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Swift Performance Lite — WordPress CDN Plugin

by swte · WordPress.org page · Website

v2.3.7.3 Tested up to WP 6.9.7 PHP 5.6+

Swift Performance Lite has 6,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 712,082 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on March 5, 2026, tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.

Swift Performance Lite at a glance

Active installs
6,000+
Total downloads
712,082
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Swift Performance Lite well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.9.7, not yet with the current 7.1
One-star reviews
27%
34 of 125 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Enable Compute API: Settings > General > Compute API
  • Enable Optimize Prebuild Only: Settings > Optimization > General > Optimize Prebuild Only
  • If you are not satisfied with Optimize Prebuild Only option, enable Optimize in background instead: Settings > Optimization > General > Optimize in Background
  • Setting a low number of threads as maximum: Settings > Optimization > General > Maximum threads: set this to 2 or 1. 1 will make the pre-build a bit slow, so…
  • Exclude third party CSS: Settings > Optimization > Styles> Exclude 3rd Party CSS
  • Disable Generate Critical CSS as generating Critical CSS is the most CPU intensive process: Settings > Optimization > Styles> Generate Critical CSS
  • Exclude third party JS: Settings > Optimization > Scripts > Exclude 3rd Party Scripts
  • Set Cache Expiry Mode to Action based, if you are not using nonce or anything that can expire on frontend: Settings > Caching > General > Cache Expiry Mode…
  • Enable Prebuild Cache Automatically: Settings > Caching > Warmup > Prebuild Cache Automatically
  • Setup lower Limit prebuild speed (recommended to use on limited shared hosting): Settings > Caching > Warmup > Prebuild Speed: Moderate (or Slow)
  • Exclude post types that you wouldn’t like to cache. Autoconfig should find most and exclude them automatically but you can can add them manually: Settings >…

Swift Performance Lite reviews and ratings

125 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
3.6 out of 5

125 reviews

5★
76
4★
3
3★
1
2★
11
1★
34

  • Support doesn't work at all anymore

    Since the introduction of AI support, nothing works anymore. I'll probably have to switch to an alternative where they actively take care of their customers. What a shame…

    mikekdd9

  • Support has become very poor

    Unfortunately, the support has become very neglectful. Either they rarely respond or they haven't gotten back for weeks. Very disappointing!

    klaushein

  • Incredible Plugin

    This is an incredible plugin. I am not sure why nobody talks about this. I found it accidentally. Give it a try. It is a WPRocket alternative.

    Vassos Hadjivassiliou

  • Took our site down

    The plugin has landlines in it. There was a particular setting about loopback which I flipped on and the site went down!! It is going into infinite redirects. This page isn’t workingenthu.com redirected you too many times.ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS Not heard from support yet, its been 10+ hours now.

    tispratik

  • Updates

    Will you be updating this plugin, it seems to not work with the latest version of Wordpress.

    davvam

  • Break sites, many conflicts and support is very bad, so dont buy premium licens.

    Break sites, many conflicts and support is very very bad, so dont buy premium licens.

    charlie-soren

Where Swift Performance Lite ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Swift Performance Lite appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best CDN Plugins #10 by tag, #78 in search #18 –
Best Caching Plugins #49 by tag, not in search #78 –

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Details

Swift Performance is a cache and performance booster plugin. It can speed up your site, improve SEO scores and user experience.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Rankings Swift Performance Lite competes in

Tags

  • cache
  • cdn
  • optimizer
  • performance
  • speed
Version
2.3.7.3
Last updated
Mar 5, 2026
First published
Feb 6, 2018
Requires WordPress
4.0
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP
5.6
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Swift Performance Lite FAQ

What does Swift Performance Lite do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Swift Performance Lite offers Enable Compute API: Settings > General > Compute API, Enable Optimize Prebuild Only: Settings > Optimization > General > Optimize Prebuild Only, If you are not satisfied with Optimize Prebuild Only option, enable Optimize in background instead: Settings > Optimization > General > Optimize in Background, Setting a low number of threads as maximum: Settings > Optimization > General > Maximum threads: set this to 2 or 1. 1 will make the pre-build a bit slow, so and Exclude third party CSS: Settings > Optimization > Styles> Exclude 3rd Party CSS.

How many active installs does Swift Performance Lite have?

WordPress.org reports 6,000+ active installs for Swift Performance Lite as of September 7, 2026.

Is Swift Performance Lite still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on March 5, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.

Is Swift Performance Lite free?

Swift Performance Lite is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does Swift Performance Lite rank among CDN Plugins?

Swift Performance Lite is #18 in the WordPress.org CDN Plugins ranking.