Best lighthouse plugins for WordPress
The most popular lighthouse plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Fast Velocity Minify leads with 30K+ active installs, ahead of Easy Critical CSS (80+) and SiteFix (30+). All 13 plugins tagged “lighthouse” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 lighthouse plugins
- 1.
Fast Velocity MinifyThe most installed lighthouse plugin, with 30K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 195 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Easy Critical CSS80+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 3.
SiteFix30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
Simple Eliminate Render Blocking CSS10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 5.
BANGNAM WP10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 6.
PageScanFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 7.
ScoreFixFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 8.
Markzen SEOFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 9.
OnPage Speed CheckerFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 10.
Core Web Vitals Monitor & PageSpeed CheckerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 13 plugins tagged “lighthouse”
Fast Velocity Minify
#929by Raul P.11 days ago
Maximize GTmetrix, PageSpeed and enhance Web Vitals by minifying CSS/JS, lazy loading scripts, optimizing images, and improving load speed overall.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.6(195)
- Downloads
- 527/day
Easy Critical CSS
Up in the last 7 days:198#17,994by Easy Critical CSS27 days ago
Easily inject Critical CSS and Secondary CSS (with unused CSS styles removed) to improve site speed and performance.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
SiteFix
Down in the last 7 days:162#25,151by Pluginjoy6 months ago
Boost your Lighthouse accessibility score instantly. Filter-based fixes — nothing changes in your database, deactivate to fully revert.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Simple Eliminate Render Blocking CSS
Up in the last 7 days:4,905#40,637by dimedaughter5 years ago
Eliminates render blocking CSS using current (at the time of writing) best-practices
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BANGNAM WP
#44,521by Hệ Thống ERP Tổng Thể5 years ago
BANGNAM WP is plugin all in one for yoursite
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PageScan
Up in the last 7 days:1,967#49,527by logicfire1 month ago
Bulk performance testing with Google PageSpeed Insights: Core Web Vitals, CSV export, and score-drop email alerts for your WordPress URLs.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ScoreFix
Up in the last 7 days:22,373#49,687by Carles5 months ago
Fix the issues hurting your Lighthouse score and conversions in one click. No coding required.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Markzen SEO
Up in the last 7 days:9,485#63,904by ginmaster3 months ago
Fast, clean SEO for WordPress. Meta tags, sitemaps, broken links, image audits and Lighthouse scores — no bloat, no noise.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
OnPage Speed Checker
#65,478by mangcodingdev5 months ago
Check PageSpeed Insights performance for homepage, pages, and posts directly from your WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Core Web Vitals Monitor & PageSpeed Checker
#66,072by cirvgreen5 months ago
Core Web Vitals & PageSpeed monitor for WordPress. Track LCP, INP, CLS & your Lighthouse score in wp-admin — via Google PageSpeed Insights.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
fepo
Down in the last 7 days:7,458#71,770by fepo10 days ago
Audit your site's performance, AI visibility (GEO), and GDPR compliance — directly in the WordPress dashboard. First audit free, no registration.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Smooth CWV Reports
Up in the last 7 days:353#71,796by smoothbundle11 days ago
Run mobile and desktop Lighthouse audits, view page history, and store JSON reports locally or in Smooth Bundle, with cloud PDFs.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Mega Performance Monitor
Down in the last 7 days:10,221#72,809by MegaWix Technologies1 month ago
Monitor and improve your Core Web Vitals (LCP, CLS, INP) using professional Lighthouse 10 analysis, completely managed via the Mega Plugin Hub.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day