Dependency Minification
Automatically concatenates and minifies any scripts and stylesheets enqueued using the standard dependency system.
4(11 reviews)
·30 active installs·Updated 11 years agoAs of April 2026, Dependency Minification is a WordPress minify plugin with 30 active installations and a 4/5 rating from 11 reviews. It has been downloaded 17K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images….
4/511 reviews
30active installs
17K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
This plugin takes all scripts and stylesheets that have been added via wp_enqueue_script and wp_enqueue_style
and automatically concatenates and minifies them into logical groups. For example, scripts in the footer get grouped
together and styles with the same media (e.g. print) get minified together. Minification is done via WP-Cron in order
to prevent race conditions and to ensure that the minification process does not slow down page responses.
This is a reincarnation and rewrite of the Optimize Scripts plugin,
which this plugin now supersedes.
Features:
- Minified sources are stored in the WP Options table so no special filesystem access is required.
- Endpoint for minified requests is at
/_minified, which can be configured. - Admin page for taking inventory of minified scripts and styleshe…
Ratings & Reviews
411 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to 3.7.41 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
0.9.8
- Fix rewrite rule broken by filtering home_url (#49). Props c3mdigital.
- Switch from JSMin to JSMinPlus due to repeated issues with JSMin causing execution timeouts.
- Update plugin to indicate WordPress 3.8 compatibility.
- Fix expire and purge links.
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