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Index WP MySQL For Speed
It polishes your database so heavy sites can finally breathe.
HealthyGrowing
96/100
This lightweight utility provides real performance gains for large databases by optimizing MySQL indexes.
Active installs
~62,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 50k+
Rating
4.8★
96 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+115%
Growing fast
318 → 682 installs/day
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
Growing fast · +115% in the last year
318/day a year ago→682/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayIndex WP MySQL For Speed is well-regarded as a focused, lightweight plugin that improves WordPress database performance through better indexing, though its impact is most meaningful on larger or high-traffic sites and may be negligible on already-slow or under-resourced shared hosting setups.
What people like
- +Noticeably improves performance on WooCommerce and high-traffic sites×5
- +Lightweight and unobtrusive — does one thing well without bloat×4
- +Considered a must-use or essential plugin by experienced developers who deploy it across all client builds×4
- +Resolves high CPU usage issues tied to unoptimized database queries×2
- +Long-term reliability with no reported breakage over extended use×2
- +Makes technically complex database work safe and accessible
Common complaints
- −Performance gains may not be measurable on very large, already-optimized databases — one user with 600,000+ orders saw no conclusive improvement in monitoring graphs
- −Not recommended for shared hosting users who lack the resources or expertise to properly configure their database environment
- −Does not speed up a site that is inherently slow for other reasons — only improves database efficiency
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.82★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 8%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 · 96 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-01-17★★★★★A must-have for large WordPress sitesPhilipp
- 2025-12-11★★★★★AwesomeBike Gremlin
- 2025-12-05★★★★★Essential pluginmomo-fr
- 2025-11-12★★★★★A must-have for large websitesEroan Boyer
- 2025-09-25★★★★★Document request latencyomid
- 2025-08-06★★★★★An essential plugin for every WordPress sitesupton
- 2025-07-17★★★★★Super easy and usefulGal Baras
- 2025-07-15★★★★★Amazing!dapeng1231-shot
- 2025-04-12★★★★★Light weightdashary
- 2025-04-01★★★★★A-we-so-me!!!yoyurec
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.
916
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
1,004
Prior 7-day baseline
685
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
5,452
Mean release-day peak (30d)
916
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-8.8%
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.
9%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.95
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
96%
5★ share in analyzed sample
8%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-67%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.83 → 4.82★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered