Best pagespeed plugins for WordPress
The most popular pagespeed plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. LiteSpeed Cache leads with 7M+ active installs, ahead of WP Fastest Cache (1M+) and W3 Total Cache (900K+). All 111 plugins tagged “pagespeed” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 pagespeed plugins
- 1.
LiteSpeed CacheThe most installed pagespeed plugin, with 7M+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 2,780 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 2.
WP Fastest Cache1M+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 4,232 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 3.
W3 Total Cache900K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 5,420 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 4.
Autoptimize800K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 1,429 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 5.
SpeedyCache500K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 30 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.Aruba HiSpeed Cache
100K+ active installs. Rated 3.0 from 10 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 7.
Super Page Cache70K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 519 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 8.
Async JavaScript60K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 102 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 9.
10Web Booster60K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 405 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 10.
Seraphinite Accelerator50K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 477 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
All 111 plugins tagged “pagespeed”

LiteSpeed Cache
#5by LiteSpeed Technologies4 days ago
All-in-one unbeatable acceleration & PageSpeed improvement: caching, image/CSS/JS optimization...
- Installs
- 7M+
- Rating
- 4.8(2.8K)
- Downloads
- 52.8K/day

WP Fastest Cache
#47by Emre Vona3 days ago
The simplest and fastest WP Cache system
- Installs
- 1M+
- Rating
- 4.9(4.2K)
- Downloads
- 18.6K/day

W3 Total Cache
#73by BoldGrid18 days ago
Search Engine (SEO) & Performance Optimization (WPO) via caching. Integrated caching: CDN, Page, Minify, Object, Fragment, Database support.
- Installs
- 900K+
- Rating
- 4.4(5.4K)
- Downloads
- 11K/day

Autoptimize
#77by Optimizing Matters14 days ago
Autoptimize speeds up your website by optimizing JS, CSS, images (incl. lazy-load), HTML and Google Fonts, asyncing JS, removing emoji cruft and more.
- Installs
- 800K+
- Rating
- 4.7(1.4K)
- Downloads
- 11.2K/day

SpeedyCache
Down in the last 7 days:1#117by Softaculous1 month ago
SpeedyCache is a WordPress cache plugin that helps you improve performance of your WordPress site by caching, minifying, and compressing your website.
- Installs
- 500K+
- Rating
- 4.4(30)
- Downloads
- 1.8K/day
Aruba HiSpeed Cache
Up in the last 7 days:2#322by Aruba.it Dev13 days ago
Aruba HiSpeed Cache interfaces directly with an Aruba hosting platform's HiSpeed Cache service and automates its management.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 3.0(10)
- Downloads
- 1.1K/day

Super Page Cache
Up in the last 7 days:2#594by Optimole3 days ago
Boost PageSpeed, SEO, and Core Web Vitals with full page caching, JS/CSS optimization, media optimization, and Cloudflare CDN.
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 4.8(519)
- Downloads
- 1.3K/day

Async JavaScript
#620by David Clough3 years ago
Async Javascript lets you add 'async' or 'defer' attribute to scripts to exclude to help increase the performance of your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.7(102)
- Downloads
- 99/day

10Web Booster
Down in the last 7 days:2#641by 10Web26 days ago
Speed up your site with 10Web Booster. Pass Core Web Vitals by optimizing HTML / CSS / JavaScript, Image Optimization, Lazy Loading, Cache, Google Fon …
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.6(405)
- Downloads
- 485/day

Seraphinite Accelerator
Down in the last 7 days:20#761by Seraphinite Solutions6 days ago
Turns on site high speed to be attractive for people and search engines.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.8(477)
- Downloads
- 340/day

Clearfy Cache
Up in the last 7 days:1#813by Creativemotion3 months ago
Optimize and tweak WordPress by disable unused features. Improve performance, SEO and security using Clearfy — super easy, fast and zero code.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.7(339)
- Downloads
- 140/day

