AssetsMinify
by Alessandro Carbone · Uncategorized
Use Compass, Sass, Less, Stylus, CoffeeScript (and more ...) to develop your themes and minify your stylesheets and JavaScript.
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Health
D 50/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
40+
≈45 estimated
Momentum
+7%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “assets” for “coffeescript”. “assets” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “coffeescript” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 40 of 20.4K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,787 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, well behind 7.1.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4215 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.2.39; the current branch is 7.1
4.9★ over 19 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.3★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4215 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| coffeescript | #16 | #10 | 0 |
| assets your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| css your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| js your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| less your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| minify your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “assets” for “coffeescript”. “assets” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “coffeescript” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 144 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #21,400 to #22,800, alongside the other plugins at 40+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
11.5y ago
latest release · v2.0.2 · 20 Apr 2015
13
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago; the previous band took 14 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 21 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Carlos Bensant10.1y ago
It does what it said it does, merge and minify your (CSS/JS) assets
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous10.1y ago
It’s amazing.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ plantabutterfly10.6y ago
Simple and great. Other minify is bad when compared with this!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ robintel11.1y ago
It’s easy to use, even for complex websites. So I love it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Frank Gomez11.3y ago
I’ve tried six different minify plugins and they all crashed my website(s) so I was happy when this one didn’t hurt anything. I don’t see that it is making a significant improvement so I lowered my rating to a 4.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ philsalt11.3y ago
Thank you for a easy set up plugin. Been trying to minify and combine using W3 Total Cache for a while and gave up with its minify function. I am not saying W3 Total Cache is a bad plugin, it is not. This plugin just makes the job far easier for minifying & combining. There is still work to do to identity those styles & scripts that need excluding. I don’t know if this can be made easier by some how allowing the plugin to list the styles & scripts, and then checking those styles & scripts to not include after you’ve identified the excluders.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nick.ivanter11.3y ago
I’ve been trying to use the minify feature of the W3 Total Cache plugin and struggled with it for years. Had to manually exclude many scripts and styles (particularly those related to WooCommerce and GravityForms) to prevent the minification from breaking my website. Then I tried AssetsMinify and it pretty much simply worked. I did have some small issues getting it to pick up all of my CSS and JS assets, but that was minor and the most important thing is that the resulting combined/minified .css and .js did work. The code of the plugin is easy to understand and well-written. Great work!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Actor Mike11.9y ago
Uncheck Compress styles and delete your caches and reload the page if this isn’t working for you. I’d suggest to the author this is unchecked by default upon install to prevent negative reviews! Works great and does not fail the Remove query strings from static resources test on GTMetrix like Better WP minify!
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 441 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-21 50+ → 40+ down after 410 days in tier
- 2025-01-07 60+ → 50+ down after 194 days in tier
- 2024-06-27 70+ → 60+ down after 102 days in tier
- 2024-03-17 80+ → 70+ down after 108 days in tier
- 2023-11-30 90+ → 80+ down after 16 days in tier
- 2023-11-14 100+ → 90+ down after 784 days in tier
- 2021-09-21 200+ → 100+ down after 373 days in tier
- 2020-09-13 300+ → 200+ down after 202 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
- W WP Minify Fix 800+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
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Powered Minifier 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags C -
Filename based asset cache busting 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D - A Assets to footer 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
- C Clear Cache for Me 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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WP Super Minify • Minify, Compress and Cache HTML, CSS & JavaScript 8K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
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