Optimization Detective
Healthy: Optimization Detective is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.
| Ownership | 100 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | 100 |
| Security | 100 |
| Support | 70 |
| Reputation | 70 |
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.
| plugin-master | 21 Mar 2024 to 21 Mar 2024, 1 commits |
|---|---|
| westonruter | 22 Mar 2024 to 12 Nov 2024, 2 commits |
| performanceteam | 15 Apr 2024 to 26 Aug 2026, 20 commits |
3 committers recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.
Maintenance
- Last release
- 2 months ago
- Releases, 24 months
- 9
- Tested up to
- 7.1 current
- Requires PHP
- 7.4 supported 8.2+
| Q1 2024 | 1 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 4 |
| Q3 2024 | 4 |
| Q4 2024 | 3 |
| Q1 2025 | 3 |
| Q2 2025 | 0 |
| Q3 2025 | 0 |
| Q4 2025 | 0 |
| Q1 2026 | 2 |
| Q2 2026 | 0 |
| Q3 2026 | 2 |
| Q4 2026 | 0 |
Last release 26 Aug 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).
Support
Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.
Security record
No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.
Source: Wordfence Intelligence.
Reputation
| Q1 2025 | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | 5.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 5.0 |
Average rating rose from 3.0 to 5.0 between Q1 2025 and Q3 2025.
| 5 star | 2 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 0 |
| 3 star | 1 |
| 2 star | 0 |
| 1 star | 0 |
Momentum
60,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.
| 4 May 2026 | 830 |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2026 | 1,583 |
| 18 May 2026 | 1,815 |
| 25 May 2026 | 1,548 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 1,687 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 2,006 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 1,904 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 1,656 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 1,400 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 1,242 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 1,234 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 1,677 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 1,587 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 22,850 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 9,272 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 4,946 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 25,228 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 6,737 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 4,285 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 5,186 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 3,873 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 3,290 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 2,828 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 2,334 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 3,191 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 2,652 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 426 |
Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 50% below the 27-week average.
Healthier alternatives
Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.
No healthier plugin in the same category yet.
Facts
| Version | 1.0.0-beta7 |
|---|---|
| Author | WordPress Performance Team |
| Added | 22 Mar 2024 |
| Last updated | 26 Aug 2026 |
| Active installs | 60,000+ |
| Requires WordPress | 6.9 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 |
| Category | Performance & Optimization > Caching Solutions |
| Tags | rum, performance, optimization |
Other plugins by this author: Modern Image Formats, Performance Lab, Speculative Loading, Image Placeholders, Embed Optimizer, Enhanced Responsive Images, Image Prioritizer, View Transitions, Web Worker Offloading
Questions
Is Optimization Detective still maintained?
Optimization Detective was last updated on 26 Aug 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Is Optimization Detective safe?
Optimization Detective has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Who owns Optimization Detective?
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 Optimization Detective?
We have no healthier plugin in the same category on record yet.