Plugin Pulse
← Pulse
R

Reduce Unused CSS Solution with Critical CSS For WP

by Magazine3 · Performance

Critical CSS For WP removes the unused CSS which helps to paint fast and render the above fold content, before downloading the complete css files.

How scoring works →
82 Health · B
Maintenance 100
Rating quality 70
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-72%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “1K+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
1K–2K ≈1.9K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install trend · reconstructed from 1377 daily snapshots

Details

Version
1.0.23
Last updated
2mo ago
Added
2022-09-15
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
7.0.1
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2023-05-16 900+ → 1K+ up after 13 days in band
  2. 2023-05-03 800+ → 900+ up after 12 days in band
  3. 2023-04-21 700+ → 800+ up after 19 days in band
  4. 2023-04-02 600+ → 700+ up after 9 days in band
  5. 2023-03-24 500+ → 600+ up after 9 days in band
  6. 2023-03-15 400+ → 500+ up after 4 days in band
  7. 2023-03-11 300+ → 400+ up after 5 days in band
  8. 2023-03-06 200+ → 300+ up after 8 days in band

Embed this report card

Drop a live Pulse card for Reduce Unused CSS Solution with Critical CSS For WP into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.

<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/critical-css-for-wp" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Reduce Unused CSS Solution with Critical CSS For WP — Plugin Pulse"></iframe>
Preview card ↗

Reduce Unused CSS Solution with Critical CSS For WP: 1K+ active installs, 3.8★ (13 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/critical-css-for-wp