CSS Minify
by peterpfeiffer · Uncategorized
Minify and Optimize your CSS by clicking one button.
41 health vs 59 average across 7,140 Uncategorized plugins
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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, well behind 6.8.
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 3118 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 · 1,382 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
40
now · peak 150
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
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-08-24 300+ → 200+ down after 21 days in band
- 2025-08-03 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-08-02 300+ → 200+ down after 349 days in band
- 2024-08-18 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-08-16 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-08-15 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-08-14 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-08-13 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WP Super Minify • Minify, Compress and Cache HTML, CSS & JavaScript 8K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Minify HTML 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A - B Better WordPress Minify 8K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
- W WP Minify Fix 800+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Powered Minifier 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
WP CSS, Javascript and HTML 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/css-optimizer" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="CSS Minify — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> CSS Minify: 200+ active installs, 2.3★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/css-optimizer