The plugins that actually weigh on WordPress.
Before installing a plugin or a theme, know what it really costs. A Footprint Score from A to E, built from thousands of measurements on real sites: time, memory, SQL queries, CSS/JS files, external calls.
Lighter, more sober • No identifying data • Disable any time
- Plugins analyzed
- 233
- Themes analyzed
- 7
- Scans collected
- 2,469
- Contributing sites
- 30
Most measured plugins
Most measured themes
Which one should you pick? The most-asked head-to-heads.
Performance verdict, real-world measurements, and tips to decide in two minutes.
Pick your plugins with full knowledge.
Official directories tell you what a plugin does. WP Footprint Pulse tells you what it costs.
Real measurements
No estimates. Every score comes from actual measurements on real WordPress sites in production.
Open methodology
Thresholds and formulas published. You can verify how every grade is computed, and suggest improvements.
Strict anonymity
No IP, no email. Your domain is sent once to prove the site is yours, then your scans travel with an opaque identifier.
Evolution over time
Track whether a new plugin version got heavier or lighter. Spot performance regressions.
How WP Footprint Pulse measures.
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The plugin scans
WP Footprint, installed on your site, measures a page once with all plugins active, then disables each plugin in turn to isolate its own impact.
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The deltas come in
With your consent, the measured impact for each plugin (time, memory, SQL, assets, HTTP) is sent to WP Footprint Pulse anonymously, signed, and over HTTPS.
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WP Footprint Pulse aggregates
WP Footprint Pulse computes the median of contributions from all sites by plugin and version, and derives an A to E grade using absolute thresholds.
A grade backed by clear rules.
Per-version medians over 90 days, confidence intervals, absolute thresholds for grades A to E. All documented.
Read the full methodology →A lighter WordPress, together.
WP Footprint Pulse belongs to no brand, takes no sponsor, and shows no paid rankings. The measurements come from WordPress admins like you, anonymously sharing what their sites observe.
Independent
No plugin author pays to rank higher. Grades come from real measurements, not marketing. Heavy plugins rank heavy. Light plugins win.
Built by contributors
WP Footprint Pulse lives thanks to 30 contributing sites that agreed to share their scans. The more we are, the more reliable the grades, the lighter the web.
Green by design
Every millisecond saved is less CPU, less RAM, less data transferred. At the scale of the WordPress web (43% of the global web), that adds up to kWh saved every day.
Join the contributors. Lighten the WordPress web.
Install WP Footprint on your site, share your measurements anonymously, and join the contributors making WordPress lighter, for your visitors and for the planet.