Easy Critical CSS
by Easy Critical CSS · Performance
Easily inject Critical CSS and Secondary CSS (with unused CSS styles removed) to improve site speed and performance.
81 health vs 73 average across 349 Performance plugins
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2025-04-23 · 450 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
86
now · peak 438
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 70+ in roughly 56 days.
Install history · since 2025-04-29 · 443 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-12 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-07-11 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-07-10 70+ → 60+ down after 11 days in band
- 2026-06-29 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-28 70+ → 60+ down after 8 days in band
- 2026-06-20 60+ → 70+ up after 21 days in band
- 2026-05-30 50+ → 60+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-05-27 60+ → 50+ down after 5 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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AMP 400K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags C -
Jetpack Boost – Website Speed, Performance and Critical CSS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Performance Lab 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 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 -
Optimization Detective 60K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Image Prioritizer 50K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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