Best optimization plugins for WordPress
The most popular optimization plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. AMP leads with 300K+ active installs, ahead of Performance Lab (100K+) and Optimization Detective (60K+). All 407 plugins tagged “optimization” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 optimization plugins
- 1.AMP
The most installed optimization plugin, with 300K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 367 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.Performance Lab
100K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 51 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.Optimization Detective
60K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
CompressX40K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 198 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.Image Prioritizer
40K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.Flying Pages
20K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 79 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 7.WP Meteor Website Speed Optimization Addon
20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 77 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 8.
xSpeed Cache10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 24 reviews, updated 1 day ago.
- 9.
Delete Duplicate Posts10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 153 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 10.
PhastPress10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 99 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 407 plugins tagged “optimization”
AMP
Down in the last 7 days:5#173by Weston Ruter1 year ago
An easier path to great Page Experience for everyone. Powered by AMP.
- Installs
- 300K+
- Rating
- 3.8(367)
- Downloads
- 2K/day
Performance Lab
Down in the last 7 days:1#305by WordPress Performance Team2 months ago
Performance plugin from the WordPress Performance Team, which is a collection of standalone performance features.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.3(51)
- Downloads
- 809/day
Optimization Detective
Down in the last 7 days:2#688by WordPress Performance Team2 months ago
Provides a framework for leveraging real user metrics to detect optimizations for improving page performance.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 425/day

CompressX
Up in the last 7 days:6#819by CompressX1 month ago
AVIF & WebP converter with built-in media replacement for local image optimization.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 5.0(198)
- Downloads
- 444/day
Image Prioritizer
Down in the last 7 days:2#824by WordPress Performance Team2 months ago
Prioritizes the loading of images and videos based on how they appear to actual visitors: adds fetchpriority, preloads, lazy-loads, and sets sizes.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 365/day
Flying Pages
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,383by Gijo Varghese5 months ago
Preload pages intelligently to boost site speed and enhance user experience by loading pages before users click, ensuring instant page transitions.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.9(79)
- Downloads
- 56/day
WP Meteor Website Speed Optimization Addon
Down in the last 7 days:4#1,387by Aleksandr Guidrevitch1 month ago
2x-5x improvement in your Page Speed score. A completely new way of optimizing your page speed.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(77)
- Downloads
- 151/day

xSpeed Cache
Up in the last 7 days:52#1,654by WPDeveloper1 day ago
A complete WordPress caching plugin: page cache, object cache, CDN, database cleanup and Core Web Vitals optimization, plus a built-in MCP server.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(24)
- Downloads
- 1.1K/day

Delete Duplicate Posts
Up in the last 7 days:9#1,765by Lars Koudal1 month ago
Get rid of duplicate posts and pages (any post type) on your blog with manual or automatic modes.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(153)
- Downloads
- 113/day

PhastPress
Down in the last 7 days:7#1,783by Albert Peschar16 days ago
PhastPress automatically optimizes your site for the best possible performance.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(99)
- Downloads
- 217/day

Cimo
Up in the last 7 days:7#2,027by Benjamin Intal26 days ago
Unlimited free image compression and WebP conversion, done instantly as you upload them. No quotas, no external servers, no limits.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(20)
- Downloads
- 169/day

ezCache
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,096by uPresstoday
Lightning-fast WordPress optimization — page caching, Redis Object Cache, Critical CSS, WebP images, CSS/JS optimization, and 15+ performance tools.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(5)
- Downloads
- 55/day

Featherweight
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,104by jody nesbitt4 months ago
Speed up WordPress by disabling unused features — emojis, embeds, query strings, XML-RPC, RSS and more — for fewer requests and faster pages.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.1(45)
- Downloads
- 49/day
Database Cleaner
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,113by Jordy Meow10 days ago
Clean up and optimize your WordPress database: revisions, transients, autoload, orphaned data. Built for large databases, safe and fast.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(150)
- Downloads
- 512/day
Speed Booster Pack ⚡ PageSpeed Optimization Suite
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,351by Optimocha2 days ago
PageSpeed optimization is vital for SEO: A faster website equals better conversions. Optimize your Core Web Vitals metrics (CLS, LCP, TBT) today!
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.3(186)
- Downloads
- 57/day

GTmetrix for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,520by GTmetrix3 years ago
GTmetrix can help you develop a faster, more efficient, and all-around improved website experience for your users. Your users will love you for it.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.5(15)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Machete
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,783by Nilo Velez3 months ago
Machete is a lean and simple suite of tools that solve common WordPress annoyances: cookie bar, tracking codes, header cleanup, social sharing
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(52)
- Downloads
- 34/day

Specific Content For Mobile
Down in the last 7 days:7#3,519by Jose Mortellaro12 days ago
Specific Content For Mobile allows you to create pages and posts content designed for mobile devices.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.8(31)
- Downloads
- 28/day

Hosting Benchmark tool
Down in the last 7 days:19#3,551by 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

DietPress
Up in the last 7 days:16#4,504by Fernando Tellado6 days ago
Page cache, browser cache, defer JS, critical CSS, lazy load and WordPress cleanup. Speed up your site and disable the bloat you do not need.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(39)
- Downloads
- 105/day
Helper Lite for PageSpeed
Down in the last 7 days:28#4,865by seojacky2 months ago
Speed up your site with attributes decoding="async" & loading="lazy" for <img> and <iframe>.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 20/day

Speed Kit
Down in the last 7 days:30#5,032by baqend2 years ago
Speed Kit makes your WordPress website load instantly with one simple click.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.0(11)
- Downloads
- 19/day
RabbitLoader
Down in the last 7 days:92#5,440by RabbitLoader1 month ago
RabbitLoader WordPress connection and performance dashboard.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(67)
- Downloads
- 33/day

