Eliminate Render Blocking CSS
by danielauener · Uncategorized
Get a better PageSpeed result by integrating the eliminate-render-blocking-css.com service into your site.
40 health vs 56 average across 10,958 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.33, 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 3416 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
19
now · peak 73
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,372 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-16 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-02-13 20+ → 30+ up after 39 days in band
- 2026-01-05 30+ → 20+ down after 231 days in band
- 2025-05-19 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-05-16 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-05-13 40+ → 30+ down after 381 days in band
- 2024-04-27 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-04-26 40+ → 50+ up after 9 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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Hummingbird Performance – Cache & Page Speed Optimization for Core Web Vitals | Critical CSS | Minify CSS | Defer CSS Javascript | CDN 70K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Reduce Unused CSS Solution with Critical CSS For WP 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
CSS Optimizer – Remove Unused CSS 100+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag D -
Easy Critical CSS 60+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
Critical CSS and Javascript 10+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag D
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