Comparison · generated on request
Optimization Detective vs RationalCleanup
Both plugins as this registry currently observes them. Figures come from the same daily snapshot, so they are directly comparable, which two separate wordpress.org pages, read minutes apart, are not.
| Optimization Detective | RationalCleanup | |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | Provides a framework for leveraging real user metrics to detect optimizations for improving page performance. | Clean up legacy WordPress bloat, improve security, and optimize performance with toggleable, opinionated defaults. |
| Active installs | 60,000+ | 100+ |
| Rating | 4.3★ (3) | — |
| Last release | 13 days ago | 25 days ago |
| Current owner | WordPress Performance Team | rationalwp |
| Added to directory | 22 Mar 2024 | 22 Jan 2026 |
| Tested up to | WP 7.1 | WP 7.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
Install figures are rounded by WordPress.org to one significant digit, so a gap smaller than a band step is not a difference. Nothing here ranks the two plugins or recommends either, and no link on this page earns anything.
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Records: Optimization Detective · RationalCleanup