Fast Velocity Minify

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Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

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64 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 16 listed. 48 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank vs rivals

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 54% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 37 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 40K.

1. ★★★★★ Wild Operation

   5mo ago

   FVM was able to handle a couple of optimizations that other minification plugins were not.

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2. ★★★★★ HKP

   1.7y ago

   I’ve been using this plugin for a long time now and it meets my needs for Simplicity and Effectiveness totally.The plugin support is also very fast and efficient, and again, all in terms I can understand. I’d recommend this plugin to anyone totally and unreservedly!

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3. ★★★★★ nicolasvsedeco

   3.4y ago

   Great plugin to compress and cache html/js/css easily

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4. ★★★★★ jtwoody

   4.1y ago

   Issues experienced with Uncode theme causing database to bloat. Developer offered helpful advice. This topic was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by jtwoody. This topic was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by jtwoody.

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5. ★★★★★ Sunny

   4.3y ago

   Tried them all. The results, simplicity and unobtrusiveness of this plugin makes it the winner. Thank you!

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6. ★★★★★ yasin939

   4.7y ago

   Plugin has got compatibility issues with PHP 8.1 Issue: ICONS break on the website and is replaced with some weird characters. Example Icons: Basket ICON / Down arrow / Wish list Heart Icon etc. Issue is after upgrading PHP from 8.0 to 8.1 (stable release). If plugin is deactivated with PHP 8.1 icons return to their normal view. Enable it and converts icons to weird characters again. Reverted back PHP to 8.0 and it works perfectly fine. Can this be fixed as in order to stay inline with the latest stable PHP releases, please?

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7. ★★★★★ zo1234

   5.2y ago

   Broke site as soon as I activated it. Neato. I read in other reviews that the plugin author said ‘it’s meant for advanced users’ and ‘manually adjust settings’. 1) Well that should be in big bold words on the plugin page 2) You should put more emphasis on guiding users through the process 3) That’s a great way to make a plugin less popular, since this is a frontend facing product, where your average user isn’t tech savvy. A successful plugin will cater to the dumbest of the dumbest people who are also in a rush. Most people aren’t tech-savvy and just want to push ‘activate’, click on a few recommended settings, and go. People shouldn’t have to read up documentation just for a freakin plugin. It’s up to the WP plugin author to make that possible, not the users. Or don’t, and let a better competitor come along who does. This is why the customer is always right. Because better competition will always come along and they’ll just switch to them. A lot of cynical IT people will say “user error” or “you’re lazy” or “you’re retarded” lol. No, it’s that business owners have 100 other things – which are usually more profitable and higher ROI – to focus on, and plugins not working shouldn’t be one of them.

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8. ★★★★★ shoplifter

   5.3y ago

   Installed it and was impressed because it seemed to make my sites visibly faster. They were probably faster because it disables Yoast title rewrites. I tried a few configuration changes but I couldn’t get it to work with Yoast and I had to remove it. I hope these issues can be fixed because FVM very promising. This topic was modified 5 years ago by shoplifter. This topic was modified 5 years ago by shoplifter.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 3.5.7 Fixed “outside allowed directory” errors on symlinked WordPress installs. Tested up to WordPress 7.0.2 3.5.7
2. — Version 3.5.6 Fixed the release package by including the bundled PHP Minify exception file required by version 1.3.75 3.5.6
3. — Version 3.5.5 Updated compatibility for WordPress 7.0 Preserved third-party SEO/meta head blocks by avoiding broad head metadata relocation Improved cache purging on deactivation/uninstall and supported third-party cache plugins Fixed 3.5.5
4. — Version 3.5.4 Removed the unecessary SSRF checks for external requests that were blocking sites behind NAT or intranet deployments 3.5.4
5. — Version 3.5.3 Introduces a new ‘Cache External Fonts locally’ setting in the admin layout Refactors and improves CSS URL handling for better URL normalization and updates font-face simplification logic. 3.5.3
6. — Version 3.5.2 SECURITY : Fixed Stored XSS vulnerability in CDN domain input validation (CVE-2025-12034) SECURITY : Fixed Path Traversal vulnerability allowing arbitrary local file disclosure SECURITY : Enabled TLS certificate verifica 3.5.2

All 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (3.5.8). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 4.4 Fast Velocity Minify <= 3.5.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-10-24 CVE-2025-12034 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.5.1 Patched in 3.5.2
2. Patched Medium · 4.3 Fast Velocity Minify <= 2.7.6 - Full Path Disclosure ↗
   2019-10-16 CVE-2019-19983 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 2.7.6 Patched in 2.7.7

Translated into 13 languages, 4 at 90% or more

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-09-25 40K+ → 30K+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-09-24 30K+ → 40K+ up after 3 days in tier
3. 2026-09-21 40K+ → 30K+ down after 413 days in tier
4. 2025-08-04 50K+ → 40K+ down after 359 days in tier
5. 2024-08-10 60K+ → 50K+ down after 417 days in tier
6. 2023-06-20 70K+ → 60K+ down after 260 days in tier
7. 2022-10-03 80K+ → 70K+ down after 199 days in tier
8. 2022-03-18 90K+ → 80K+ down after 232 days in tier

Competes with

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Fast Velocity Minify: 30K+ active installs, 4.6★ (195 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/fast-velocity-minify