Skip to content

Best Server & Backend Performance plugins for WordPress

Categories Performance

Plugins that reduce server workload and improve backend performance by limiting unnecessary WordPress processing, requests, and resource usage.

All of Performance Every category

Read from 131,125 plugin records - figures refreshed 6 hours ago

24 Plugins classified here Out of the plugins that have been through the classifier so far
190.6K Combined active installs Summed across the published bands, so read it as an order of magnitude
4.71 Average rating Across the 21 here that carry a rating at all

Sub-categories

Also under Performance

The other sub-categories the model built under the same parent.

The plugins

Plugins in Server & Backend Performance

Ranked by active installs; plugins in the same published band share a rank. Each page has a maintenance check and the alternatives.

#1

Heartbeat Control

heartbeat-control 70K installs · 4.2 stars #2

Disable Everything

disable-everything 30K installs · 5.0 stars #2

Performant Translations

performant-translations 30K installs · 4.9 stars #4

Disable Cart Fragments by Optimocha

disable-cart-fragments 10K installs · 4.9 stars #4

Disable Bloat for WordPress & WooCommerce – Speed Up & Clean Up Admin

disable-dashboard-for-woocommerce 10K installs · 4.8 stars #4

WP OPcache

flush-opcache 10K installs · 4.8 stars #7

WPS Bidouille

wps-bidouille 9K installs · 4.9 stars #8

WPJAM Basic

wpjam-basic 4K installs · 3.8 stars #8

WP Hyper Response

wp-hyper-response 4K installs #10

Static 404

static-404 3K installs #11

OPcache Manager

opcache-manager 2K installs · 5.0 stars #12

MemcacheD Is Your Friend

memcached-is-your-friend 1K installs · 4.5 stars #12

WP Faster

wp-hash-filename 1K installs · 5.0 stars #12

Remove WordPress Overhead

remove-wp-overhead 1K installs · 5.0 stars #12

MO Cache

mo-cache 1K installs · 5.0 stars #12

HTTP Requests Manager

http-requests-manager 1K installs · 5.0 stars #12

Heartbeat Controller

heartbeat-controller 1K installs #12

Dynamic Front-End Heartbeat Control

dynamic-front-end-heartbeat-control 1K installs · 4.8 stars #19

OPcache Reset

opcache-reset 500 installs · 4.0 stars #20

Menu Caching

menu-caching 400 installs · 5.0 stars #20

Debloat for WooCommerce

disable-analytics-for-woocommerce 400 installs · 5.0 stars #22

CrowdHandler virtual waiting room

crowdhandler-virtual-waiting-room 100 installs · 3.4 stars #22

Fast Backend

fast-backend 100 installs · 5.0 stars #24

Editor Cleanup For Oxygen: FDP add-on to cleanup the Oxygen editor

editor-cleanup-for-oxygen 90 installs · 5.0 stars

This grouping does not exist anywhere else

The directory sorts plugins by tags their authors typed. This is what a model reading each plugin produced instead - and the method page says how consistent that is.

Read the method Every category