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Speed Up – JavaScript To Footer

by nigro.simone · Performance

Also makes 6 other plugins · 3.0K+ installs across the portfolio →

Move all the possible JavaScript files from head to footer and improve page load times.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
84 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

84 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.

90 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 57/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

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

-60% vs prior 30d
37Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

430

now · peak 1.5K

42530d 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

Speed Up · #5431 you TinyPNG · #319 NitroPack · #483 Async JavaScript · #604

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.3Stars · 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.

425per 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

1mo ago

latest release · v1.0.12

13

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.12 · 1mo ago1.0.11 · 3.5y ago1.0.10 · 4.6y ago1.0.9 · 5.4y ago1.0.8 · 6.1y ago1.0.7 · 6.8y ago1.0.6 · 6.8y ago1.0.5 · 7.2y ago1.0.4 · 8.8y ago1.0.3 · 9.5y ago1.0.2 · 9.7y ago1.0.1 · 9.8y ago1.0.0 · 9.8y ago

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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
1K–2K ≈1.9K

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

Install history · since 2019-03-28 · 1,421 observations

1KInstalls · 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. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.

Details

Version
1.0.14
Last updated
1mo ago
Added
2016-11-06 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
6.0
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.0

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.1.1

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. 2024-08-25 2K+ → 1K+ 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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Speed Up – JavaScript To Footer: 1K+ active installs, 4.3★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/speed-up-javascript-to-footer