Best website performance plugins for WordPress
The most popular website performance plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Health Monitor leads with 50+ active installs, ahead of GreenMetrics (30+) and Wise KPIs (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “website performance” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 website performance plugins
- 1.Health Monitor
The most installed website performance plugin, with 50+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 days ago.
- 2.
GreenMetrics30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 3.
Wise KPIs10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 4.
Accelvia Uptime MonitorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 4 plugins tagged “website performance”
Health Monitor
Up in the last 7 days:10,832#20,792by twohourssleep6 days ago
Health Monitor is designed to help you keep your website running smoothly. It continuously checks your site’s performance, security, and overall healt …
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 17/day

GreenMetrics
Down in the last 7 days:116#23,558by GreenMetrics1 year ago
Measure and reduce your website's environmental impact. Track CO2, energy, and performance stats directly in your WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Wise KPIs
Up in the last 7 days:5,492#37,016by Code Kamino3 years ago
Wise KPIs is a free plugin that displays almost 25 key performance indicators related to your WordPress website's performance.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Accelvia Uptime Monitor
Down in the last 7 days:1,007#72,504by Md Musfiqur Rahman5 months ago
A self-hosted WordPress uptime monitoring plugin with dual-layer architecture, SSL tracking, defacement detection, and multi-channel alerting.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day