Featherweight
Healthy: Featherweight is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.
| Ownership | 100 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | 90 |
| 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.
| pigeonhut | 17 Mar 2017 to 13 Jun 2026, 109 commits |
|---|
1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.
Maintenance
- Last release
- 5 months ago
- Releases, 24 months
- 7
- Tested up to
- 7.0 vs 7.1
- Requires PHP
- 7.4 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 | 7 |
| Q3 2026 | 0 |
| Q4 2026 | 0 |
Last release 13 Jun 2026. Tested up to 7.0, 1 major version behind WordPress 7.1.
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
Lifetime rating 4.1 from 45 ratings. Quarterly trends appear as new reviews arrive.
| 5 star | 34 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 0 |
| 3 star | 2 |
| 2 star | 0 |
| 1 star | 9 |
- TERRIBLE · 1 star · 30 Apr 2020
- Be careful! · 1 star · 2 Apr 2019
- Complete sh*t !!! · 1 star · 6 Feb 2019
Momentum
10,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.
| 4 May 2026 | 19 |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2026 | 48 |
| 18 May 2026 | 53 |
| 25 May 2026 | 73 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 4,230 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 6,838 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 1,148 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 418 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 349 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 667 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 410 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 437 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 467 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 322 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 314 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 348 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 359 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 301 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 313 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 348 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 335 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 361 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 352 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 324 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 521 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 355 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 89 |
Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 56% below the 27-week average.
Healthier alternatives
Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.
Facts
| Version | 2.2.3 |
|---|---|
| Author | jody nesbitt |
| Added | 10 Mar 2017 |
| Last updated | 13 Jun 2026 |
| Active installs | 10,000+ |
| Requires WordPress | 6.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.0.8 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 |
| Category | Performance & Optimization > Caching Solutions |
| Tags | performance, optimization, Disable Emoji, Disable Embeds, remove query strings |
Other plugins by this author: Cache by Folium, Sitewise, GF Forms - UK address format
Questions
Is Featherweight still maintained?
Featherweight was last updated on 13 Jun 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Is Featherweight safe?
Featherweight has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Who owns Featherweight?
The wordpress.org author is jody nesbitt. Recent committers: pigeonhut, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.
What can I use instead of Featherweight?
Plugins in the same category with a higher Canary Score: Page Optimize, Jetpack Boost - Website Speed, Performance and Critical CSS, Performance Lab, Speculative Loading, Optimization Detective.