Best peformance plugins for WordPress
The most popular peformance plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Protection Against DDoS leads with 3K+ active installs. All 1 plugins tagged “Peformance” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 1 peformance plugins
- 1.Protection Against DDoS
The most installed peformance plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.