Best rum plugins for WordPress
The most popular rum plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Optimization Detective leads with 60K+ active installs, ahead of Vibes (300+) and Site24x7 Real User Monitoring (100+). All 11 plugins tagged “rum” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 rum plugins
- 1.
Optimization DetectiveThe most installed rum plugin, with 60K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Vibes300+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Site24x7 Real User Monitoring100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 4.
SpeedVitals RUM30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
mPulse Real User Measurement10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.0.
- 6.
Core Web Vitals10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
- 7.
BasicrumFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 days ago.
- 8.
Mudrava RUMFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 days ago.
- 9.
Real User Monitoring by RapidSpikeFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 10.
Watchlog RUMFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 11 plugins tagged “rum”
Optimization Detective
Down in the last 7 days:1#687by WordPress Performance Team2 months ago
Provides a framework for leveraging real user metrics to detect optimizations for improving page performance.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 425/day
Vibes
Down in the last 7 days:6#10,699by Pierre Lannoy2 months ago
Truthful user experience and browsing performances monitoring.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Site24x7 Real User Monitoring
Up in the last 7 days:41#16,531by Site24x71 year ago
Real User Monitoring (RUM) by Site24x7 provides deep and accurate insight into real users’experience on your WordPress setup.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day
SpeedVitals RUM
Down in the last 7 days:14#23,125by SpeedVitals1 year ago
Integrates SpeedVitals RUM Script in your WordPress Website
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day
mPulse Real User Measurement
Up in the last 7 days:1,890#43,109by cliffcrocker6 years ago
How fast do your users think your site is, really? How fast should it be? How do you get there?
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Core Web Vitals
#47,950by Prakhar Bhatia5 months ago
Track Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS, FCP, TTFB) from real users with comprehensive analytics, GA4 integration, and performance insights.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Basicrum
#54,506by Basicrum4 days ago
Privacy-first Real User Monitoring with consent-controlled loading, page types, and Web Vitals.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 51/day
Mudrava RUM
#55,873by MUDRAVA6 days ago
Real User Monitoring (RUM) plugin for WordPress that tracks TTFB, LCP, server generation time, and other performance metrics from real visitors.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Real User Monitoring by RapidSpike
Up in the last 7 days:9,307#56,265by rapidspike9 years ago
Live performance data via Real User Monitoring. Track real user experience - traffic volume and page load speed - by country, browser and device.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Watchlog RUM
Down in the last 7 days:7,169#69,473by watchlog10 months ago
Real User Monitoring (RUM) for WordPress powered by Watchlog.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
PageVitals
#73,033by pagevitals2 years ago
Integrates PageVitals Field Testing (RUM) into your WordPress site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day