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Hummingbird Performance – Cache & Page Speed Optimization for Core Web Vitals | Critical CSS | Minify CSS | Defer CSS Javascript | CDN
A seasoned speed specialist that demands a watchful eye.
HealthyDeclining
81/100
It offers powerful speed optimizations but requires careful management to avoid disk bloat.
Active installs
~75,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 70k+
Rating
4.7★
1,487 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-34%
Declining fast
669 → 441 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 34% vs a year ago
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -34% in the last year
669/day a year ago→441/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayHummingbird is a well-regarded, feature-rich performance and caching plugin that most users find effective and worth recommending, though its asset optimization can be complex to configure and a small number of users report it actively worsening site speed or causing serious cache bloat.
What people like
- +Delivers noticeable speed improvements even on the free version×4
- +Works well alongside popular page builders like Elementor, Divi, and Avada×2
- +Support team is responsive and helpful, often providing quick answers or custom code via chat
- +Clean, pleasant UI that makes navigation easier
- +Modular — users can enable only the features they need without being forced into everything
- +Serves as a capable replacement for other async/defer JavaScript plugins
Common complaints
- −Asset optimization and CSS combination is complex to configure and can produce oversized stylesheets, especially with Elementor×2
- −Cache can grow to extreme sizes (reported near 2 GB) if left unattended on a long-running site, causing serious disk space issues
- −Font icons can fail to display correctly due to asset caching behavior
- −Settings require ongoing monitoring — frontend breakage can occur and must be caught manually×2
- −Some advanced features are difficult to understand, making the plugin less beginner-friendly×2
- −At least one user found the plugin measurably slowed their site down despite enabling all optimizations
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.43★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 16%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 1,487 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2025-12-02★★★★★One of the best tools out there with outstanding supportjayq
- 2025-10-24★★★★★Робота плагіна на сайті з вукомерсомlustrans
- 2025-10-05★★★★★Worst in its classtanoshiiru
- 2025-10-04★★★★★Good plugin for cachealedoluis
- 2025-07-09★★★★★Great it also suppor cloudflare APOhilfans
- 2025-05-13★★★★★Works wellmckilnerhone
- 2025-04-01★★★★★Excelentedmarques1-shot
- 2025-02-17★★★★★Great pluginkatmagnow
- 2025-02-12★★★★★Very credible option for asset combinationmmcglynn
- 2025-02-11★★★★★Perfectcarlosvdc1-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
432
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
438
Prior 7-day baseline
346
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
975
Mean release-day peak (30d)
481
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-1.4%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
8%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.95
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
83%
5★ share in analyzed sample
16%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-100%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.52 → 4.43★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered