Best performance plugins for WordPress
1,114 plugins tagged “performance” on WordPress.org, in its popular order and updated daily. Research this niche or see all plugins.
Staatic
Up in the last 7 days:1#4,074by Team Staatic6 days ago
Use WordPress as your CMS, then publish a fast, lower-exposure static version of your site.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.4(21)
- Downloads
- 128/day
DefendWP Firewall
Up in the last 7 days:5#4,128by revmakx1 year ago
Get instant protection against vulnerabilities disclosed by security companies.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 19/day

instant.page
Down in the last 7 days:17#4,217by Alexandre Dieulot3 years ago
Make your site’s pages instant in 1 minute.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(17)
- Downloads
- 18/day
Unveil Lazy Load
Down in the last 7 days:14#4,426by marubon9 years ago
Unveil Lazy Load is a WordPress Plugin whitch makes lazy-image-load possible to decrease number of requests and improve page loading time.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.7(15)
- Downloads
- 11/day

DietPress
Up in the last 7 days:16#4,504by Fernando Tellado7 days ago
Page cache, browser cache, defer JS, critical CSS, lazy load and WordPress cleanup. Speed up your site and disable the bloat you do not need.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(39)
- Downloads
- 105/day
Falcon
Up in the last 7 days:20#4,540by Anh Tran20 days ago
A lightweight WordPress plugin for performance, security, cleanup, and everyday tweaks.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 63/day

AEH Speed Optimization
Up in the last 7 days:9#4,561by Passionate Brains25 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:66#4,699by JExtensions Store11 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
- 88/day
DB Cache Reloaded Fix
Down in the last 7 days:18#4,710by Ivan Kristianto9 years ago
The fastest cache engine for WordPress, that produces cache of database queries with easy configuration. Compatible with WordPress 3.4
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.3(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Siteboosterseo
Up in the last 7 days:13#4,737by Javier A. D. Castillo2 months ago
Edit sitewide meta title, description, and keywords with a clean preview. Works with any theme and domain/subdomain.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Lazy Load for Comments
Down in the last 7 days:19#4,940by 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 Kit
Down in the last 7 days:30#5,032by baqend2 years ago
Speed Kit makes your WordPress website load instantly with one simple click.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.0(11)
- Downloads
- 19/day

Special Text Boxes
Down in the last 7 days:16#5,186by minimus1 month ago
Highlights any portion of text as text in the colored boxes.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.4(21)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Preload Featured Images
Up in the last 7 days:15#5,212by 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:92#5,440by RabbitLoader1 month ago
RabbitLoader WordPress connection and performance dashboard.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(67)
- Downloads
- 33/day

Index WP Users For Speed
Down in the last 7 days:48#5,459by OllieJones2 months ago
Do you have thousands of users on your WordPress site? Look them up fast. Find authors more easily. Speed up your laggy dashboard.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 46/day
Easy PHP Settings
Up in the last 7 days:37#5,489by shahadul8783 days ago
An easy way to manage common PHP INI settings and WordPress debugging constants from the WordPress admin panel.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 43/day
MO Cache
Down in the last 7 days:37#5,539by m4i9 years ago
Improving the site performance by caching translation files using the WordPress standard cache mechanism.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Cache-Control
Up in the last 7 days:4#5,570by Dan7 years ago
Configurable HTTP Cache-Control response headers for webpages generated by WordPress.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 36/day

Heartbeat Controller
Up in the last 7 days:23#5,598by Abdur Rahman1 year ago
Control WordPress Heartbeat API to reduce load. Allow, disable, or set custom frequency for Dashboard, Post Editor, and Frontend.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Quicklink for WordPress
#5,607by WP Munich1 year ago
⚡️ Faster subsequent page-loads by prefetching in-viewport links during idle time.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 14/day
App for Cloudflare®
Down in the last 7 days:66#5,656by digitalpoint27 days ago
All things Cloudflare (caching, flexible SSL, Turnstile, settings, rules, analytics, media in R2, image transforms [AVIF, WebP], secure admin area).
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(14)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Load Combined Core Block Assets
#5,721by Weston Ruter1 month ago
Workaround for sites experiencing issues with WordPress 6.9's changed default behavior to load block styles on demand in classic themes.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 19/day

Easy Auto Reload
Up in the last 7 days:5#5,765by Ivijan-Stefan Stipic11 days ago
Auto-refresh your WordPress pages on user inactivity. Keep sessions alive, nonces fresh, and engagement high with this lightweight plugin.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Templ Optimizer
Down in the last 7 days:2#5,993by Templ1 month ago
Optimize your site and improve its performance with a few clicks.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 17/day

Clear Cache Everywhere
Up in the last 7 days:95#6,119by PluginRx17 days ago
Clear all cache sources in one click from the WordPress admin bar, including WP cache, transients, sessions, browser cache.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 35/day

