93% of WordPress plugins score an A or A-. So I changed my badge.
I graded 57,948 WordPress plugins. 93% score an A or A-, because most plugins genuinely cost nothing. Here’s why that broke my speed badge.
Performance
MariaDB 10.11 vs 11.4 for WordPress: Should you update? YES! [Benchmark]
I benchmarked MariaDB 10.11 vs 11.4 on identical WordPress + WooCommerce environments. The results: 40x faster subquery updates, 8x faster date queries, and 4-10% faster page loads. Here are the real numbers.
Best WooCommerce Configurator Plugins 2026 (Performance Tested)
I installed 16 WooCommerce configurator plugins on a clean site and measured the real page weight impact. Some add zero overhead. One adds 860KB of JavaScript to every product page.