Quicklink for WordPress
#5,607by WP Munich1 year ago
⚡️ Faster subsequent page-loads by prefetching in-viewport links during idle time.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 14/day

Servebolt Optimizer
#6,207by Servebolt4 months ago
This plugin implements Servebolt's WordPress best practices, and connects your site to the Servebolt Admin Panel.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 33/day

HTTP Requests Manager
Down in the last 7 days:17#6,388by veppa23 days ago
Limit, Debug, Optimize WP_HTTP requests. Limit by request count, page load time, reduce timeout for each request. Speed up login and admin pages.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 37/day
JetHost Total Care
Up in the last 7 days:46#6,742by JetHost6 months ago
JetHost Total Care simplifies WordPress management by consolidating features like security, site enhancements and performance into a single plugin.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 18/day

Core Web Vitals & PageSpeed Booster
Down in the last 7 days:71#6,842by Mohammed Kaludi1 month ago
Core Web Vitals (CWV) is the new ranking factor
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.9(15)
- Downloads
- 24/day

WP Deferred JavaScripts
Down in the last 7 days:11#7,521by Willy Bahuaud10 years ago
Defer the loading of all JavaScripts added with wp_enqueue_script(), using LABJS (an asynchronous javascript library).
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 3.2(35)
- Downloads
- 8/day

GoCache
Down in the last 7 days:31#7,626by Apiki2 months ago
Acelere seu site e reduza seus custos com cloud.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 14/day
jQuery Image Lazy Load WP
Down in the last 7 days:30#7,835by ayn2 months ago
Retired on WordPress 5.5 and newer. Legacy jQuery image lazy loading remains available for older WordPress installations.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 3.1(14)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Enhanced Autoload Manager
Down in the last 7 days:65#8,161by Rai Ansar4 months ago
Enhanced Autoload Manager - A sleek plugin to manage and optimize autoloaded data in your WordPress database, with a modern and intuitive interface.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Memory Limit Manager
Up in the last 7 days:63#8,201by Muhammad Shakeel2 months ago
Easily manage memory limits through a beautiful admin interface with advanced conflict detection.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 15/day

JavaScript to Footer
Up in the last 7 days:24#8,887by Vladimir Prelovac12 years ago
This plugin automatically moves JavaScript code to page footer, speeding up page loading time.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 2.9(16)
- Downloads
- 11/day

MYAIO
Up in the last 7 days:65#9,198by gabrielwillkinson16 days ago
AI-powered WordPress SEO plugin with real-time audits, smart recommendations, and controlled metadata deployment.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 19/day

Tada
Down in the last 7 days:23#9,348by binarymoon2 years ago
Make your website load more quickly.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.0(6)
- Downloads
- 5/day

F12 Profiler
Up in the last 7 days:13#9,453by Forge12 Interactive GmbH8 months ago
Comprehensive WordPress performance analysis with crawling, load time measurement, server diagnostics, and integrated optimization tools. Free.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.0(6)
- Downloads
- 14/day
WPLANG Lite
Down in the last 7 days:45#9,483by Sergey Biryukov14 years ago
Creates a separate tiny .mo file to use on a site front-end.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day
Unused Media Checker
Up in the last 7 days:51#9,991by Der Webfuchs2 months ago
Identify, inspect and delete unused media files in your media library, including integrations for Advanced Ads and Photo Gallery (10Web).
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Ultra Web Hosting Performance Toolkit
Up in the last 7 days:6#10,145by ultrawebhosting28 days ago
Optimize, secure, and speed up WordPress: trim front-end bloat, clean the database, block attacks and spam, and purge every cache in one click.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 7/day

Plugin Disabler
Down in the last 7 days:71#10,335by Christian Bautista7 years ago
Plugin Disabler is a plugin that will help to optimize the website by removing unused plugins on selected pages
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 5/day

Hungry Resource Monitor
Up in the last 7 days:1,489#10,476by Prakhar Bhatia5 months ago
Monitor memory, CPU, and resource usage. Detect bloat from plugins, themes, and database. Weekly reports and optimization tips.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 7/day

ZS Action Scheduler Optimizer
Down in the last 7 days:42#10,649by Zafer Oz2 months ago
Optimize Action Scheduler by cleaning completed, failed, and canceled actions, truncating logs, and controlling the retention period.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Tweaks for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:12#10,838by Dima Minka4 years ago
Tweaks for Elementor
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Object Cache for APCu
Up in the last 7 days:17#11,006by wpdebuglog1 month ago
Lightweight object caching plugin using PHP's APCu extension for fast in-memory caching and performance boost.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 9/day

Cache Cleaner X-Ray
Up in the last 7 days:96#11,081by Lumiverse Dynamic1 day ago
See what is putting pressure on WordPress and clean only what is safe.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP Head Optimizer
Down in the last 7 days:14#11,796by gr8nilay2 years ago
This plugin allow you to remove unnecessary tags, links, urls, scrips and many additional things from your WordPress header to speed up site loading t …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Tweaks
Down in the last 7 days:11#11,862by Luiz Bills1 year ago
Several opinionated WordPress tweaks focused in security and performance.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 8/day
WP Performance
Down in the last 7 days:54#12,044by Ante Laća4 days ago
Make your site fast. Page caching, CSS/JS/HTML optimization, modern images, and Core Web Vitals tools in one simple plugin.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.9(28)
- Downloads
- 8/day

Site Speed Test
Down in the last 7 days:35#12,630by Sabrina Zeidan2 years ago
Tracks Core Web Vitals for you. Every single day, for free.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(20)
- Downloads
- 5/day