Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance
Active installs1,000,000+ rounded
Current authorDavid Anderson / Team Updraft
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2 months ago 21 Sep 2026
Support7 / 16 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record110
Rating4.8 /5 · 2,617
Added to directory21 Jan 2009
Requires WP4.9
Requires PHP7.2
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
PluginsPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by David Anderson / Team Updraft 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ruhanirabin | 6 | 15 Nov 2009 | 12 Jun 2016 |
| DavidAnderson | 103 | 06 Dec 2016 | 29 Jul 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: 1,000,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
7,184 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 31% 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 388,606/day31 Oct 2026
15 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 4.3 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.8 (2 of them one or two stars). Recent ratings are in line with the lifetime figure.
From recent reviews
What reviewers wrote on wordpress.org between 15 Jun 2026 and 04 Sep 2026: 26 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Recent wordpress.org reviews of WP-Optimize skew heavily positive, with all 26 posts from the past three months rating the plugin 5 stars. 7 of 26 reviews credit it with faster page loads or better Page Speed Insights results, while 5 of 26 reviews describe the plugin as easy or simple to set up and run. Database housekeeping draws its own praise: 4 of 26 reviews mention cleanup of old revisions, spam comments, or unused tables. Separately, 4 of 26 reviews reference the free version's usefulness or a decision to upgrade to premium.
- 7 of 26 mention faster page loads or improved Page Speed Insights results. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
- 5 of 26 describe the plugin as easy or simple to use. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
- 4 of 26 mention database cleanup, such as removing old revisions, spam, or unused tables. [1] [2] [3] [4]
- 4 of 26 reference the free version's value or a premium upgrade. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Counted from the public review forum on 09 Sep 2026. The reviews are their authors’ own words and their own claims; the counts are ours.
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 | — | 4,684 | 8,215 | 9,675 | 15,203 | 18,195 | 12,300 | 5,499 | 5,589 | 9,361 | 8,167 | 5,137 | 8,358 | 8,175 |
| Ratings total | 2,616 | 2,616 | 2,616 | 2,616 | 2,616 | 2,616 | 2,616 | 2,616 | 2,616 | 2,616 | 2,617 | 2,617 | 2,617 | 2,617 |
| Support threads | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Threads resolved | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (1,000,000+) · version (4.7.0)
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 directory17 years ago 21 Jan 2009
Requires WP4.9
Requires PHP7.2
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 21 Sep 2026, 48 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 7 of 16 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 15 other plugins, 15 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.
- 21 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 4.7.0 released
- 13 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 4.6.1 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.
- 07 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 4.6.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DavidAnderson.
- 05 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 4.5.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DavidAnderson.
- 25 May 20265 months agoVersion 4.5.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DavidAnderson.
- 29 Apr 20266 months agoVersion 4.5.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DavidAnderson.
- 21 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 4.5.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DavidAnderson.
- 25 Mar 20267 months agoVersion 4.5.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DavidAnderson.
- 11 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 4.5.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DavidAnderson.
- 08 Jan 202610 months agoVersion 4.4.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DavidAnderson.
- 26 Dec 202510 months agoVersion 4.4.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DavidAnderson.
- 18 Nov 202512 months agoVersion 4.3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DavidAnderson.
- 12 Nov 202512 months agoVersion 4.3.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DavidAnderson.
- 31 Jul 202515 months agoVersion 4.2.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DavidAnderson.
- 15 Nov 200916 years ago96 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 15 Nov 2009 and 16 Jul 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 21 Jan 200917 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
Media coverage
Writing about this plugin elsewhere, collected by this registry. The links go to the sources; what they claim is theirs.
- 11 Feb 2026 · WP-Optimize 4.5.0: more control, smarter performance tuningTeamUpdraft
- 02 Jun 2025 · CVE-2025-3951: SQL Injection in WP-OptimizeWiz Vulnerability Database
- 19 Feb 2025 · WP-Optimize v4.0.0 Released – Performance Tweaks & MoreTeamUpdraft
- 14 Dec 2016 · UpdraftPlus Acquires WP-Optimize, Will Be Integrated Into UpdraftCentralWP Tavern
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 David Anderson / Team Updraft for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2 months ago (21 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 1,000,000+ active installs.
- It carries 2,617 ratings, averaging 4.8 out of 5.
- 7 of 16 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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