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JavaScript to Footer

by Vladimir Prelovac · Performance

Also makes 14 other plugins · 28.5K+ installs across the portfolio →

This plugin automatically moves JavaScript code to page footer, speeding up page loading time.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
39 Health · F
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 59/100
Support 70/100

39 health vs 67 average across 1,075 Performance plugins

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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, 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.

36 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 4/100
Rating quality 65/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4267 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 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+29% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

202

now · peak 201

20130d 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

JavaScript to Footer · #8777 you SOGO Add Script to I · #1145 Scripts To Footer · #2591 WP Deferred JavaScri · #7513

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

2.9Stars · 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.

402per 1k installs · Aug 26

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.

v0.4 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
500–600 ≈560

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

Install history · since 2015-03-21 · 1,426 observations

500Installs · 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.

Details

Version
0.4.1
Last updated
11.7y ago
Added
2008-12-02 · 17 yrs old
Requires WP
2.3
Tested up to
4.2.39
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. AB Siddik
    10.0y ago

    I used and face some of bad experience with it

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  2. Zudwa
    10.6y ago

    Good

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  3. convictedvapour
    10.7y ago

    This plugin fails to do it’s job and breaks many sites I tetsed with DO NOT USE IT!

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  4. Qamrul Haque
    11.1y ago

    It breaks sidebar widgets, adsense, search box, subscription box, etc.

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  5. Rob Robot
    11.3y ago

    Thank you Vladimir Prelovac for this great plugin. It’s work for me.

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  6. macdonjo
    11.5y ago

    It moved a lot of the files as it should. Great plugin for those who know what they are doing!

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  7. Lion70
    11.6y ago

    I tried this plugin to help speed up my site and fix the ‘render blocking scripts’ issues. According to pagespeed it did neither. I usually try the support area first before leaving a bad review but, when I went there I did not see the plugin author reply to any of the support threads; nor do I see the plugin author replying to any of the review posts here. Which tells me the plugin author isn’t going to give me or anyone else any help.

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  8. sureno
    11.6y ago

    Thanks a lot, your plugin it’s good for me.

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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. 2026-06-26 600+ → 500+ down after 191 days in tier
  2. 2025-12-17 700+ → 600+ down after 241 days in tier
  3. 2025-04-20 800+ → 700+ down after 202 days in tier
  4. 2024-09-30 900+ → 800+ down after 158 days in tier
  5. 2024-04-25 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2024-04-24 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2024-04-23 1K+ → 900+ down

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