Best page load speed plugins for WordPress
The most popular page load speed plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Disable WP Emoji Icons leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Simple Image Converter (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “page load speed” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 page load speed plugins
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Disable WP Emoji IconsThe most installed page load speed plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
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Simple Image ConverterFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
All 2 plugins tagged “page load speed”
Disable WP Emoji Icons
Down in the last 7 days:30#14,683by gr8nilay2 years ago
This plugin disable WordPress emoji icons ( from Post, Page, Comments and Email content ) and removes the extra code and style which is added by defau …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Image Converter
#67,233by guruwebagency3 years ago
A wordpress plugin that automatically compress and converts images to webp format.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day