Optimize Scripts & Styles
by Sean Michaud · Performance
Optimize Scripts & Styles combines scripts and styles on your site, minifies them and provides cachable versions for improved site performance.
84 health vs 71 average across 423 Performance plugins
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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
49
now · peak 247
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 “70+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 80+ in roughly 258 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-23 80+ → 70+ down after 7 days in band
- 2026-06-16 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-06-14 80+ → 70+ down after 38 days in band
- 2026-05-07 70+ → 80+ up after 187 days in band
- 2025-11-01 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-10-31 70+ → 60+ down after 78 days in band
- 2025-08-14 80+ → 70+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-08-09 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in band
Competes with
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Encute 20+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D - C Custom Resources 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/optimize-scripts-styles" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Optimize Scripts & Styles — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Optimize Scripts & Styles: 70+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/optimize-scripts-styles