WordPress plugin comparison

Hummingbird Performance vs WP YouTube Lyte

Hummingbird Performance

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

70K+ installs4.7

WP YouTube Lyte

by Frank Goossens

20K+ installs4.8

At a glance

Hummingbird Performance has more active installs: 70K+, against 20K+ for WP YouTube Lyte.
On a typical day, Hummingbird Performance is downloaded about 917 times, WP YouTube Lyte about 143.
WP YouTube Lyte is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 206 reviews, against 4.7 from 1,488 reviews.
Hummingbird Performance was updated more recently: Nov 9, 2026, against Aug 20, 2026 for WP YouTube Lyte.
Hummingbird Performance resolves more of its support threads: 50% in the last two months, against 0% for WP YouTube Lyte.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
WP YouTube Lyte has been around longer: since 2010, against 2017 for Hummingbird Performance.

Hummingbird Performance leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.

Track your plugin against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.