Best performance plugins for WordPress

lazysizes

Up in the last 7 days:2#8,348

by Patrick Sletvold6 years ago

High performance and SEO friendly lazy loader for images, iframes and more. Many features, like low-res Blurhash placeholders and image fade-in

WebP Express Plus

Down in the last 7 days:55#8,366

by WP014 years ago

Exclusion of necessary images from processing by the "WebP Express" plugin

PDF Compressor & Watermark

Down in the last 7 days:83#8,608

by iLovePDF6 months ago

Optimize and protect your PDFs with automatic compression and watermarking. Save space and secure your documents effortlessly.

Auto SRI

Down in the last 7 days:96#8,788

by zfir7 months ago

Automatically adds Subresource Integrity (SRI) to external scripts/styles and safely excludes Google reCAPTCHA and Google Fonts.

SEO Metrics

Up in the last 7 days:83#8,925

by seometricsplugin5 months ago

Connect your WordPress website to the SEO Metrics Dashboard and efficiently manage all SEO Metrics products and services.

Shift8 CDN

Down in the last 7 days:1#9,021

by shift89 months ago

This is a plugin that integrates a 100% free CDN service operated by Shift8, for your Wordpress site. What this means is that you can simply install t …

Speed Up

Up in the last 7 days:3#9,392

by Simone Nigro3 months ago

Improves load speed of page and save the bandwidth.

WP HTTP Compression

Down in the last 7 days:6#9,440

by sdesalas14 years ago

This plugin allows your WordPress blog to output pages compressed in gzip format if a browser supports compression. HTTP compression generally means …

F12 Profiler

Up in the last 7 days:13#9,453

by Forge12 Interactive GmbH8 months ago

Comprehensive WordPress performance analysis with crawling, load time measurement, server diagnostics, and integrated optimization tools. Free.

Auto Image Title & Alt

Down in the last 7 days:38#9,538

by Diego de Guindos1 year ago

Automatically adds title and alt tags to new images in the media library, improving SEO and accessibility with customizable fields and capitalization.

Cache Using Gzip

Up in the last 7 days:78#9,621

by Mark Nokes1 month ago

Lightweight WordPress caching with gzip compression for faster page loads — no complicated settings.

Disable CSS JS Cache

Up in the last 7 days:106#9,654

by Umang Prajapati2 months ago

Prevent browser caching of CSS and JS files in WordPress and control static asset caching headers.

PromPress

Down in the last 7 days:38#9,856

by Peter Booker1 year ago

Monitor the performance and health of your site with Prometheus.

Cloudflare Page Cache

Down in the last 7 days:15#9,878

by Cloudflare7 years ago

Adds support for caching pages on Cloudflare and automatic purging when content changes.

Weborado Helper

Up in the last 7 days:156#9,908

by Weborado5 months ago

Essential tools for WordPress site administrators to monitor versions, enhance security, and improve performance.

Auto Clear Cache For Elementor

Down in the last 7 days:1#10,114

by stixen842 months ago

Automatically clears Elementor files and cache on a customisable schedule with optional email notifications.

Ultra Web Hosting Performance Toolkit

Up in the last 7 days:6#10,145

by ultrawebhosting28 days ago

Optimize, secure, and speed up WordPress: trim front-end bloat, clean the database, block attacks and spam, and purge every cache in one click.

FetchPriority Featured Image

Up in the last 7 days:65#10,202

by Gunjan Jaswal2 months ago

Measures your real LCP element from visitors and auto-applies fetchpriority + preload. Visual picker and Core Web Vitals report.

Speed up Contact Form 7

Down in the last 7 days:15#10,219

by Hella Fast1 month ago

Loads Contact Form 7, reCAPTCHA, Turnstile and add-on assets only on pages that actually show a form.

Avif Express

Down in the last 7 days:59#10,220

by Pijush Gupta1 year ago

Autogenerate avif image on image upload and serve autogenerated Avif images instead of jpeg/png to browsers that supports Avif.

Fast Woo Order Lookup

Up in the last 7 days:12#10,274

by OllieJones8 months ago

Searches for orders faster on WooCommerce stores with many orders.

commonWP

Down in the last 7 days:96#10,328

by Milan Dinić7 years ago

Offload open source static assets to the free, public CDN.

Hyper Cache Extended

Down in the last 7 days:50#10,444

by mlazarov8 years ago

Hyper Cache Extended is flexible and easy to configure cache system for WordPress. It's aim is to work on any installation.

PHP Vitals

Down in the last 7 days:117#10,451

by Webslice2 months ago

How fast is your web host? Dozens of PHP speed tests, 1 overall grade: The easy way to compare hosting performance.

Image to WebP Converter

Up in the last 7 days:29#10,475

by SACHINRAJ CP2 months ago

Automatically convert uploaded images (PNG, JPG, JPEG) to WebP format to enhance website performance and reduce load times.