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
WP Meteor Website Speed Optimization Addon
#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
Speed Booster Pack ⚡ PageSpeed Optimization Suite
Up in the last 7 days:1#2,350by Optimocha1 day 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
- 52/day
Autoclear Autoptimize Cache
Down in the last 7 days:8#2,444by John Teague5 years ago
Automatically clear Autoptimize cache if it grows larger then the allowed option.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 18/day

True Lazy Analytics
Down in the last 7 days:58#3,081by seojacky1 year ago
This plugin enables lazy loading for Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, Facebook Pixel, Hotjar, Yandex Metrica (Yandex Metrika) and Liveinternet cou …
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.7(11)
- Downloads
- 33/day

JCH Optimize
Up in the last 7 days:6#3,356by codealfa20 days ago
This plugin automatically performs several front end optimizations to your site to boost performance and increase PageSpeed scores.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.4(69)
- Downloads
- 38/day

BerqWP
Up in the last 7 days:8#3,370by BerqWP3 days ago
Automatically boost your PageSpeed score to 90+ for both mobile & desktop and pass Core Web Vitals for WordPress website without any technical skills.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.3(54)
- Downloads
- 87/day

AEH Speed Optimization
Up in the last 7 days:13#4,556by Passionate Brains24 days ago
AEH Speed Optimization boosts site speed with caching, minification, lazy loading, and image optimization to improve performance and SEO.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 3.2(20)
- Downloads
- 35/day

WPSpeed
Up in the last 7 days:61#4,700by JExtensions Store10 days ago
WordPress speed optimization plugin to boost PageSpeed, improve Core Web Vitals, reduce TTFB and enable static HTML caching for 100/100 performance.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(40)
- Downloads
- 77/day
Helper Lite for PageSpeed
Down in the last 7 days:32#4,860by seojacky2 months ago
Speed up your site with attributes decoding="async" & loading="lazy" for <img> and <iframe>.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 21/day

Assets manager, dequeue scripts, dequeue styles for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:24#5,044by webcraftic19 days ago
Increase the speed of the pages by disabling unused scripts (.JS) and styles (.CSS). Make your website REACTIVE!
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.3(53)
- Downloads
- 34/day

Preload Featured Images
Up in the last 7 days:5#5,225by WPZOOM2 months ago
Preload Featured Images automatically in posts to increase the PageSpeed Score.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 18/day
RabbitLoader
Down in the last 7 days:104#5,436by RabbitLoader1 month ago
RabbitLoader WordPress connection and performance dashboard.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(67)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Specify Missing Image Dimensions
Down in the last 7 days:6#5,688by yasir1294 years ago
This plugin helps to add missing width and height attributes to images.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(11)
- Downloads
- 12/day
CSS JS Manager, Async JavaScript, Defer Render Blocking CSS
Up in the last 7 days:17#5,791by PI Web Solution11 days ago
CSS JS Manager, Async JavaScript, Defer Render Blocking CSS, Remove javascript, Remove CSS, Defer Render Blocking CSS, Both CSS and JS can be loaded A …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(90)
- Downloads
- 56/day

Easy Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:118#6,179by FluxPress11 days ago
Free all-in-one performance optimization: page cache, unused CSS, delay JS, lazy load, LCP preload and WebP for faster speed and Core Web Vitals.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.6(18)
- Downloads
- 70/day

Core Web Vitals & PageSpeed Booster
Down in the last 7 days:58#6,828by Mohammed Kaludi1 month ago
Core Web Vitals (CWV) is the new ranking factor
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.9(15)
- Downloads
- 24/day

F12 Profiler
Up in the last 7 days:6#9,441by 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
Speed up Contact Form 7
Down in the last 7 days:54#10,231by Hella Fast1 month ago
Loads Contact Form 7, reCAPTCHA, Turnstile and add-on assets only on pages that actually show a form.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

A faster website! (aka defer.js)
Down in the last 7 days:98#11,894by shinsenter1 year ago
🚀 Unleash the power of cutting edge WordPress optimization tech. 💯 SEO-Optimized and 🎯 Effortlessly User-Friendly!
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.9(45)
- Downloads
- 7/day

