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Speculative Loading

by WordPress Performance Team · 70,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: Speculative Loading is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Speculative Loading
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-master18 Jan 2024 to 18 Jan 2024, 1 commits
performanceteam19 Jan 2024 to 26 Aug 2026, 14 commits
westonruter16 Feb 2024 to 12 Nov 2024, 5 commits

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

Maintenance

Last release
2 months ago
Releases, 24 months
4
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for Speculative Loading
Q1 20242
Q2 20246
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20252
Q2 20250
Q3 20251
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
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 per quarter for Speculative Loading
Q2 20245.0
Q3 20245.0
Q1 20255.0
Q2 20255.0

Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q2 2024 and Q2 2025.

Rating distribution
5 star18
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star0

Momentum

70,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Speculative Loading
4 May 2026802
11 May 20261,555
18 May 20261,622
25 May 20261,366
1 Jun 20261,709
8 Jun 20262,615
15 Jun 20261,900
22 Jun 20262,035
29 Jun 20261,440
6 Jul 20261,784
13 Jul 20261,600
20 Jul 20262,169
27 Jul 20261,864
3 Aug 20262,080
10 Aug 20261,998
17 Aug 20261,816
24 Aug 202631,237
31 Aug 20267,902
7 Sep 20265,121
14 Sep 20266,370
21 Sep 20264,260
28 Sep 20263,814
5 Oct 20263,334
12 Oct 20262,767
19 Oct 20263,404
26 Oct 20263,386
2 Nov 2026539

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 32% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version1.7.0
AuthorWordPress Performance Team
Added19 Jan 2024
Last updated26 Aug 2026
Active installs70,000+
Requires WordPress6.9
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryPerformance & Optimization > Caching Solutions
Tagsprefetch, prerender, javascript, performance, speculation rules

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

Questions

Is Speculative Loading still maintained?

Speculative Loading was last updated on 26 Aug 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is Speculative Loading safe?

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

Who owns Speculative Loading?

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 Speculative Loading?

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

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