Best page speed plugins for WordPress
The most popular page speed plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. TinyPNG Image Optimization leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Asset CleanUp (100K+) and NitroPack (80K+). All 81 plugins tagged “Page Speed” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 page speed plugins
- 1.TinyPNG Image Optimization
The most installed page speed plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 181 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 2.
Asset CleanUp100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,564 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
NitroPack80K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 311 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 4.
Insights from Google PageSpeed10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 28 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 5.
xSpeed Cache10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 26 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 6.
PhastPress10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 99 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 7.
Leverage Browser Caching9K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 42 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 8.
GTmetrix for WordPress7K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 15 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 9.Solid Performance
4K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 10.Powered Cache
3K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 58 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
All 81 plugins tagged “Page Speed”
TinyPNG Image Optimization
Down in the last 7 days:1#329by TinyPNG28 days ago
Speed up your website. Optimize your JPEG, PNG, and WebP images automatically with TinyPNG.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.5(181)
- Downloads
- 1.2K/day

Asset CleanUp
Down in the last 7 days:2#445by Gabe Livan1 month ago
Speed up your WordPress site by unloading unnecessary CSS and JavaScript, reducing page bloat, and managing your own Critical CSS per page type.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.9(1.6K)
- Downloads
- 643/day

NitroPack
Down in the last 7 days:2#501by NitroPack5 days ago
Boost site speed and performance with an all-in-one cache and speed optimization plugin. Pass Core Web Vitals with CDN, image optimization, lazy loadi …
- Installs
- 80K+
- Rating
- 4.3(311)
- Downloads
- 800/day

Insights from Google PageSpeed
Down in the last 7 days:11#1,550by Matt Keys27 days ago
Use Insights from Google PageSpeed to improve your site's performance, Core Web Vitals, search engine ranking and your visitors' browsing experience.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(28)
- Downloads
- 131/day

xSpeed Cache
Up in the last 7 days:59#1,631by WPDeveloper2 days 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(26)
- Downloads
- 952/day

PhastPress
Down in the last 7 days:11#1,786by Albert Peschar17 days ago
PhastPress automatically optimizes your site for the best possible performance.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(99)
- Downloads
- 175/day

Leverage Browser Caching
Down in the last 7 days:4#2,212by Rinku Y4 months ago
Speed up WordPress with browser caching. Automatically adds expiry headers for images, CSS, JS & fonts via .htaccess Zero config (Apache only)
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.1(42)
- Downloads
- 40/day

GTmetrix for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:14#2,527by 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
- 22/day
Solid Performance
Up in the last 7 days:9#3,306by Nexcess26 days ago
Solid Performance is a no-code solution for increasing the page performance of your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 61/day
Powered Cache
#3,898by poweredcache4 days ago
Powered Cache is the most powerful caching and performance suite for WordPress. Easily Improve PageSpeed & Web Vitals Score.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.8(58)
- Downloads
- 142/day

WP Remove Query Strings From Static Resources
Up in the last 7 days:1#4,001by Rinku Y4 months ago
Boost your WordPress site speed by removing query strings from CSS and JS files — improve your GTmetrix, PageSpeed, and Pingdom scores instantly.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 40/day
Lazy Load for Comments
Down in the last 7 days:9#4,933by Joel James1 month ago
Speed up your posts by lazy-loading the WordPress comments on scroll or click. Works with classic and block themes.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.7(28)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Speed Up
Down in the last 7 days:20#6,470by Simone Nigro3 months ago
Move all the possible JavaScript files from head to footer and improve page load times.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

AMP WP
Down in the last 7 days:7#8,245by Pixelative4 months ago
The most complete free AMP plugin for WordPress. Supercharge mobile performance with Google Accelerated Mobile Pages, no coding required.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.5(55)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Speed Up
Down in the last 7 days:16#8,815by Simone Nigro3 months ago
This plugin load the stylesheets asynchronously and improve page load times.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Purify WP Menus
Down in the last 7 days:63#11,251by Kybernetik Services1 month ago
Improve page speed by letting slim down the HTML code of menus and category lists to the only CSS classes and attributes your theme needs.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Performance
Down in the last 7 days:86#12,026by Ante Laća5 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
- 11/day

Page Speed
Down in the last 7 days:71#12,677by Rex Anthony Eubanas (Batugan Design)5 years ago
Fast and optimized pages lead to higher visitor engagement, retention, and conversions.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.6(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Footprint
Up in the last 7 days:102#12,864by ByUs6 days ago
Find which plugins and theme slow down your site. Real per-component measurements on your own server, plus an optional community A-E score.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

PixGrow Image Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:433#16,517by Santosh Gautam1 month ago
Free browser-based WordPress plugin to compress images and convert to WebP. No API key, zero server load, unlimited bulk image optimization.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 9/day

