Best accelerator plugins for WordPress
The most popular accelerator plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Accelerator for Chinese leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Internet Explorer 8 Accelerator (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “accelerator” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 accelerator plugins
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WP Accelerator for ChineseThe most installed accelerator plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
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Internet Explorer 8 Accelerator10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7.
All 2 plugins tagged “accelerator”
WP Accelerator for Chinese
Down in the last 7 days:55#15,176by suifengtec10 years ago
为中国的 WordPress 使用者加速Ta们的网站！
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Internet Explorer 8 Accelerator
Up in the last 7 days:2,391#44,640by anantgarg17 years ago
The Internet Explorer 8 Accelerator plugin enables you to post an entry with selected text of any web-page to your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day