Improves Pagespeed/GTMetrix/SEMrush/Yslow scores for Twenty Fourteen and other themes by reducing round trips, moving core CSS above the fold.
As of April 2026, AAC Scoring is a WordPress theme plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 4.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.x+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Kirki Customizer Framework.
Improves Pagespeed/GTMetrix/SEMrush/Yslow scores for Twenty Fourteen and other themes by reducing round trips, moving core CSS above the fold. For best results, you should also employ the following to get the best score:
Fast Velocity Minify
Smush IT
Declutter WordPress
- removes excessive fonts:
Lato (from google)
Open Sans (from google - part of WP Embed load)
For Emphasize theme
Genericons (replace with Font Awesome if in use)
- removes excessive json+ld entries
- Embedding Styles Above-the-fold:
Child Theme Configurator (child theme styles)
Twentyfourteen Styles (and main theme styles for other themes)
Icon-Fonts when Font Awesome in use
Font Awesome Four Menus (overrides Icon-Fonts font-awesome)…| WordPress | 3.x+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
2.3.6.1 Updated README.txt
2.3.6 Fixed protection around Tabby Responsive Tabs so error does not appear when it is not enabled as a plugin. Tested to 4.7.2
2.3.5 Update to Settings page, moved text around, including all things plugin does.
2.3.0 Fixed Tabby Responsive Tabs issue where tabby.css was not always included properly to be picked up by aac-scoring. Usually ended up with an empty CSS include above the fold.
2.2.0 Updated to support Tabby Responsive Tabs an…
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