Best core web vital plugins for WordPress
The most popular core web vital plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Reduce Unused CSS Solution with Critical CSS For WP leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Oxyplug Preload (500+). All 2 plugins tagged “Core Web Vital” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 core web vital plugins
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Reduce Unused CSS Solution with Critical CSS For WPThe most installed core web vital plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 13 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
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Oxyplug Preload500+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “Core Web Vital”
Reduce Unused CSS Solution with Critical CSS For WP
Up in the last 7 days:27#6,811by Magazine32 months ago
Critical CSS For WP removes the unused CSS which helps to paint fast and render the above fold content, before downloading the complete css files.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.8(13)
- Downloads
- 21/day
Oxyplug Preload
Down in the last 7 days:17#8,840by Oxyplug Team2 months ago
Preload featured images to improve the Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) and to get a better Core Web Vital (CWV) score on Google's Lighthouse.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 7/day