Healthy: maintained, last release 26 Jul 2026, 3 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.
| Ownership | 100 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | 85 |
| Security | 100 |
| Support | 70 |
| Reputation | 70 |
Quick answers
- Is Speed Up still maintained?
- Yes. Last release 26 Jul 2026, 3 releases in the last 24 months. 26 Jul 2026 · wordpress.org
- Who owns Speed Up, and has it changed hands?
- No change recorded. Main committer nigro.simone since Dec 2016. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
- Was Speed Up removed from wordpress.org?
- No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
- Is Speed Up safe?
- No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
- Is the latest Speed Up update safe to install?
- No ownership change before 1.0.14. No one-star spike after it. 26 Jul 2026 · Release history
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.
| nigro.simone | 13 Dec 2016 to 26 Jul 2026, 32 commits |
|---|
1 committer recorded. No ownership change since 2016.
Maintenance
- Last release
- 3 months ago
- Releases, 24 months
- 3
- Tested up to
- 7.0 vs 7.1
- Requires PHP
- 7.0 supported 8.2+
| Q1 2024 | 0 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 0 |
| Q3 2024 | 0 |
| Q4 2024 | 0 |
| Q1 2025 | 0 |
| Q2 2025 | 0 |
| Q3 2025 | 0 |
| Q4 2025 | 0 |
| Q1 2026 | 0 |
| Q2 2026 | 0 |
| Q3 2026 | 3 |
| Q4 2026 | 0 |
Last release 26 Jul 2026. Tested up to 7.0, 1 major version behind WordPress 7.1.
Reputation
Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 5.0.
| 5 star | 8 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 0 |
| 3 star | 0 |
| 2 star | 0 |
| 1 star | 0 |
Security record
No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.
Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.
Support
Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.
Momentum
500+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.
Momentum history builds with each snapshot.
Healthier alternatives
Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.
No healthier plugin in the same category yet.
Facts
| Version | 1.0.14 |
|---|---|
| Author | Simone Nigro |
| Added | 8 Dec 2016 |
| Last updated | 26 Jul 2026 |
| Active installs | 500+ |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.0.8 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 |
| Category | Performance & Optimization > Caching Solutions |
| Tags | async css, defer css, Page Speed, render blocking css, optimize css delivery |
Other plugins by this author: Speed Up - JavaScript To Footer, Speed Up - Browser Caching, Speed Up - Lazy Load, Speed Up - Clean WP, Speed Up - Translation Cache, Speed Up - Menu Cache, Speed Up - Page Cache
Questions
Is Speed Up still maintained?
Yes. Last release 26 Jul 2026, 3 releases in the last 24 months.
Who owns Speed Up, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer nigro.simone since Dec 2016.
Was Speed Up removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026.
Is Speed Up safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record.
Is the latest Speed Up update safe to install?
No ownership change before 1.0.14. No one-star spike after it.