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Simple Site Speed

Add page load times for admins on the front-end.

By GreatBlakes·Site·Free
5(3 reviews)
·40 active installs·Updated 12 years ago
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As of April 2026, Simple Site Speed is a WordPress Site plugin with 40 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 5.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Realtime Sitemap.

5/53 reviews
40active installs
5.5K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013

Overview

This is a WordPress plugin that adds advanced load timing to each page. Know exactly what is causing slow (or fast) page loading on every page. It’s like doing a lightweight and fast speed test on every page! It does not require any settings and is displayed at the bottom-left of the page. The overall load time is shown initially, and when clicked, the advanced load times appear.

The processes being timed are:
Redirection (and quantity)
App Cache
DNS Lookup
TCP Connection
Server Request
Server Response
DOM Processing
Page Load

This timing only display to site admins, and can also be triggered by adding “?debug” at the end of the URL. Considerably slow or fast times are dictated with coloring.

Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

53 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 3.7.41
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0

  • Initial release
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

GreatBlakesGreatBlakes
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.2
Last Updated
Jan 30, 2014
WP Requires
3.0.1+
Tested Up To
3.7.41
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
40
Downloads
5.5K+
Added
Dec 30, 2013
Business
Free

Tags

sitespeedtimingloadingperformance

Developer

G
GreatBlakes
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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