WordPress plugin comparison
Essential Performance vs WP Performance Score Booster
Essential Performance
by Vova Zubko
Fewer than 10 installs
WP Performance Score Booster
by Dipak Gajjar
10K+ installs4.6
At a glance
- WP Performance Score Booster has more active installs: 10K+, against fewer than 10 for Essential Performance.
- On a typical day, WP Performance Score Booster is downloaded about 44 times, Essential Performance about 2.
- Essential Performance has no reviews yet.
- WP Performance Score Booster was updated more recently: Aug 21, 2026, against Apr 20, 2020 for Essential Performance.
- WP Performance Score Booster is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.3.27 for Essential Performance.
- WP Performance Score Booster has been around longer: since 2014, against 2019 for Essential Performance.
Line by line
WP Performance Score Booster leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Essential Performance | WP Performance Score Booster |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #52,421 | #1,792 |
| Active installs | Fewer than 10 | 10K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 34 | 1.2K |
| Rating | No ratings | 4.6(339) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 5.3.27 | 7.1.4 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.00 | ×0.84 |
| Last release | 6 years ago | 2 months ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 5.6 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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