MinQueue
by Matthew Haines-Young · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 200+ installs across the portfolio →
Minify & Concatenate Enqueued Scripts & Styles.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+58%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “concatenate”, “minify” and “script” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
48 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.7%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 29.5K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,765 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, well behind 6.8.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4790 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.5.2; the current branch is 6.8
4.5★ over 30 reviews, smoothed to 4.25★
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4790 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| concatenate your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| minify your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| script your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| style your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “concatenate”, “minify” and “script” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 424 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
13.1y ago
latest release · v1.1.2 · 19 Sep 2013
12
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 12 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 5 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Anonymous9.9y ago
This software is dead and dangerous if you use it since it has not kept up with WordPress.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Patrick Boehner10.6y ago
Works as expected and works well. For those whose themes aren’t properly concatenating and minifying scripts and stylesheets or with several plugins then this one if fantastic.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wslymrchsn11.2y ago
Works as advertised.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ postme11.2y ago
I’ve tried every minify plugin under the sun and this is the only one that does exactly what it needs to do in a smart and predictable way. Thank you for making this plugin, I would love to donate to show my appreciation, could you perhaps setup a donate button?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Pierre Dargham11.4y ago
Simple, clean and efficient : it took me 10 minutes to get the perfect result I was looking for, without having to chmod anything (unlike the other plugins that want to write where they shouldn’t). Groups feature is perfect and script / style order is unchanged. Thank you !
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ AaronLott11.4y ago
So awesome! Halved our load times (~6 sec down to 2.9 on load), and super easy to use. 10/10 would use it again.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Barry Kooij11.6y ago
Love this plugin and wish I discovered it sooner. I’m down to 2 JS and 1 CSS file for my complete website now. Thanks man.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Nick van de Veerdonk11.7y ago
Works very well for speed optimization, not so much for SEO as Google can’t access all files when activated.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Minify & Concatenate Enqueued Scripts & Styles."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Fatal error: Allowed memory size…").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 819 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 4 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-09 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-08 200+ → 300+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2025-10-31 300+ → 200+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2025-10-07 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-06 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-10-04 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-03 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-09-30 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Merge + Minify + Refresh 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A - S Scripts and Styles 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Replace Asset Source 40+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D - D Dependency Minification 20+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
- W WP Resources URL Optimization 20+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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Merge + Minify + Refresh Check DIVI 10+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags D
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