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Best performance monitoring plugins for WordPress

The most popular performance monitoring plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Gigaom New Relic leads with 40+ active installs, ahead of Watchman Tower (20+) and Code Capsules Performance Monitor (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “performance monitoring” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 4 performance monitoring plugins

  1. 1.
    Gigaom New Relic

    The most installed performance monitoring plugin, with 40+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.

  2. 2.
    Watchman Tower

    20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.

  3. 3.
    Code Capsules Performance Monitor

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.

  4. 4.
    Error and Performance Tracking with CatchJS

    Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.

All 4 plugins tagged “performance monitoring”