BoltAudit
Up in the last 7 days:18#16,997by BetterDots1 month ago
A free read-only speed audit that names the exact plugin, query or asset slowing your WordPress site down, and the steps to resolve it.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 4.6(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Feather
Down in the last 7 days:329#17,297by feather1 month ago
Strip unused Elementor assets per page, measure page weight, and clean your database from one dashboard.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Plugin Optimizer
Down in the last 7 days:131#18,722by pluginoptimizer3 years ago
The Most Powerful Performance Plugin for WordPress is now available for FREE.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Berq Used CSS
Up in the last 7 days:93#19,333by BerqWP27 days ago
Make your website load faster by removing unused CSS. Automatically strips bloated stylesheets down to only what each page actually needs.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 9/day

PlugoSpeed
Down in the last 7 days:467#20,346by plugopress18 days ago
A WordPress cache plugin delivering static HTML cache, page caching, CSS minification, JavaScript defer, lazy load, and Core Web Vitals improvements.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 8/day

WP Instant Links
#20,533by Kevin Batdorf7 years ago
Have your site’s pages load instantly without having to do any custom coding.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Speed Up
Down in the last 7 days:223#20,638by Simone Nigro3 months ago
The menu reduces speed of Wordpress. This plugin offers a caching solution that reduces this effects on performance.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day

WPOptimizers
Down in the last 7 days:138#21,147by WPOptimizers3 months ago
Automatically compress and optimize your WordPress images using smart API-based compression. Reduce image size by up to 70% without visible quality lo …
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ajax Widget Area
Down in the last 7 days:36#22,591by ChrisHilditch14 years ago
This plugin creates a new 'Ajax Widget Area'. The widget loads the widgets placed in the Area with AJAX, after the page load.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Core Web Vitals Monitor
Down in the last 7 days:573#24,527by WRD Studio3 years ago
Track page load times & core web vitals for real users who visit your site.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

I-PR AVIF Converter
#26,794by Marco Di Giacomantonio26 days ago
Convert JPG and PNG to AVIF on your own server. Works on every image: Gutenberg, Elementor backgrounds, hand-written HTML. No API, no credits.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

ElementsBoost
#28,250by Mubashir Taqi29 days ago
Speed up your Elementor pages. Find unnecessary files, fix common image issues, and test changes without writing code.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Lazy Load Anything
Up in the last 7 days:442#28,703by WP Fix It - WordPress Experts1 year ago
Easiest and fastest way to lazy load any content on your site.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BAY Image Size Scanner
#30,605by bldwebdevs1 year ago
A WordPress plugin that scans all pages for images and reports their file sizes with export to CSV/Excel.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Static menus
#31,830by Nils Harder2 months ago
*/ Save WordPress menus as static files for faster page loading times.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Speed Booster By Melotheme
#31,882by Shameem Reza6 years ago
Easy WordPress website Speed & Performance optimization with one click!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Easy & Fast Optimization
#34,221by Md Rashed Hossain5 years ago
Start optimization your website without the need for setup and code information. You can run this plugin with one click.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WebPressor
#34,784by Techbysh1 month ago
Convert JPEG & PNG images to WebP and AVIF. Serve next-gen formats automatically. Reduce image sizes up to 50% for a faster, higher-scoring website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Amigo Performance
Down in the last 7 days:2,539#40,735by Amigo Dheena2 days ago
Amigo Performance delivers professional-grade optimization controls for WordPress sites.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 7/day

Picafto
Down in the last 7 days:370#46,295by melmacaluso7 years ago
Instantly, automatically and painlessly make your website faster by reducing image payload and lazy loading them.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Magic Inliner
Down in the last 7 days:2,357#46,688by Nora7 years ago
Made this for my exercise, no more updates. Change CSS and JS tags printed by Wordpress Enqueue into inline codes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Cache SEO Speed
Down in the last 7 days:1,089#47,958by wallrio8 years ago
Tool for optimization, caching and minification, accelerates the loading of pages with focus on performance analyzers
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

Font Optimization for Google Fonts
Down in the last 7 days:1,861#52,778by Rinku Y3 months ago
The complete font optimization for Google Fonts plugin — boost page speed, fix render-blocking fonts, and self-host for GDPR compliance.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Loadwright
#53,991by Muhammad Adnan Bashir3 months ago
Speed up WordPress by stopping unneeded plugins from loading on chosen pages, posts, and categories — fewer queries, lighter, faster pages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Core Web Vitals Monitor & PageSpeed Checker
Up in the last 7 days:13,942#54,897by 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

SilkySEO Suite
Down in the last 7 days:3,790#55,040by SilkySEO Team1 month ago
Enterprise-grade SEO and Speed Optimization plugin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ADOP AMP
Up in the last 7 days:10,431#55,264by adop7 years ago
Get more revenue from your AMP site!
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Imagus image optimizer
#55,677by rdelblanco4 years ago
Ultimate plugin to optimize media images and recover original backup feature.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day
Rayetun Site Monitor
Up in the last 7 days:2,160#55,764by Rayhan Uddin3 months ago
Real-user performance monitoring for Core Web Vitals. LCP, CLS, INP, FCP & TTFB dashboards with PSI lab tests, alerts & webhooks — zero config.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

LM Page Assets Control
#55,936by LM Designers5 months ago
Block specific CSS and JS files from loading on pages where they are not needed. Improve page speed by preventing unnecessary assets from loading.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day