Best speed optimization plugins for WordPress
The most popular speed optimization plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Super Page Cache leads with 70K+ active installs, ahead of Fast Velocity Minify (30K+) and Freesoul Deactivate Plugins (8K+). All 27 plugins tagged “speed optimization” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 speed optimization plugins
- 1.
Super Page CacheThe most installed speed optimization plugin, with 70K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 519 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 2.
Fast Velocity Minify30K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 195 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
Freesoul Deactivate Plugins8K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 104 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.
Lazy Load Control For Elementor3K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 15 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
Rankology SEO and Analytics Tool300+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
WP SpeedUp200+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 9 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 7.
Pixellize Image Optimizer200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.
Widget for Zendesk Chat via API100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.SuperFlare Cache
60+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 9 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 10.
Asset Preloader50+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 27 plugins tagged “speed optimization”

Super Page Cache
#595by Optimole4 days ago
Boost PageSpeed, SEO, and Core Web Vitals with full page caching, JS/CSS optimization, media optimization, and Cloudflare CDN.
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 4.8(519)
- Downloads
- 1.3K/day

Fast Velocity Minify
Down in the last 7 days:1#930by Raul P.11 days ago
Maximize GTmetrix, PageSpeed and enhance Web Vitals by minifying CSS/JS, lazy loading scripts, optimizing images, and improving load speed overall.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.6(195)
- Downloads
- 517/day

Freesoul Deactivate Plugins
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,361by Jose Mortellaro11 days ago
Load plugins only where you need them. No bloat, no conflicts, more speed. Deactivate plugins where they don't add anything useful.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.8(104)
- Downloads
- 103/day

Lazy Load Control For Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:13#3,878by Jose Mortellaro1 month ago
Remove the Lazy Load attribute from specific images in Elementor.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.9(15)
- Downloads
- 19/day

Rankology SEO and Analytics Tool
Down in the last 7 days:7#10,465by Rankology1 month ago
Rankology SEO and Analytics Tool is a powerful, fast, and easy-to-use SEO plugin that helps WordPress sites rank higher in search engines.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 14/day

WP SpeedUp
Up in the last 7 days:50#11,315by Fahad Mahmood11 days ago
A great plugin which helps you to speed up your WordPress website from all aspects — CSS, JS, images, caching, database, cron jobs, and more.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.1(9)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Pixellize Image Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:44#12,463by Pixellize2 months ago
🚀 Automatically convert images to WebP format in WordPress and improve website speed, performance, and SEO — without any manual work.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 7/day

Widget for Zendesk Chat via API
Down in the last 7 days:123#13,414by Plugins and Snippets1 year ago
This plugin offers a faster way to load the Zendesk Chat Widget via API. It optimizes the page loading speed and it is quick and easy to implement.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 6/day
SuperFlare Cache
Up in the last 7 days:388#19,301by Jumedeen khan19 days ago
Speed Up WordPress with Cloudflare full page caching on free plan with auto-purging and bypass logged-in and comment users with advanced exclusions.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.4(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Asset Preloader
Down in the last 7 days:25#21,135by Jose Mortellaro1 month ago
Decide which assets you want to preload depending on the page.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Tuurbo
Up in the last 7 days:27#27,638by Tuurbo.ai2 months ago
Connect WordPress and WooCommerce to Tuurbo.ai for SEO, Core Web Vitals, speed, accessibility, UX, and blog publishing.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

RUFO
Down in the last 7 days:58#28,366by Globaliser2 years ago
Checks whether Contact Form 7 is used on a page or post, and add js/css files only if used.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SM
Up in the last 7 days:211#31,423by Sulaiman Misri3 years ago
SM Fetch is built to make your website load blazing fast using Prefetch Algorithm. In order to make this plugin work perfectly, you need to :
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Easy & Fast Optimization
#34,598by Md Rashed Hossain5 years ago
Start optimization your website without the need for setup and code information. You can run this plugin with one click.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Unplug
Up in the last 7 days:11,762#35,303by Mulberry Tech1 year ago
Cut the plugin bloat. See which plugins are actually being used on your sites and which ones are just plugin bloat.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Preload Everything
#40,587by Sajjad Hossain Sagor5 months ago
Fasten Your Website Loading Speed By Preloading Internal Pages Ahead Of The Time For Your Visitors.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Snappy
Down in the last 7 days:11,306#46,263by Web Guy16 days ago
Caching for a snappier website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Velomize
Up in the last 7 days:8,769#52,407by Octonomus1 month ago
Speed up WordPress with safe caching, CSS/JS optimization, WebP/AVIF images, Core Web Vitals audits and smooth scrolling.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

SilkySEO Suite
Up in the last 7 days:11,124#55,696by SilkySEO Team1 month ago
Enterprise-grade SEO and Speed Optimization plugin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

HealthSweep Site Monitor
Up in the last 7 days:4,254#59,893by Ravi Khadka7 months ago
Advanced WordPress Site Health, performance, security, cleanup, snapshots, alerts, and local speed benchmarking for admins.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Clicks Auto WebP Converter
Up in the last 7 days:1,007#62,442by sykologicist2 months ago
Convert JPEG & PNG images to WebP automatically. Bulk convert, optimize media library, clean unused thumbnails & boost Core Web Vitals. Free forever.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Shahan Bulk Image Compression
Down in the last 7 days:1,332#65,944by shahanewasalam4 months ago
A powerful, safe, and automated bulk image optimizer. Convert JPGs and PNGs to WebP, shrink dimensions, and automatically update content URLs.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Techvila image optimization and CDN
Up in the last 7 days:4,003#67,896by Ruhul Amin5 months ago
Completely automatic image optimization and load static rerouces from cdn
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Speed Made Easy
Down in the last 7 days:9,619#69,692by VeryEasy1 year ago
A set and forget solution for WordPress speed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

NBH Performance
Down in the last 7 days:6,085#72,361by Shofiqul13 days ago
Improve WordPress performance with page caching, CSS and JavaScript tools, image optimization, and practical controls. Free and open source.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Captain Media Shield
#72,459by Devang Vachheta1 day ago
Optimize images and videos on your own server, then reclaim disk space: find unused media, duplicate files and leftover thumbnails. No external API.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 113/day

Speculative Page Loader
Down in the last 7 days:22,568#73,056by WeblineIndia1 year ago
Improve Core Web Vitals and SEO with speculative loading. This plugin prefetches and prerenders web pages to enable near-instant loads and faster perf …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day