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Flying Scripts: Delay JavaScript to Improve Site Speed & Performance

by Gijo Varghese · Uncategorized

Also makes 5 other plugins · 67.8K+ installs across the portfolio →

Delay JavaScript to improve speed and performance by loading scripts only when needed, reducing render-blocking for a faster and smoother user experie …

How scoring works →
90 Health · A
Maintenance 99/100
Rating quality 94/100
Support 70/100

90 health vs 56 average across 16,378 Uncategorized plugins

Directory ranking optimization

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How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

77 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Support resolution

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 90/100
Listing tuning 68/100
Support resolution 0/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,421 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-6% vs prior 30d
105Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

2.8K

now · peak 18.1K

2.8K30d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank

wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better

956Rank · Aug 26

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

5Stars · Aug 26

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.

94per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
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.

1

releases in the last 12 months

3mo ago

latest release · v1.2.4

16

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.2.4 · 3mo ago1.2.3 · 2.0y ago1.2.2 · 2.0y ago1.2.1 · 5.5y ago1.2.0 · 5.7y ago1.1.9 · 6.0y ago1.1.8 · 6.0y ago1.1.7 · 6.0y ago1.1.6 · 6.4y ago1.1.5 · 6.5y ago1.1.4 · 6.5y ago1.1.3 · 6.5y ago1.1.2 · 6.5y ago1.1.1 · 6.5y 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.

v1.2 100%
v1.1 0.2%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “30K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
30K–40K ≈39K

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

Install history · since 2020-05-26 · 1,436 observations

30KInstalls · 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.

Details

Version
1.2.4
Last updated
3mo ago
Added
2020-02-06 · 6 yrs old
Requires WP
4.5
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
5.6

Recent reviews

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  1. jhonhorac
    2mo ago

    . With just a few options, it performs its function perfectly.

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  2. iz4atkal
    2.5y ago

    Highly recommended!

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  3. twinsdz
    2.9y ago

    It works very well. Thanks a lot.

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  4. steve-8bm
    3.6y ago

    Good and efficient plugin. 5 stars

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  5. Tom Bush
    3.6y ago

    Sooo easy to set up and a great way to deal with heavy JS from advertising etc. Really simple but brilliant approach to defer until user input. Pagespeed Insights overall score went from 58/70 to 99/100 for mobile & desktop respectively without any other changes (appreciate these values fluctuate anyway but that’s a significant jump even +/- a few points on the final values).

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  6. Tony Hisir
    3.8y ago

    It saved me a lot of time. Thank you for creating a wonderful plugin.

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  7. Jundell Agbo
    4.1y ago

    Thank you for making this amazing plugin.

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  8. Nabil Sikder
    4.1y ago

    Sorry for the late, I am using it since it’s released. Thank you for making this amazing plugin.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 1.2.4 Updated list of event listeners to trigger user interaction 1.2.4
  2. Version 1.2.3 Increased DOM size limit Updated “Optimize more” tab 1.2.3
  3. Version 1.2.2 Fix – Added mouse wheel event for user interaction 1.2.2
  4. Version 1.2.1 Fix – FacetWP compatibility 1.2.1
  5. Version 1.2.0 New – Exclude on pages New – Set timeout to Never 1.2.0
  6. Version 1.1.9 Security updates 1.1.9

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.1

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. 2023-05-14 20K+ → 30K+ up

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Flying Scripts: Delay JavaScript to Improve Site Speed & Performance: 30K+ active installs, 5.0★ (38 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/flying-scripts