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CSS Above The Fold

Faster CSS browser rendering displaying selected fragments of your theme stylesheet file directly into the head section.

By Pau Iglesias·Minify·Free
5(1 reviews)
·200 active installs·Updated 10 years ago
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As of April 2026, CSS Above The Fold is a WordPress minify plugin with 200 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 16K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.3.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images….

5/51 reviews
200active installs
16K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015

Overview

Improve user experience by having your above-the-fold (top of the page) CSS styles in-page.

Even if the rest of the CSS files take a seconds to load, these specific CSS styles displayed from the head section ensure a quick rendering of your page and better score in testing systems like Google Page Speed Insights.

But you do not need to maintain two separate stylesheets, just select specific fragments of your theme style file with a special markup to create an above-the-fold styles joining the CSS fragments in the head section.

This plugin enables a special open and close tags that you can insert editing your style.css theme file to surround pieces of code:

[css-above-the-fold]

… Your theme CSS code fragment …

[/css-above-the-fold]

But this syntax is not an standard CSS, so you…

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Ratings & Reviews

51 reviews
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress3.3.2+ requiredTested up to 4.3.34
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0

  • Initial Release.
  • Tested until WordPress 4.2
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

BlogestudioBlogestudioPau IglesiasPau Iglesias
Plugin Info
Version
1.0
Last Updated
Aug 31, 2015
WP Requires
3.3.2+
Tested Up To
4.3.34
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
200
Downloads
16K+
Added
Mar 25, 2015
Business
Free

Tags

minifyminify cssminificationoptimizationminify stylesheet

Developer

P
Pau Iglesias
8 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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