Best benchmark plugins for WordPress
The most popular benchmark plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Code Profiler leads with 8K+ active installs, ahead of Hosting Benchmark tool (4K+) and MO Cache (1K+). All 12 plugins tagged “benchmark” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 benchmark plugins
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Code ProfilerThe most installed benchmark plugin, with 8K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 36 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
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Hosting Benchmark tool4K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 33 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
MO Cache1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
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WPPerformanceTester1K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 8 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
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PHP Vitals300+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
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Product Generator for WooCommerce300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
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Speedtest Pro30+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Alpha Cache10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
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Store Check-Up and Fix-Up for WP-eCommerce10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.01.
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Super Host Speed Benchmark10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
All 12 plugins tagged “benchmark”
Code Profiler
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,430by bruandet1 month ago
A profiler to measure the performance of your WordPress plugins and themes.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.3(36)
- Downloads
- 162/day
Hosting Benchmark tool
Down in the last 7 days:18#3,550by Anton Aleksandrov2 months ago
Benchmark your hosting server CPU, memory and disk, compare with others using simple Wordpress plugin.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.7(33)
- Downloads
- 48/day
MO Cache
Down in the last 7 days:29#5,538by m4i9 years ago
Improving the site performance by caching translation files using the WordPress standard cache mechanism.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WPPerformanceTester
Down in the last 7 days:15#6,431by kohashi2 years ago
WPPerformanceTester benchmarks your server's performance through a variety of PHP, MySql and WordPress tests
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(8)
- Downloads
- 17/day
PHP Vitals
Down in the last 7 days:101#10,455by Webslice2 months ago
How fast is your web host? Dozens of PHP speed tests, 1 overall grade: The easy way to compare hosting performance.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Product Generator for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:6#10,643by itthinx1 month ago
A sample product generator for WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Speedtest Pro
Down in the last 7 days:13#23,372by Digital Movement1 year ago
Speedtest Pro analyzes your site's performance with comprehensive server benchmarks and speed testing tools.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Alpha Cache
Down in the last 7 days:130#34,704by shra1 year ago
Caching plug-in. Easy to setup, free to use and fast in action.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Store Check-Up and Fix-Up for WP-eCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:1,773#36,928by Jeffrey Schutzman12 years ago
Provides details on your WP-eCommerce and WordPress installation state, issues and performance.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Super Host Speed Benchmark
Down in the last 7 days:1,380#41,176by wsec17 years ago
Test and benchmark the speed of your hosting provider, based on the speed of their mysql database, which tends to be the main cause of Wordpress being …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hosting Stability Meter
Down in the last 7 days:9,668#47,554by Aleksei Znaev6 years ago
Benchmarks stability measuring in time. Detailed interactive graph for hosting performance peaks and dips let you know hosting is good or bad.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day