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The Off Switch (formerly WP Avoid Slow)

The Off Switch (formerly WP Avoid Slow)

Performance Asset Optimization

The Off Switch (formerly WP Avoid Slow) is a WordPress plugin for Asset Optimization. It ranks #131 of 154 in that group by active installs and was last updated 2 weeks ago.

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Slug wp-avoid-slow

200 Active installs As the directory reports it, rounded to a band
5.0 Rating out of 5 From 6 ratings
35 Releases Since 25 March 2010
Oct 2026 Last release 2 weeks ago

Maintenance check

Is The Off Switch (formerly WP Avoid Slow) still maintained?

Yes - by every measure the directory publishes, it is actively maintained.

  • Updated recently. The last release was 2 weeks ago.
  • Tested with current WordPress. Tested up to 7.1.4; most actively maintained plugins are tested on 7.1.

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Standing

More installed than 72.8% of the directory

Ahead of 34,752 of the 47,734 plugins that report an install count at all. An install figure on its own says nothing; this is what it is worth.

72.8% Percentile by installs Among plugins that report an install count
34,752 Plugins it is ahead of Fewer active installs than this one
12,981 Plugins ahead of it More active installs, or the same published band
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Details

The record

Everything the directory publishes about this plugin, as it was last read.

Current version
1.14.0
Requires WordPress
5.0
Tested up to
7.1.4
Requires PHP
7.4
Added to the directory
25 March 2010
Last updated
25 October 2026
Contributors
2
Author
Abhishek Deshpande
Support threads resolved
0 of 1

Its own tags

  • bloat
  • core web vitals
  • Optimize
  • performance
  • speed

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