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CSS Minify

by peterpfeiffer · Uncategorized

Also makes 1 other plugin · 230+ installs across the portfolio →

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Minify and Optimize your CSS by clicking one button.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
41 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 64/100
Support 70/100

41 health vs 56 average across 16,377 Uncategorized plugins

200+

Active installs

≈290 estimated

18.1K

Total downloads

since 2017

3.59★

Rating (adjusted)

2.3★ raw · 3 reviews

+33%

60

Downloads · 30d

category median +19%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 4.9.31, 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.

38 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 10/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3163 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+33% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

60

now · peak 150

6030d downloads · Aug 26

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

CSS Minify · #12577 you WP Super Minify • Mi · #2336 CSS Above The Fold · #12699 Minify HTML · #1666

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.

300per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

8.7y ago

latest release · v3.0

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

3.0 · 8.7y ago2.0 · 8.7y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v3.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈290

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,383 observations

200Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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.

Ratings · 3 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
2

Details

Version
3.0
Last updated
8.7y ago
Added
2017-02-21 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
4.1
Tested up to
4.9.31
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Vladimir Vassilev
    8.0y ago

    Way to go, peterpfeiffer! Your plugin contains the same files and functions as in Autoptimize and your plugin’s PRO version provides what people could get for free in Autoptimize. Who knew “Copy, cut and paste” could be a business model?!

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  2. ★★★★★ margomm
    9.5y ago

    Не справляется больше

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  3. ★★★★★ tralaland
    9.5y ago

    1 Click and it minifies your css as advertised, very good. This topic was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by tralaland. Reason: Forgot to add wp version

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✕ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-08-24 300+ → 200+ down after 21 days in tier
  2. 2025-08-03 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2025-08-02 300+ → 200+ down after 349 days in tier
  4. 2024-08-18 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
  5. 2024-08-16 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
  6. 2024-08-15 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
  7. 2024-08-14 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
  8. 2024-08-13 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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