Best timing plugins for WordPress
The most popular timing plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. TAO Schedule Update leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Simple Site Speed (30+). All 4 plugins tagged “timing” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 timing plugins
- 1.
TAO Schedule UpdateThe most installed timing plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 31 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
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Simple Site Speed30+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
All 4 plugins tagged “timing”
TAO Schedule Update
#4,897by Syberspace8 years ago
Take a copy of an arbitrary post/page/cpt, change it and make it replace the original post at a given date and time in the future.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.6(31)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Simple Site Speed
Up in the last 7 days:37#24,769by GreatBlakes12 years ago
Add page load times for admins on the front-end.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day