WordPress plugin comparison

Hummingbird Performance vs Lightweight Performance Optimizer

Hummingbird Performance

by WPMU DEV - Your All-in-One WordPress Platform

70K+ installs4.7

Lightweight Performance Optimizer

by Mehul Lakhatariya

10+ installs

At a glance

Hummingbird Performance has more active installs: 70K+, against 10+ for Lightweight Performance Optimizer.
On a typical day, Hummingbird Performance is downloaded about 522 times, Lightweight Performance Optimizer about 2.
Lightweight Performance Optimizer has no reviews yet.
Hummingbird Performance was updated more recently: Nov 9, 2026, against Sep 5, 2025 for Lightweight Performance Optimizer.
Hummingbird Performance resolves more of its support threads: 50% in the last two months, against 0% for Lightweight Performance Optimizer.
Hummingbird Performance is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.8.12 for Lightweight Performance Optimizer.
Hummingbird Performance has been around longer: since 2017, against 2025 for Lightweight Performance Optimizer.

Hummingbird Performance leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Hummingbird Performance	Lightweight Performance Optimizer
Popular rank	#598	#33,031
Active installs	70K+	10+
Downloads, last 30 days	48.5K	37
Rating	4.7(1.5K)	No ratings
Support threads resolved	50%	0%
Tested up to	7.1.4	6.8.12
Search multiplier	×1.25	×0.06
Last release	today	1 year ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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