Reduce Unused CSS Solution with Critical CSS For WP

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1. ★★★★★ johnfkirk

   5mo ago

   Hola: con telefono celular funciona muy bien, no así con la pc que queda peor que antes, quizas debería producir dos archivos, uno para el celular y otro para PC.

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2. ★★★★★ bigroadtrip

   1.4y ago

   I start using it and the results are very good! It does exactly what i need it to do so thanks for this plugin developers!

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3. ★★★★★ alt77x

   2.0y ago

   Plug-In stopped working after a few hours. No support either This topic was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by alt77x.

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4. ★★★★★ dizitele

   2.2y ago

   The interface is not user friendly. If you do not have good knowledge about the subject, it can cause you big troubles. It can also be a headache for mobile themes. This is how the adventure ended for me, I hope it will be good for someone else.

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5. ★★★★★ yantisa

   2.3y ago

   This works much better compared to other plugins that I tried, and I can see the load speed significantly faster This topic was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by yantisa.

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6. ★★★★★ wegerl

   2.7y ago

   The plug-in has helped to improve site performance and is overall highly recommended! The clear and effective settings ensure that every website should work optimally.

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7. ★★★★★ Ed Shway

   3.0y ago

   UPDATE: I apologize for leaving a review instead of a support thread. I’ve added one now – https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-error-activation/ I’ll change the rating to 5 because I don’t want to unfairly drag the rating down. Original post: It caused a critical error on my entire site as soon as I visited the plugin’s settings page. This topic was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by Ed Shway. This topic was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by Ed Shway.

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8. ★★★★★ sbiar

   3.3y ago

   This just didnt work.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Growth timeline

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

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

• SpeedyCache – Cache, Optimization, Performance 600K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• Jetpack Boost – Website Speed, Performance and Critical CSS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Hummingbird Performance – Cache & Page Speed Optimization for Core Web Vitals | Critical CSS | Minify CSS | Defer CSS Javascript | CDN 70K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• JCH Optimize 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• WPSpeed – WordPress Speed, Cache & Performance Optimization (Core Web Vitals, PageSpeed 100) 2K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A

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Reduce Unused CSS Solution with Critical CSS For WP: 1K+ active installs, 3.8★ (13 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/critical-css-for-wp