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As of April 2026, WP Tuner is a WordPress slow plugin with 10 active installations and a 1.5/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 47K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.0.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Last updated 16 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Faster Appearance – Menus.
The (mu-compatible) WP Tuner plugin for WordPress is a powerful and easy to use way to answer many hard questions about why your blog is slow or cranky. What’s causing the slowdown? Is it a plugin? Is it your host?
Used with a bit of common sense, this powerful plugin will help blog administrators as well as software developers improve their WordPress blog performance.
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Here are more advanced ways to make use of WP Tuner. Please share your questions and/or stories examples to share with others!
1) Hook any WordPress action
In wptuner.php, you will find a default set of action hooks. You can add as many hooks as you like for other actions. They look like this (just change…
| WordPress | 2.0.6+ requiredTested up to 2.8.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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