Best website speed plugins for WordPress
The most popular website speed plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. NitroPack leads with 80K+ active installs, ahead of Remove Emoji Styles & Scripts (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “website speed” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 website speed plugins
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NitroPackThe most installed website speed plugin, with 80K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 311 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
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Remove Emoji Styles & ScriptsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
All 2 plugins tagged “website speed”
NitroPack
#500by NitroPack3 days ago
Boost site speed and performance with an all-in-one cache and speed optimization plugin. Pass Core Web Vitals with CDN, image optimization, lazy loadi …
- Installs
- 80K+
- Rating
- 4.3(311)
- Downloads
- 701/day
Remove Emoji Styles & Scripts
Up in the last 7 days:2,774#54,806by inthiscode6 years ago
Improve your website's performance and speed by removing emoji scripts and styles if you don't need them.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day