Best minification plugins for WordPress
The most popular minification plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. CSS Minify leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of CSS Above The Fold (200+) and SpeedyGo (100+). All 10 plugins tagged “minification” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 minification plugins
- 1.
CSS MinifyThe most installed minification plugin, with 200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 2.
CSS Above The Fold200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 3.
SpeedyGo100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.
WE50+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago.
- 5.
LC Scripts Optimizer10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 days ago.
- 6.
Smart Optimizer10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 7.
CC-Minify10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 8.
minify htmlFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 9.
RapidPressFewer than 10 active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 10.
TorqueFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
All 10 plugins tagged “minification”
CSS Minify
Up in the last 7 days:59#12,556by peterpfeiffer8 years ago
Minify and Optimize your CSS by clicking one button.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 2.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CSS Above The Fold
Down in the last 7 days:14#12,838by Pau Iglesias11 years ago
Faster CSS browser rendering displaying selected fragments of your theme stylesheet file directly into the head section.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SpeedyGo
Up in the last 7 days:154#14,861by Code and core25 days ago
Optimize your WordPress site with advanced caching, minification, and performance tools for faster loading.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WE
Down in the last 7 days:139#20,140by wordpresteem1 year ago
WE - Minify HTML will help in Compacting HTML code, including any inline JavaScript and CSS contained in it,can save many bytes of data. 1.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
LC Scripts Optimizer
Down in the last 7 days:2,508#30,138by LCweb5 days ago
A lightweight WordPress performance optimizer that gives you full control over JavaScript and CSS loading. Reduce unnecessary requests, optimize front …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smart Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:8,649#38,967by Huzaifa Al Mesbah1 year ago
Optimize your WordPress site performance with one-click minification, caching, and lazy loading features.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CC-Minify
Down in the last 7 days:13,067#48,376by Clearcode10 years ago
This plugin combines and minifies your CSS and JS files to improve page load time.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
minify html
#51,232by emanuel4 years ago
Minify HTML output for clean looking markup and faster downloading.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
RapidPress
Up in the last 7 days:7,874#53,661by Nazim Husain7 months ago
Boost your WordPress site speed by 2x-5x with advanced optimization techniques including minification, asset management, and performance tweaks.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Torque
Down in the last 7 days:14,391#68,494by Hexydec1 year ago
A Wordpress plugin to optimise the transport of your website to the client. Reduce the load on your server and make your Wordpress website fly!
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day