Best bandwidth plugins for WordPress
The most popular bandwidth plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP-HTML-Compression leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Google Webfont Optimizer (700+) and Internet Speed Test (400+). All 13 plugins tagged “bandwidth” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 bandwidth plugins
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WP-HTML-CompressionThe most installed bandwidth plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 14 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 2.
Google Webfont Optimizer700+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 15 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 3.
Internet Speed Test400+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 4.
RocketCDN100+ active installs. Rated 3.0 from 5 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
Gcore CDN90+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 6.
Chennai Central40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.4.
- 7.
Page Size Checker10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 8.
CDN Rewrites10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 9.
Free CDN10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 10.
powerwaf.comFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
All 13 plugins tagged “bandwidth”
WP-HTML-Compression
Up in the last 7 days:8#6,880by Steven Vachon9 years ago
Reduce file size by shortening URLs and safely removing all standard comments and unnecessary whitespace from an HTML document.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.4(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Google Webfont Optimizer
Down in the last 7 days:1#7,993by sigurdurg9 years ago
Makes your website faster by combining all Google Fonts in a single request. Your websites gets a higher PageSpeed score which is good for SEO.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 3.7(15)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Internet Speed Test
Down in the last 7 days:70#9,243by meternet2 years ago
The plugin allows you to embed speed test for your website via a shortcode. See live demo here.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
RocketCDN
Down in the last 7 days:448#14,989by WP Media11 months ago
RocketCDN plugin is the easiest WordPress CDN plugin. It automatically rewrites all URLs to be served by our content delivery network (CDN).
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Gcore CDN
Down in the last 7 days:243#17,004by gcorewpress3 years ago
Gcore Plugin
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 2.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Chennai Central
Up in the last 7 days:208#22,218by Rajesh17 years ago
ChennaiCentral saves your wordpress site bandwidth and thereby your money
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Page Size Checker
Down in the last 7 days:140#29,119by seorankanalyser.com6 years ago
Page Size Checker will help you to findout exact size of web page (including text and images) that loads in user computer.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CDN Rewrites
Down in the last 7 days:4,645#43,173by Phoenixheart17 years ago
This plugin rewrites the host(s) of your static files (JavaScripts, CSS, images etc.) (called Origin) into a CDN (Content Delivery Network) host.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Free CDN
Down in the last 7 days:5,791#45,396by Phoenixheart17 years ago
For busy websites, using a CDN (Content Delivery Network) to transfer static content such as images, javascripts, stylesheets, Flash etc.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
powerwaf.com
Down in the last 7 days:5,402#73,450by powerwaf3 years ago
Accelerate and protect your website to the maximum with PowerWAF CDN. With this plugin you can keep dynamic content updated at the edge to increase de …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day