Berq Used CSS – Remove Unused CSS Automatically
by BerqWP · Performance
Also makes 3 other plugins · 4.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Make your website load faster by removing unused CSS. Automatically strips bloated stylesheets down to only what each page actually needs.
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
70+
≈71 estimated
Momentum
+8%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “optimization” and “page speed” for “unused css” and “unused”. “optimization” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “unused css” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “page speed” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “unused” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 69 average across 1,807 Performance plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.8%
of downloads still active
At least 70 of 1.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Performance plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,101 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Performance plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 5 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 17 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
53
Momentum
Holding steady
+1.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 24d
39%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 24d
+1.4
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| used | #3 | #20 | 0 |
| unused css | #7 | #20 | up 14 |
| automatically | #23 | #24 | down 1 |
| unused | #23 | #23 | 0 |
| css only | #23 | #24 | — |
| plugins used | #23 | #24 | — |
| optimization your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| page speed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| performance your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| speed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| used css your tag | Not checked yet | ||
24 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 18 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “optimization” and “page speed” for “unused css” and “unused”. “optimization” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “unused css” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “page speed” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “unused” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 4 Jun 2026 · 149 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 354 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #18,200 to #19,000, alongside the other plugins at 70+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
5
releases in the last 12 months
25d ago
latest release · v1.0.19 · 6 Oct 2026
5
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 “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 19 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 70.
At the current install trend, crossing 80+ in roughly 19 days.
Install history since 3 Jun 2026
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Make your website load faster by removing unused CSS. Automatically strips bloated stylesheets down to only..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WP Rocket, LiteSpeed.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 3 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,465 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "optimization", "Page Speed" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-12 60+ → 70+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2026-09-26 50+ → 60+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-09-21 60+ → 50+ down after 14 days in tier
- 2026-09-07 50+ → 60+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2026-08-22 40+ → 50+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 30+ → 40+ up after 27 days in tier
- 2026-07-11 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 10+ → 20+ up
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).
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Quicklink for WordPress 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags C
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