Best unused CSS plugins for WordPress
The most popular unused CSS plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Asset CleanUp leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Easy Critical CSS (80+) and Unloadly (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “unused css” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 unused CSS plugins
- 1.
Asset CleanUpThe most installed unused CSS plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,564 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.Easy Critical CSS
80+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 3.
Unloadly10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
GT PerformanceFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 4 plugins tagged “unused css”

Asset CleanUp
Down in the last 7 days:1#445by Gabe Livan1 month ago
Speed up your WordPress site by unloading unnecessary CSS and JavaScript, reducing page bloat, and managing your own Critical CSS per page type.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.9(1.6K)
- Downloads
- 629/day
Easy Critical CSS
Up in the last 7 days:307#17,971by Easy Critical CSS27 days ago
Easily inject Critical CSS and Secondary CSS (with unused CSS styles removed) to improve site speed and performance.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Unloadly
Up in the last 7 days:20,759#33,776by versouq1 month ago
Speed up WordPress by disabling plugin CSS and JS on pages that don't need them. Faster load time, no code needed.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

GT Performance
Down in the last 7 days:3,722#72,312by Gaurav Tiwari14 days ago
Page caching, unused CSS removal, and Cloudflare Free edge caching that never caches a cart or checkout. Everything runs on your own server.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day