Behavior Flow
This plugin does only one thing: it allows you to prerender specific pages / posts on your WordPress site.
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Behavior Flow shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 11 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.3 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Behavior Flow stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| optimization | >100 |
| performance | >100 |
| prerender | #35 |
| prerendering | #14 |
| speed | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Behavior Flow
From the official readme · v1.0Description
This plugin does only one thing: it allows you to prerender specific pages / posts on your WordPress site.
The prerendering feature which will make your website faster, as the browser will fetch and render the entire next page on the background.
Therefore, if you know which page your visitors are most likely to visit next, you can preload it. The User Experience (UX) will therefore be slightly better.
Getting Started
If you want more in-depth explanations, we’ve written a mini-tutorial on our blog: Behavior Flow: Speed Up Your WordPress Site
- Firstly, you need to determine how your users traverse and interact with your site. Simply sign in to Google Analytics and go to the Behavior Flow page (Analytics Help).
- Login to your WordPress site, install and activate this plugin.
- Edit the page where most visitors land (most likely your homepage).
- Scroll down to the meta box “Page to Prerender” and select the next page from the dropdown menu (the one that most visitors will browse next).
- Hit the “Update” button!
Cons
Enabling page prerendering will likely increase server load. You should figure out a good balance between prerendering and increasing the server load. Visitors that land on your site will request the entire next page even if they do not visit it…
Installation
Using The WordPress Dashboard
- Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
- Search for ‘Behavior Flow’
- Click ‘Install Now’
- Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard
Uploading in WordPress Dashboard
- Download
behavior-flow.zipfrom this page - Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
- Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
- Select
behavior-flow.zipfrom your computer - Click ‘Install Now’
- Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard
Using FTP
- Download
behavior-flow.zipfrom this page - Extract the
behavior-flowdirectory to your computer - Upload the
behavior-flowdirectory to the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard
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FAQ
Behavior Flow: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 6, 2026
Is Behavior Flow free?
Yes. Behavior Flow is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Behavior Flow safe to use in 2026?
Behavior Flow shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Behavior Flow?
Behavior Flow is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 1,788 times since it launched in September 2015. It was downloaded 42 times in the last 30 days.
Does Behavior Flow work with WordPress 7.1?
Behavior Flow is officially tested up to WordPress 4.3.34, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Behavior Flow last updated?
The latest version, 1.0, was released on September 11, 2015 (11 years ago).
Who makes Behavior Flow?
Behavior Flow is developed and maintained by Julien Liabeuf.
What are the best alternatives to Behavior Flow?
The most popular alternatives to Behavior Flow are AMP (300K+ installs), Performance Lab (100K+ installs) and Optimization Detective (60K+ installs).
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