Powered Minifier
by neoslab · Performance
Also makes 7 other plugins · 1.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Reduce your page load by minifying your HTML source along with all the CSS and JS code present in your markup.
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Health
C 60/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+12%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “css”, “html” and “js” 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.
60 health vs 69 average across 1,808 Performance plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.0%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 19.4K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Performance plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,103 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Performance plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 553 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 553 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.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 18d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 18d
0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| minifier | #3 | #6 | 0 |
| css your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| html your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| js your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| minify your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| optimize your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “css”, “html” and “js” 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.
- Already on top for “minifier”. #3 without listing it. A tag would change little there; your slots are better spent on a search you don't yet win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.2K · 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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
1.5y ago
latest release · v1.7.8 · 25 Apr 2025
58
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 7 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 16 Aug 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ pkiula4.5y ago
I’ve tried many specific plugins. Autoptimze. WP-Optimize. Parts of caching plugins like WP Rocket. All of them goof things up in minifying CSS or JS, or somehow leave some lines for some reason, and then you’re sitting there poring over their settings or wondering which setting is leading to a few lines not being minified properly. This is by far THE best minification plugin. Everything ends up in one long line in the HTML, no questions asked. No CSS or JS jumbled up. One job, and it does it exceptionally well. Love it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ neoslab7.4y ago
Honestly it’s the best minifier plugin for WordPress
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more
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
1 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use it"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 331 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "Optimize" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-21 300+ → 200+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2026-03-15 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-13 300+ → 200+ down after 437 days in tier
- 2024-12-31 400+ → 300+ down after 16 days in tier
- 2024-12-15 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-12-14 400+ → 300+ down after 169 days in tier
- 2024-06-28 300+ → 400+ up after 384 days in tier
- 2023-06-10 200+ → 300+ up after 1 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).
- W WP Minify Fix 800+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags D
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WP Super Minify • Minify, Compress and Cache HTML, CSS & JavaScript 8K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A -
Optimize More! 100+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags D -
Clearfy Cache – WordPress optimization plugin, Minify HTML, CSS & JS, Defer 40K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A - C Clear Cache for Me 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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Code Embed 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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