Critical CSS and Javascript
by teamperformance · Uncategorized
Defer render blocking CSS and Javascript with the best Critical-CSS WordPress plugin
42 health vs 56 average across 16,375 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.21.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2350 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
22
now · peak 70
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
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
6.4y ago
latest release · v1.0.0
1
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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-03-11 · 1,383 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ petethompson5.8y ago
pagespeed rating have dropped from 85 to 11 even after i deleted the plugin and went back to an earlier backup. DO NOT use this. Zero Stars
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-10-05 20+ → 10+ down after 440 days in tier
- 2023-07-23 30+ → 20+ down after 148 days in tier
- 2023-02-25 40+ → 30+ down after 18 days in tier
- 2023-02-07 30+ → 40+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2023-01-31 40+ → 30+ down after 14 days in tier
- 2023-01-17 30+ → 40+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2023-01-11 40+ → 30+ down after 64 days in tier
- 2022-11-08 50+ → 40+ down after 6 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).
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Jetpack Boost – Website Speed, Performance and Critical CSS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Hummingbird Performance – Cache & Page Speed Optimization for Core Web Vitals | Critical CSS | Minify CSS | Defer CSS Javascript | CDN 70K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Page Speed Optimizer: HTTP/2 Push, Async JavaScript, and Defer CSS 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
CSS JS Manager, Async JavaScript, Defer Render Blocking CSS 1K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Reduce Unused CSS Solution with Critical CSS For WP 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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