PLUGIN SECURITY
Is PageSpeed Ninja safe?
Boost page speed: cache, compress, optimize images to WebP, minify CSS/JS, defer loading, lazy load, generate critical CSS, improve Core Web Vitals
What this plugin does
- Slug:
psn-pagespeed-ninja - Author: PageSpeed
- 5000+ active installs
- 90/100 rating (114 reviews on wordpress.org)
- 707973 all-time downloads
- On WordPress.org since 2017-08-30
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Maintenance status
- Last updated: 2024-09-26 12:19pm GMT
- Tested up to WordPress: 6.6.5
- Requires PHP: 5.6+
- Max supported PHP (analyzed): 8.4
Known vulnerabilities
No known vulnerabilities are recorded in our database for PageSpeed Ninja. This does not mean the plugin is audited or guaranteed safe — only that no CVE or vulnerability report is on file.
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