Hungry Resource Monitor

Up in the last 7 days:1,489#10,476

by Prakhar Bhatia5 months ago

Monitor memory, CPU, and resource usage. Detect bloat from plugins, themes, and database. Weekly reports and optimization tips.

Product Generator for WooCommerce

Down in the last 7 days:64#10,718

by itthinx1 month ago

A sample product generator for WooCommerce.

WP Static Pages

Up in the last 7 days:42#10,738

by simonyip8 years ago

Generate Static HTML files from pages, so these sites will be 10x faster than non-static.This plugin supports posts, categories and products also.

Better Core Video Embeds

Down in the last 7 days:62#10,829

by Highrise Digital1 year ago

A plugin which enhances the core embed block for Youtube, Daily Motion and Vimeo videos by not loading unnecessary scripts until they are needed.

Object Cache for APCu

Up in the last 7 days:17#11,006

by wpdebuglog1 month ago

Lightweight object caching plugin using PHP's APCu extension for fast in-memory caching and performance boost.

NextGenThemes jsDelivr CDN

Down in the last 7 days:57#11,075

by Nicolas Jonas2 months ago

Free CDN for for all assets from wordpress.org Github and NPM.

Cache Cleaner X-Ray

Up in the last 7 days:96#11,081

by Lumiverse Dynamic1 day ago

See what is putting pressure on WordPress and clean only what is safe.

Purify WP Menus

Up in the last 7 days:33#11,180

by Kybernetik Services1 month ago

Improve page speed by letting slim down the HTML code of menus and category lists to the only CSS classes and attributes your theme needs.

Velocity

Down in the last 7 days:30#11,227

by connekthq6 years ago

Improve website performance by lazy loading and customizing your YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch and SoundCloud media embeds.

Simple Lazy Load Videos

Down in the last 7 days:15#11,402

by Valerii Bohdanov2 months ago

Simple Lazy Load for embedded video from YouTube and Vimeo

WPControl

Down in the last 7 days:66#11,441

by Syed Balkhi4 years ago

The easiest way to improve your website's security, performance, and user experience.

Profound Agent Analytics

Up in the last 7 days:61#11,451

by Profound7 months ago

Profound Agent Analytics sends lightweight HTTP request logs to Profound's analytics platform for advanced bot detection and traffic analysis.

Speed Up

Up in the last 7 days:98#11,543

by Simone Nigro3 months ago

Removes unused scripts (emoji, jquery-migrate, comment-reply) and cleans unnecessary metadata from the head.

CodingBunny Database Cleaner

Up in the last 7 days:208#11,590

by CodingBunny12 days ago

Keep your WordPress database fast and clean by removing orphaned data left behind by plugins, themes, and WordPress core.

WP Tweaks

Down in the last 7 days:11#11,862

by Luiz Bills1 year ago

Several opinionated WordPress tweaks focused in security and performance.

A faster website! (aka defer.js)

Down in the last 7 days:171#11,950

by shinsenter1 year ago

🚀 Unleash the power of cutting edge WordPress optimization tech. 💯 SEO-Optimized and 🎯 Effortlessly User-Friendly!

DiveWP

Up in the last 7 days:75#11,977

by Oleg Petrov1 month ago

AI-assisted WordPress diagnostics, performance checks, security insights, logs, cron monitoring, database health, and more.

Perform

Down in the last 7 days:39#11,996

by Mehul Gohil3 months ago

Optimize WordPress performance with asset controls, page caching, CDN rewriting, and cleanup tools.

WP Performance

Down in the last 7 days:54#12,044

by Ante Laća4 days ago

Make your site fast. Page caching, CSS/JS/HTML optimization, modern images, and Core Web Vitals tools in one simple plugin.

OH MY SVG

Up in the last 7 days:80#12,058

by Erik6 months ago

Unlock the magic of your website with the SVG block. Out-of-the-box security, dual storage modes, and turbocharged speed optimization!

PE Category Filter

Up in the last 7 days:88#12,125

by Pavel Espinal2 months ago

Modern WordPress plugin for filtering categories from home page with performance optimization and security enhancements.

Cloudflare Image Resizing

Down in the last 7 days:78#12,199

by Mecanik13378 months ago

Optimize images on-the-fly using Cloudflare's Image Resizing service, improving performance and core web vitals.

Blizhost CloudCache Purge

Down in the last 7 days:23#12,526

by Blizhost2 years ago

Automatic Cache Clearing and CloudCache Integration to Boost Speed and Protect Your Site with Enhanced Security.

Multiadmin

Up in the last 7 days:9#12,529

by MULTIDOTS Inc3 months ago

Boost your WordPress site with the Multiadmin Plugin for simplicity, security, and performance, ensuring a clean and efficient experience.

Editor Cleanup For Elementor

Down in the last 7 days:88#12,607

by Jose Mortellaro1 month ago

FDP add-on to clean up the editor of Elementor. The Elementor editor will be faster and without conflicts with other plugins.