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Scripts To Footer

by Joshua David Nelson · Performance

Also makes 2 other plugins · 32K+ installs across the portfolio →

Move your scripts to the footer to help speed up perceived page load times and improve user experience.

How scoring works →
78 Health · B
Maintenance 73/100
Rating quality 89/100
Support 70/100

78 health vs 67 average across 1,075 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.

92 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 82/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 87/100
Listing tuning 100/100

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+46% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

571

now · peak 9.5K

57230d 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

Scripts To Footer · #2591 you Speed Optimizer · #43 Jetpack Boost · #244 Header and Footer Sc · #246

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.7Stars · 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.

82per 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

10mo ago

latest release · v0.7.3

13

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

0.7.3 · 10mo ago0.7.2 · 2.7y ago0.7.1 · 3.5y ago0.7.0 · 3.5y ago0.6.4.1 · 6.4y ago0.6.3 · 7.2y ago0.6.2 · 8.8y ago0.6.1 · 9.2y ago0.6.0 · 11.0y ago0.5 · 12.0y ago0.3 · 12.2y ago0.2 · 12.4y ago0.1 · 12.5y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 68% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v0.7 68%
v0.6 31%
v0.5 0.4%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “7K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
7K–8K ≈7.4K

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

Install history · since 2015-03-17 · 1,432 observations

7KInstalls · 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
0.7.3
Last updated
10mo ago
Added
2013-01-27 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
5.3
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
7.4

Recent reviews

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  1. Jimmy Lee
    3.4y ago

    Move jquery to my footer with no issues, have been researching and seemed to be near impossible. Should have checked the Repository first! Scripts to Footer is a GREAT plugin! Thanks SO much!

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  2. 321abc
    5.2y ago

    Works perfectly and has all the options you could possibly want from a load scripts in footer plugin.

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  3. Tom
    7.1y ago

    This is great idea.

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  4. LELB Society
    7.2y ago

    After installing this plugin, I noticed my site being loaded quite faster. This plugin is a miracle worker. I use SG Optimizer and needed to use a plugin that does not have any conflict with SG Optimizer. After doing so much research, I finally came across this one.

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  5. asgard8
    7.6y ago

    Yo lo utilizo en mi site y va genial, principalmente lo puede usar con sites sin scripts en sliders y demás.

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  6. rifel
    8.0y ago

    Thanks to the author

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  7. DragoWeb
    8.8y ago

    Thanks for this plugin.

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  8. Gulshan Kumar
    8.8y ago

    Your plugin deserves lots of love and support, added to favourite. I will make sure to recommend it as much as possible. Thank you so much dear Developer.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 0.7.3 Tested up to WordPress 6.8.3 Add composer support Update github actions 0.7.3
  2. Version 0.7.2 Tested up to WordPress 6.4.2. Bump minimum WordPress version to 5.3, aligning with minimum PHP support. A bunch of code tidy, fix coding standards, typos, and CI. h/t @szepeviktor Add github actions 0.7.2
  3. Version 0.7.1 Remove duplicated plugin header to fix fresh install error. 0.7.1
  4. Version 0.7.0 Update tested WP up to 6.1.1 Update minimum PHP to 7.4 Restructuring files to match plugin boilerplate structure. 0.7.0
  5. Version 0.6.4.1 Update Github Action to publish from github to WP.org. 0.6.4.1
  6. Version 0.6.4 Removed unnecessary logging functions and added a debug check before logging anything. Tidy up code spacing and inline-documentation. Added STF_DEBUG for use in error logging function with WP_DEBUG , both must be true be 0.6.4

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3

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. 2026-04-28 8K+ → 7K+ down after 227 days in tier
  2. 2025-09-13 9K+ → 8K+ down after 2 days in tier
  3. 2025-09-11 8K+ → 9K+ up after 2 days in tier
  4. 2025-09-09 9K+ → 8K+ down after 220 days in tier
  5. 2025-02-01 10K+ → 9K+ down

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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