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Best Optimization Plugins for WordPress

375 plugins are tagged “optimization” on WordPress.org. We rank them by active installs and score every one on update freshness, compatibility, ratings and support — so you can pick a safe one in seconds. The most popular right now is WP Version in Query String Mo… with 100+ active installs.

Plugins in category375

#1 by installsWP Version in Query S…

Top-30 installs2K+

Avg. health (this page)53/100

Best Optimization Plugins for WordPress
Rank	Plugin	Active installs	Rating	Updated	Health
61	WP Version in Query String Modifier Removes or modifies the version (query string 'ver' parameter) in media resources' url. by joesat	100+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (4)	10 years ago	32
62	Capturly Enables Capturly visitor analytics, session replay, conversion funnel and heatmap tracking… by Capturly	100+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1)	12 months ago	47
63	Optimum Gravatar Cache It stores optimized copies of gravatars locally, reducing the total number of requests… by José Miguel	100+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3)	3 years ago	32
64	BoltAudit – Site Speed Audit and Performance Insights A free read-only speed audit that names the exact plugin, query or asset slowing your… by BetterDots	100+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 (9)	2 weeks ago	73
65	Quick Media Inspect Detect unused images across your entire WordPress site, clean up your Media Library safely… by Irfan Ahmed	90+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	12 months ago	40
66	Feather Strip unused Elementor assets per page, measure page weight, and clean your database from… by feather	90+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1)	2 months ago	55
67	Tidy Media Find and safely remove unused media files from your Media Library. Quarantine system, page… by Wp Core Tools	90+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1)	2 weeks ago	75
68	Aparimitlabs Database Metrics Monitors real-time DB queries, execution time, autoloaded wp_options size, and safely… by Aparimit Labs	80+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	4 weeks ago	68
69	Media Webp Automatically creates webp images when you upload compatible media. This plugin also… by steveturner2018	70+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 (7)	8 years ago	37
70	Plugin Optimizer – Speed Up Your WordPress Like Never Before The Most Powerful Performance Plugin for WordPress is now available for FREE. by pluginoptimizer	70+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4 (4)	4 years ago	29
71	ZenPress Clean up unused WordPress features, close security gaps, and configure cache integrations… by Quentin Le Duff (--Q--)	70+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2)	1 month ago	71
72	Easy Critical CSS Easily inject Critical CSS and Secondary CSS (with unused CSS styles removed) to improve… by Easy Critical CSS	70+	★★★★★★★★★★ 1 (1)	2 months ago	54
73	Performance Optimization: Order Styles and Javascript Ordering StyleSheet and JavaScript (external and inline) for performance optimization. by Satya Prakash	70+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (6)	13 years ago	37
74	Resize Image Before Upload Resize uploaded images client-side before upload to minimize the backend performance hit. by TMM Technology	60+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1)	3 months ago	66
75	AssistKit – Site Optimizer Toolkit Improve WordPress performance, strengthen security, simplify administration, and reduce… by WPAssist	60+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	1 month ago	64
76	TC SEO / Schema / Sitemap TC SEO / Schema / Sitemap is a plugin that enhances your website’s SEO by adding google… by trianglecode	60+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	1 month ago	64
77	DNS Prefetch Adds dns prefetching meta tags to your site. by jp2112	60+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (3)	12 years ago	31
78	Wonderful Secure Cleanup A simple way to clean and secure WordPress by disabling unnecessary features like comments… by wonderfulplugins	60+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	2 months ago	59
79	Berq Used CSS – Remove Unused CSS Automatically Make your website load faster by removing unused CSS. Automatically strips bloated… by BerqWP	50+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	1 month ago	64
80	Unless Install the Unless user experience optimization service on your website. You can insert… by centrical	50+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2)	4 years ago	32
81	WE – Minify HTML WE - Minify HTML will help in Compacting HTML code, including any inline JavaScript and CSS… by wordpresteem	50+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3)	2 years ago	53
82	Mida A/B Testing A free plugin to add your mida tracking script to your WordPress site. The official mida… by midatest	50+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	7 hours ago	68
83	BaseCloud Boost World-class page caching, asset optimization, and performance acceleration for WordPress —… by BaseCloud	50+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	2 weeks ago	56
84	Auditizer – AI Website Audit & Optimization AI-powered SEO and accessibility auditing. Scan, fix, and optimize your WordPress content… by Teamjuh	50+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1)	6 months ago	53
85	Optimize Scripts & Styles Optimize Scripts & Styles combines scripts and styles on your site, minifies them and… by Sean Michaud	50+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2)	5 months ago	53
86	Imadero Remove auto-generated image thumbnails to free up disk space and keep your media library… by Benjamin Bode	50+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	5 months ago	46
87	Optimazz – Website Optimization and Speedup Website optimization and speedup — page caching, JavaScript delay/defer, CSS optimization… by Shipon Karmakar	40+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (4)	1 day ago	74
88	Web Pixel Studio Image Compressor Optimizes images on upload. Define max. size and select the types of images to convert to… by WPS.sk	40+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1)	4 months ago	59
89	Globaliser This plugin enables Globaliser Cloud's services for Globaliser clients' WordPress sites. by Globaliser	50+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	2 months ago	59
90	365i Queue Optimizer A lightweight WordPress plugin to optimize ActionScheduler queue processing for faster… by Mark McNeece of 365i	40+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	4 months ago	52

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