Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Jetpack Boost – Website Speed, Performance and Critical CSS
Active installs200,000+ rounded
Current authorAutomattic
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release1 month ago 08 Oct 2026
Support3 / 3 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record125
Rating4.7 /5 · 612
Added to directory31 Dec 2020
Requires WP7.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Automattic throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| danwalmsley | 21 | 31 Dec 2020 | 25 May 2021 |
| pyronaur | 3 | 17 Jun 2021 | 25 Oct 2021 |
| thingalon | 8 | 12 Aug 2021 | 03 Jul 2023 |
| kraftbj | 3 | 01 Mar 2022 | 24 Jul 2025 |
| mikemayhem3030 | 1 | 12 May 2022 | 12 May 2022 |
| jetpackisbestpack | 82 | 25 Oct 2022 | 26 Jun 2026 |
| jeherve | 1 | 27 Mar 2023 | 27 Mar 2023 |
| Adnan007 | 1 | 28 Jan 2025 | 28 Jan 2025 |
| lsarsfield | 1 | 07 Apr 2026 | 07 Apr 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Very widely adopted: 200,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
3,138 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 18% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
11 Sep 2026peak 123,190/day31 Oct 2026
5 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 4.2 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.7. Recent ratings are running below the lifetime figure, which an average built over years would hide.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | 25 Oct | 26 Oct | 27 Oct | 28 Oct | 29 Oct | 30 Oct | 31 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 1,255 | 2,648 | 3,005 | 4,524 | 5,110 | 0 | 3,215 | 2,085 | 2,312 | 2,141 | 2,800 | 7,094 | 2,318 |
| Ratings total | 610 | 610 | 611 | 611 | 611 | 611 | 611 | 611 | 611 | 611 | 611 | 612 | 612 | 612 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (200,000+) · version (4.8.1) · support threads (3) · threads resolved (3)
91 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory5.5 years ago 31 Dec 2020
Requires WP7.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 08 Oct 2026, 31 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 3 of 3 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 78 other plugins, 38 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 08 Oct 20261 month agoVersion 4.8.1 released
- 02 Oct 20261 month agoVersion 4.8.0 released
- 16 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 4.7.1 released
- 17 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 4.7.0 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoFirst observed by PluginsPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 26 Jun 20264 months agoVersion 4.6.3 released
- 25 Jun 20264 months agoVersion 4.6.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by jetpackisbestpack.
- 24 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 4.6.2-beta releasedfrom the release logCommitted by jetpackisbestpack.
- 10 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 4.6.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by jetpackisbestpack.
- 10 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 4.6.1-beta releasedfrom the release logCommitted by jetpackisbestpack.
- 09 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 4.6.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by jetpackisbestpack.
- 08 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 4.6.0-beta releasedfrom the release logCommitted by jetpackisbestpack.
- 13 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 4.5.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by jetpackisbestpack.
- 07 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 4.5.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by lsarsfield.
- 09 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 4.5.8-beta releasedfrom the release logCommitted by jetpackisbestpack.
- 04 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 4.5.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by jetpackisbestpack.
- 03 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 4.5.7-beta releasedfrom the release logCommitted by jetpackisbestpack.
- 28 Jan 20269 months agoVersion 4.5.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by jetpackisbestpack.
- 31 Dec 20205.5 years ago108 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 31 Dec 2020 and 26 Jan 2026. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 31 Dec 20205.5 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by Automattic for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 1 month ago (08 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 200,000+ active installs.
- It carries 612 ratings, averaging 4.7 out of 5.
- 3 of 3 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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