Cloudflare Image Resizing
Down in the last 7 days:86#12,178by Mecanik13378 months ago
Optimize images on-the-fly using Cloudflare's Image Resizing service, improving performance and core web vitals.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.5(17)
- Downloads
- 20/day

Site Speed Test
Down in the last 7 days:81#12,606by Sabrina Zeidan2 years ago
Tracks Core Web Vitals for you. Every single day, for free.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(20)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Assets to footer
Up in the last 7 days:77#13,222by Sebastian Pisula5 years ago
Moves scripts and styles to the footer.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Optimizer
#14,558by sh1zen18 days ago
Improve WordPress speed and Core Web Vitals with page cache, WebP, minification, database cleanup and built-in performance diagnostics.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 14/day

Opti MozJpeg Guetzli WebP
Down in the last 7 days:12#17,024by ihorsl8 years ago
WordPress Opti MozJpeg Guetzli WebP - is the FREE plugin for high quality image optimization in WordPress website. It was created to meet latest requi …
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Eazy Plugin Manager
Down in the last 7 days:137#17,507by EazyPlugins2 months ago
Powerful Plugin Management Solution for WordPress
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Core Web Vitals Booster
Down in the last 7 days:128#18,050by speedien2 years ago
Core web vitals booster for Nestify.io. This plugin will optimize pagespeed of your sites hosted on Nestify.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 3.3(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Remove jQuery Migrate Safely
Up in the last 7 days:85#18,600by wptomato8 years ago
Completely removes the jQuery migrate script dependency safely from your WordPress website thereby improving page load speed on the frontend.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SuperFlare Cache
Up in the last 7 days:402#19,262by Jumedeen khan18 days ago
Speed Up WordPress with Cloudflare full page caching on free plan with auto-purging and bypass logged-in and comment users with advanced exclusions.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.4(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Optimize More!
Down in the last 7 days:87#19,869by Arya Dhiratara3 years ago
A lightweight yet powerful image, iframe, and video optimization plugin. Lazy load, preload, and more. No jquery dependency.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

InstantClick
Down in the last 7 days:166#20,066by Erica Franz2 months ago
Dramatically speed up your WordPress site and make navigation effectively instant by loading the next link on hover.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

CSS to Footer
Up in the last 7 days:14#21,137by zeoman6 years ago
CSS to Footer is a easy-weight plugin. It takes CSS files you chosen, and brings them to the footer to accelerate site loading speed.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

EmiCache
Up in the last 7 days:185#21,547by ismeteroglu5 months ago
Fastest cache for Elementor & WooCommerce. Works on LiteSpeed, Nginx, Apache. WebP, lazy load, critical CSS, CDN, Core Web Vitals boost.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day

Lazyload, Preload, and More!
Down in the last 7 days:58#21,616by Arya Dhiratara3 years ago
A drop dead simple and lightweight image, iframe, and video optimization plugin to satisfy Google PageSpeed Insights and Core Web Vitals.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Imagi Boost
Up in the last 7 days:471#22,377by EsLaM Hamed2 months ago
Compress and optimize your WordPress images locally — no API keys, no limits. Supports WebP, bulk optimization, and auto-optimize on upload.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Preload Featured Image
Down in the last 7 days:135#23,087by Umut2 years ago
Preload Featured Image automatically in posts to increase the PageSpeed Score.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Speedtest Pro
Down in the last 7 days:13#23,372by Digital Movement1 year ago
Speedtest Pro analyzes your site's performance with comprehensive server benchmarks and speed testing tools.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

QuantumCloud PageSpeed Friendly Analytics Tracking
Up in the last 7 days:298#24,786by QuantumCloud4 months ago
QuantumCloud PageSpeed Friendly Analytics Tracking plugin adds the tracking code to all pages of your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
WP Blast
Down in the last 7 days:411#26,279by WP Blast13 days ago
Improve your Wordpress SEO and performance by using dynamic rendering. Prerender your website and generate an easy-to-crawl version of your website.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day