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Best WordPress Plugins for Hosting

13 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Hosting

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for hosting comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 13 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 13 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Booter Best overall 83/100
  2. 2. Hosting Benchmark tool 83/100
  3. 3. Jetpack VideoPress 81/100
  4. 4. Ergonet Cache 80/100
  5. 5. SEO Metrics 78/100
  6. 6. PHP Vitals 78/100
  7. 7. Domain Search for WHMCS 76/100
  8. 8. Active Directory/LDAP Integration for Cloud & Shared Hosting... 76/100
  9. 9. Innovs WPBakery Visual Composer WHMCS Elements 74/100
  10. 10. Pantheon HUD 73/100
  11. 11. LWSCache 70/100
  12. 12. Weborado Helper 68/100
  13. 13. LWS Affiliation 63/100
1 Booter
Best overall Free by uPress

Booter

Booter - Bots & Crawlers Manager is a preventative measure (treatment in advance) and treatment of damages caused by crawlers and bots.

4.7★
from 12 ratings
7k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
83

WPScore

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2 Hosting Benchmark tool
Free by Anton Aleksandrov

Hosting Benchmark tool

Benchmark your hosting server CPU, memory and disk, compare with others using simple Wordpress plugin.

4.7★
from 32 ratings
4k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
83

WPScore

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3 Jetpack VideoPress
Free by Automattic

Jetpack VideoPress

The finest video hosting for WordPress. Drag and drop videos through the WordPress editor and keep the focus on your content, not the ads.

4★
from 16 ratings
7k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
81

WPScore

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4 Ergonet Cache
Free by ergonet

Ergonet Cache

Ergonet Cache for WordPress is a free plugin developed by Ergonet srl, an Italian hosting company, to drastically improve the performance of a WordPre …

5★
from 1 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Mar 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
80

WPScore

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5 SEO Metrics
Free by seometricsplugin

SEO Metrics

Connect your WordPress website to the SEO Metrics Dashboard and efficiently manage all SEO Metrics products and services.

5★
from 1 ratings
300+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
78

WPScore

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6 PHP Vitals
Free by Webslice

PHP Vitals

How fast is your web host? Dozens of PHP speed tests, 1 overall grade: The easy way to compare hosting performance.

5★
from 1 ratings
300+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
78

WPScore

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7 Domain Search for WHMCS
Free by Shipon Karmakar

Domain Search for WHMCS

The fastest way to add a WHMCS domain search form to WordPress. Multi-shortcode, zero JavaScript, full admin dashboard.

5★
from 1 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
76

WPScore

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11 LWSCache
Free by Aurélien LWS

LWSCache

This plugin lets you manage and automatically purge your hosting's LWSCache whenever you edit your website's content

5★
from 6 ratings
6k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
70

WPScore

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12 Weborado Helper
Free by Weborado

Weborado Helper

Essential tools for WordPress site administrators to monitor versions, enhance security, and improve performance.

200+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
68

WPScore

Read review View on WordPress.org