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Web Worker Offloading

by WordPress Performance Team · 10,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: Web Worker Offloading is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Web Worker Offloading
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-master3 Oct 2024 to 3 Oct 2024, 1 commits
westonruter3 Oct 2024 to 3 Oct 2024, 1 commits
performanceteam21 Oct 2024 to 26 Aug 2026, 6 commits

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

Maintenance

Last release
2 months ago
Releases, 24 months
3
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for Web Worker Offloading
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20243
Q1 20250
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

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

Average rating rose from 2.0 to 5.0 between Q1 2025 and Q1 2026.

Rating distribution
5 star1
4 star0
3 star0
2 star1
1 star0
Latest low reviews

Momentum

10,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Web Worker Offloading
4 May 2026232
11 May 2026436
18 May 2026419
25 May 2026443
1 Jun 2026351
8 Jun 2026364
15 Jun 2026368
22 Jun 2026336
29 Jun 2026390
6 Jul 2026370
13 Jul 2026344
20 Jul 2026472
27 Jul 2026399
3 Aug 2026414
10 Aug 2026315
17 Aug 2026345
24 Aug 20266,798
31 Aug 20261,656
7 Sep 20261,006
14 Sep 20261,083
21 Sep 2026745
28 Sep 2026828
5 Oct 2026582
12 Oct 2026558
19 Oct 2026689
26 Oct 2026610
2 Nov 202692

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 36% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version0.3.0
AuthorWordPress Performance Team
Added3 Oct 2024
Last updated26 Aug 2026
Active installs10,000+
Requires WordPress6.9
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryPerformance & Optimization > Caching Solutions
Tagsanalytics, partytown, javascript, web worker, performance

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

Questions

Is Web Worker Offloading still maintained?

Web Worker Offloading was last updated on 26 Aug 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is Web Worker Offloading safe?

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

Who owns Web Worker Offloading?

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 Web Worker Offloading?

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

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