Faster CSS browser rendering displaying selected fragments of your theme stylesheet file directly into the head section.
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….
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…
| WordPress | 3.3.2+ requiredTested up to 4.3.34 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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