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Performance Lab

by WordPress Performance Team · 100,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: Performance Lab is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Performance Lab
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-master28 Jan 2022 to 28 Jan 2022, 1 commits
performanceteam7 Mar 2022 to 26 Aug 2026, 47 commits

2 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+
Releases per quarter for Performance Lab
Q1 20242
Q2 20243
Q3 20244
Q4 20245
Q1 20252
Q2 20250
Q3 20251
Q4 20250
Q1 20262
Q2 20260
Q3 20261
Q4 20260

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

Support

50% of 2 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Security record

PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
18 May 2023Performance Lab <= 2.2.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via dismiss-wp-pointer4.3<= 2.2.02.3.00

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Average rating per quarter for Performance Lab
Q4 20235.0
Q1 20243.0
Q2 20245.0
Q3 20243.7
Q4 20244.2
Q1 20255.0
Q2 20253.0
Q3 20255.0
Q4 20254.0
Q1 20265.0
Q3 20265.0

Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q4 2023 and Q3 2026.

Rating distribution
5 star39
4 star2
3 star3
2 star0
1 star7
Latest low reviews

Momentum

100,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Performance Lab
4 May 20262,587
11 May 20265,221
18 May 20264,957
25 May 20265,082
1 Jun 20264,627
8 Jun 20265,067
15 Jun 20264,367
22 Jun 20264,447
29 Jun 202669,987
6 Jul 202621,888
13 Jul 202611,140
20 Jul 202610,411
27 Jul 20268,746
3 Aug 20267,599
10 Aug 20266,741
17 Aug 20266,218
24 Aug 20266,533
31 Aug 20265,846
7 Sep 20265,074
14 Sep 20265,767
21 Sep 20265,013
28 Sep 20265,456
5 Oct 20265,203
12 Oct 20264,163
19 Oct 20266,032
26 Oct 20265,157
2 Nov 2026883

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 53% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version4.2.0
AuthorWordPress Performance Team
Added7 Mar 2022
Last updated26 Aug 2026
Active installs100,000+
Requires WordPress6.9
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryPerformance & Optimization > Caching Solutions
Tagsdiagnostics, measurement, performance, site health, optimization

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

Questions

Is Performance Lab still maintained?

Performance Lab was last updated on 26 Aug 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is Performance Lab safe?

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

Who owns Performance Lab?

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

What can I use instead of Performance Lab?

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

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