Easy Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:178#6,141by FluxPress12 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
- 69/day

Lazy Load Elementor Background Images
Down in the last 7 days:46#6,171by James Revillini6 years ago
Lazy load background images of Elementor sections, columns, and some elements. Compatible with Elementor Pro.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.6(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Servebolt Optimizer
#6,207by Servebolt4 months ago
This plugin implements Servebolt's WordPress best practices, and connects your site to the Servebolt Admin Panel.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 33/day
WPPerformanceTester
Down in the last 7 days:25#6,439by kohashi2 years ago
WPPerformanceTester benchmarks your server's performance through a variety of PHP, MySql and WordPress tests
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(8)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Cache Warmer
Down in the last 7 days:125#6,461by TMM Technology4 days ago
Warm your WordPress cache before visitors arrive. Preload pages on a schedule, refresh published content and inspect every warm-up.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(21)
- Downloads
- 105/day

Speed Up
Down in the last 7 days:26#6,471by 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
- 15/day
WP Healthcheck
Up in the last 7 days:3#6,475by Tiago Hillebrandt3 months ago
WP Healthcheck is a plugin to check the health of your WordPress install.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 12/day

The Cache Purger
Down in the last 7 days:353#6,610by Kevin Pirnie2 months ago
Automatically purge every server-side cache on your WordPress site — plugins, hosting environments, PHP, memory stores, and CDNs — all from one place.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(6)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Fastly
Down in the last 7 days:13#6,649by Fastly1 year ago
Integrates Fastly with WordPress publishing tools. This is the official Fastly plugin for WordPress. The official code repository for this plugin is a …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 47/day

Dynamic Front-End Heartbeat Control
Down in the last 7 days:37#6,714by Codeloghin1 month ago
An enhanced solution to optimize the performance of your WordPress website and automatically achieve the best Heartbeat API values.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(12)
- Downloads
- 23/day
JetHost Total Care
Up in the last 7 days:46#6,742by JetHost6 months ago
JetHost Total Care simplifies WordPress management by consolidating features like security, site enhancements and performance into a single plugin.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 18/day

Core Web Vitals & PageSpeed Booster
Down in the last 7 days:71#6,842by Mohammed Kaludi1 month ago
Core Web Vitals (CWV) is the new ranking factor
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.9(15)
- Downloads
- 24/day

Easy Actions Scheduler Cleaner
Up in the last 7 days:16#6,972by Fernando Tellado2 months ago
Clean up your Actions Scheduler database with manual or scheduled cleanup. Remove old actions and logs automatically.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Preload Images
Down in the last 7 days:2#7,031by Ravikumar Patel3 days ago
Preload or prefetch images, site-wide or per page, for a faster page loading experience.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.6(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Disabler
Down in the last 7 days:10#7,111by saas4 months ago
Instead of installing a million plugins to disable features you don't want, why not use just ONE plugin?
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

HTTP/2 Server Push
Down in the last 7 days:28#7,360by Dana Ross8 years ago
Enables HTTP/2 server push for local JavaScript and CSS resources.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.2(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Fast Smooth Scroll
Down in the last 7 days:17#7,426by Felix Arntz2 months ago
This lightweight plugin enhances user experience by enabling smooth scrolling for anchor links without the need for jQuery or other dependencies.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP Deferred JavaScripts
Down in the last 7 days:11#7,521by Willy Bahuaud10 years ago
Defer the loading of all JavaScripts added with wp_enqueue_script(), using LABJS (an asynchronous javascript library).
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 3.2(35)
- Downloads
- 8/day

GoCache
Down in the last 7 days:31#7,626by Apiki2 months ago
Acelere seu site e reduza seus custos com cloud.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 14/day
Batcache
Down in the last 7 days:27#7,689by Automattic6 years ago
Batcache uses Memcached to store and serve rendered pages.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Google Webfont Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:16#7,991by sigurdurg9 years ago
Makes your website faster by combining all Google Fonts in a single request. Your websites gets a higher PageSpeed score which is good for SEO.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 3.7(15)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Enhanced Autoload Manager
Down in the last 7 days:65#8,161by Rai Ansar4 months ago
Enhanced Autoload Manager - A sleek plugin to manage and optimize autoloaded data in your WordPress database, with a modern and intuitive interface.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Memory Limit Manager
Up in the last 7 days:63#8,201by Muhammad Shakeel2 months ago
Easily manage memory limits through a beautiful admin interface with advanced conflict detection.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 15/day

RapidLoad AI
Up in the last 7 days:31#8,215by Shakeeb Sadikeen28 days ago
Supercharge your website with RapidLoad AI, featuring cutting-edge AI to automate optimizing CSS, JavaScript, images, fonts, and caching.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.2(70)
- Downloads
- 45/day