Best performance plugins for WordPress

DMValdez Cron Auditor

Up in the last 7 days:6,160#39,190

by donaldmvaldez3 months ago

See every WP-Cron job on your site in one dashboard, run or pause any of them on demand, and track how long each one actually takes to run.

Booster Sweeper

Down in the last 7 days:3,536#39,456

by maxpressy2 months ago

Boost the Website speed by sweeping assets your pages do not need!

Editor Cleanup For Avada

Up in the last 7 days:6,242#39,462

by Jose Mortellaro1 month ago

FDP add-on to cleanup the frontend editor of Avada. Your Avada frontend editor will be faster and without conflicts with other plugins.

AH Footer Scripts

Down in the last 7 days:1,627#39,583

by Andreas Hecht9 years ago

This small plugin moves all scripts (including jQuery) to the footer to help speed up page load times, while keep stylesheets in the header.

Gunner Technology Async Asset Loader

Up in the last 7 days:6,462#39,588

by gunnertech14 years ago

A plugin leverages Modernizr to load JavaScript files asynchronously

Offline Shell

#39,838

by David Walsh10 years ago

Offline Shell is a WordPress plugin which utilizes the client side [ServiceWorker API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Service_Worker …

SQLite Cache

#39,847

by andreyk10 years ago

Provides SQLite cache storage that applied before WordPress core load. Doesn't create multiple html files but stores all pages in one file.

fastcgi_finish_request

Up in the last 7 days:6,103#40,051

by AJenbo10 years ago

Simply call fastcgi_finish_request on WordPress shutdown to speed up browsing.

AI Database Optimizer

#40,085

by Fulgid1 year ago

AI-powered database optimization with automatic backup protection for peak WordPress performance.

Memory Usage Monitor

Down in the last 7 days:5,718#40,563

by SRD753 years ago

Displays memory/RAM usage for each plugin as they are activated and deactivated.

Preload Everything

#40,587

by Sajjad Hossain Sagor5 months ago

Fasten Your Website Loading Speed By Preloading Internal Pages Ahead Of The Time For Your Visitors.

Admin Menu Slide

#40,711

by Maciej Krawczyk11 years ago

Adds a feature to hide admin menu and make it slide when hovering on the edge of the screen.

TurboPress Embed

Up in the last 7 days:6,031#40,912

by Claudio Cirino Junior3 months ago

Performance-first Gutenberg embeds and premium developer portfolio blocks.

Core Web Vitals

Down in the last 7 days:826#40,950

by Prakhar Bhatia5 months ago

Track Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS, FCP, TTFB) from real users with comprehensive analytics, GA4 integration, and performance insights.

WP Cache Block

Up in the last 7 days:2,738#40,962

by prettyboymp15 years ago

Adds ability to globally cache certain segments of code.

Super Host Speed Benchmark

Down in the last 7 days:1,380#41,176

by wsec17 years ago

Test and benchmark the speed of your hosting provider, based on the speed of their mysql database, which tends to be the main cause of Wordpress being …

Compare hosting performance

Down in the last 7 days:5,895#41,200

by Djo9 years ago

Тест производительности вашего сервера/хостинга

WP Whoosh

Up in the last 7 days:5,468#41,228

by Russell Jamieson13 years ago

Build new feature-rich, fast and secure WordPress sites in a smarter way in under 60 seconds using WP Whoosh.

LH HTTP/2 Server Push

Up in the last 7 days:5,085#41,518

by shawfactor9 years ago

Does HTTP/2 Server Push for JavaScript and CSS resources properly.

Whippet

#41,556

by noughtdigital4 months ago

All-in-one WordPress performance: remove bloat, cache pages, control scripts, optimise images, and connect optional Cloud premium services.

JTZL's In-Browser Cache

Up in the last 7 days:2,195#41,563

by jtzl2 months ago

Boosts performance with client-side caching via Service Workers. Features CDN support, transparent metrics, and requires zero configuration.

Native Performance

Down in the last 7 days:1,887#41,567

by quecodigo1 year ago

Improve the performance of your WordPress: Reduce load times, solve common errors and more using the Native Performance plugin.

tinyfier-wp

#41,628

by ideatic12 years ago

Make your wordpress instalation fly. Once enabled, this plugin will combine, compress and optimize JS, CSS and HTML files to improve page load time.

Topper System SEO

#41,777

by toppersystem5 months ago

Topper System SEO enhances your WordPress SEO rankings and boosts traffic for your preferred keywords. It includes SEO optimizations, Smart Image Lazy …

Patchwing

Down in the last 7 days:8,258#42,009

by Nafiz7 months ago

A developer tool for WordPress that provides real time server metrics, PHP configuration insights, error logging and performance monitoring.

