WordPress plugin comparison
Block Styles vs Performance Lab
Block Styles
by Joost de Valk
Fewer than 10 installs
Performance Lab
by WordPress Performance Team
100K+ installs4.3
At a glance
- Performance Lab has more active installs: 100K+, against fewer than 10 for Block Styles.
- On a typical day, Performance Lab is downloaded about 809 times, Block Styles about 1.
- Block Styles has no reviews yet.
- Performance Lab was updated more recently: Aug 26, 2026, against Jul 17, 2020 for Block Styles.
- Performance Lab is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.4.25 for Block Styles.
- Block Styles has been around longer: since 2020, against 2022 for Performance Lab.
Line by line
Performance Lab leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Block Styles | Performance Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #63,823 | #305 |
| Active installs | Fewer than 10 | 100K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 29 | 20.5K |
| Rating | No ratings | 4.3(51) |
| Support threads resolved | – | 50% |
| Tested up to | 5.4.25 | 7.1.4 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.00 | ×1.25 |
| Last release | 6 years ago | 2 months ago |
| Requires PHP | 5.6 | 7.4 |
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