns Image Prioritizer?

The wordpress.org author is WordPress Performance Team. Recent committers: performanceteam, westonruter, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of Image Prioritizer?

We have no healthier plugin in the same category on record yet.

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