Best expires header plugins for WordPress
The most popular expires header plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Far Future Expiry Header leads with 6K+ active installs, ahead of Advanced Speed Increaser (300+). All 2 plugins tagged “expires header” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 expires header plugins
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Far Future Expiry HeaderThe most installed expires header plugin, with 6K+ active installs. Rated 3.2 from 31 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
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Advanced Speed Increaser300+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 10 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
All 2 plugins tagged “expires header”
Far Future Expiry Header
Up in the last 7 days:1#2,715by mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ2 months ago
This plugin will add a far future expiry header for various file types to improve page load speed of your site
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 3.2(31)
- Downloads
- 21/day
Advanced Speed Increaser
Down in the last 7 days:9#10,984by Animesh Kumar6 years ago
Advanced Speed Increaser is a light weighted plugin to speed up wordpress website by using GZIP compression and setting header expiration for images.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.8(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day