Lazy Load Image Filter

Down in the last 7 days:3,884#42,104

by chriskroon4 years ago

The Lazy Load Image Filter plugin makes every image in your WordPress site use lazy loading to drasticly increase performance! Why this plugin? This p …

Prefetch URLs Manifest Generator for Cloudflare

Up in the last 7 days:3,634#42,182

by Kevin Kyburz (@swissky)1 year ago

Generate prefetch manifest files and HTTP Link headers for Cloudflare Enterprise Prefetch URLs.

Prefetch visible links

Up in the last 7 days:5,883#42,423

by Alex Kozack8 years ago

Preloads the page before the visitor clicks on the link.

1 Source Cleaner

Up in the last 7 days:5,663#42,504

by momizibafu15 years ago

Reduce the size of the source code by removing the line blake and white space.

ObjectNest Cache

Down in the last 7 days:11,051#42,513

by shahidirfan10017 days ago

Persistent Memcached object caching with a clear dashboard, health statistics, safe connection controls, and an optional disk fallback.

LessFlux Image & Video Optimizer

Down in the last 7 days:1,676#42,526

by LessFlux20 days ago

Optimize WordPress images and videos externally with WebP, AVIF, CDN delivery and static caching. Try it free in guest mode, no account needed.

WP PLC Swissknife

Down in the last 7 days:1,034#42,586

by onePlace6 years ago

A simple and lightweight plugin to enhance performance, stability and security of wordpress

EVE Dynamic Prerender

Up in the last 7 days:5,267#42,651

by gsacheli7 years ago

An easy and powerful plugin to implement a real dynamic Prerender Meta Tag inside the head section of the HTML document. This version use AJAX so it w …

WP Car

#42,914

by jakubas16 years ago

WP Car shows a car photo whith horsepower( HP ) description on Your sidebar.

Fast Translate

Down in the last 7 days:2,067#42,938

by Bjoern7 years ago

Faster WordPress localization with cache support.

Tiny CDN

Down in the last 7 days:2,063#42,952

by Viktor Szépe8 years ago

Use an origin pull CDN with very few lines of code.

Picafto

Down in the last 7 days:2,377#43,198

by melmacaluso7 years ago

Instantly, automatically and painlessly make your website faster by reducing image payload and lazy loading them.

WP Clean Head

#43,344

by tomhartley978 years ago

Cleans up the wp_head(); output to improve the performance and loading speed of your website.

All in one Minifier

Up in the last 7 days:707#43,382

by Mahesh Thorat11 days ago

Safe HTML, CSS and JavaScript minification with versioned file caching, an optional page cache and measured before/after reports.

Health Radar

#43,440

by Foysal Zihak7 months ago

Detect plugin conflicts, performance issues, PHP compatibility risks, and debug log errors from your WordPress dashboard.

Betterify

Down in the last 7 days:3,553#43,601

by Kyle Maurer12 years ago

Have you noticed that your site is lacking something? Are you experiencing problems with WordPress and/or a plugin and/or a theme and/or your indigest …

WP Static Cache

Up in the last 7 days:4,117#43,635

by blode10 years ago

A very simple & fast caching engine for WordPress that produces static html files for your site.

AIO Performance Profiler, Monitor, Optimize, Compress & Debug

Down in the last 7 days:5,310#43,689

by Smackcoders Inc.,1 year ago

Find plugins that are slowing down your site. Create performance reports, Monitor, Optimize, Compress, and debug your site.

Admin Speedo

Down in the last 7 days:3,756#43,814

by Rajin Sharwar3 years ago

AdminSpeedo is a simple method of boosting your WordPress admin dashboard and freeing your site code from unnecessary and not needed items.

ALTOS

Down in the last 7 days:6,072#43,854

by FFS.cz28 days ago

Skip unnecessary plugins per admin screen and frontend page — 30–50% faster WordPress, with automatic data-driven suggestions.

Calculate Page Execution Time

Up in the last 7 days:1,603#43,962

by Milap5 months ago

Track page execution time easily. Just activate and view page source to see the loading time at the bottom. No configuration needed for WordPress.

wp wpDone website content accelerator

#44,660

by Scott Farrell9 years ago

Accelerate your WordPress website

WP WebPNative

#44,759

by alexalouit6 years ago

WebP support for Wordpress

Speedix

Down in the last 7 days:10,252#44,805

by Wp Core Tools1 month ago

Pinpoint exactly which plugins and hooks slow your site. Real-time PHP profiling with visual dashboard, health scores, and zero guesswork.

Smart WebP Converter

Up in the last 7 days:456#44,928

by FireXCore9 days ago

Convert newly uploaded images to WebP without silently invalidating media-library paths.