WP Deferred JavaScripts

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1. ★★★★★ webstpro

   7.8y ago

   This plugin prevents showing on the navigation menu on some pages when used with Visual Composer.

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2. ★★★★★ Todd Farino

   8.3y ago

   Like everyone else, I wanted to speed up my site and deferring javaScript is a must. The problem is this plugin does more damage than it helps. – Stops drop down menus in Avada from working. – Google Maps, broke. – Sliders, some break. ZERO explanation as to how to exclude certain javascript form deferring. Went to the support board, and they help no one. Good idea, but needs allot of work!

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3. ★★★★★ capbussat

   8.4y ago

   Great! Easy to use if you need to fine tune speed of your web. There is a need to spped up web downloading, after cache you can use this to optimize Javascript download. But it needs fine tuning otherwise you will get some strange results like pages that do not render properly for a few seconds. Always begin by using a cache plugin.

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4. ★★★★★ Joris Le Blansch

   8.8y ago

   For instance breaks Ajax in Contact 7. To avoid IMO.

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5. ★★★★★ Emanuel Pietri

   9.0y ago

   Hi there. Unfortunately i must inform you this plugins broken my Google maps. We need other plugins for resolving referring problem.

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6. ★★★★★ tigershroof

   9.3y ago

   Okie, so tested this right now with more than 16 different configurations and it works very well. It is the only plugin that actively defers JS. Rest are not as effective. If you are using any Caching Plugin, it may conflict with your website and may break your site. In 16 tests, nothing like this happened. Tested with PHP7 and latest Version of WordPress.

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7. ★★★★★ sailordudes

   9.5y ago

   Hey guys, i was advised to install this plugin but my site is broken. De-activating and deleting it has not helped… Pls HELP how to resolve this? I read an article that I am supposed to delete my cache which -I think- I did but without effect. Perhaps I haven’t done it on the right please. Deaer Plugin support, please help, my site is unusuable at the moment! René

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8. ★★★★★ ESAR

   9.6y ago

   I had a site running slowly and was told Javascript needed to be deferred. I was hesitant, but the most recent reviews were good. Nope. It made my site slower and key areas on the main page showed up as white boxes. Kept getting errors trying to delete it, took about 4 attempts for it to go away. Too scary/risky for a high traffic site. This topic was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by ESAR.

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-05-14 900+ → 800+ down after 106 days in tier
2. 2026-01-28 1K+ → 900+ down after 854 days in tier
3. 2023-09-27 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).

• AMP 400K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags C
• Performance Lab 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• Speculative Loading 70K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Async JavaScript 70K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Optimization Detective 60K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• Image Prioritizer 40K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B

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WP Deferred JavaScripts: 800+ active installs, 3.2★ (35 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-deferred-javascripts