Easily inject Critical CSS and Secondary CSS (with unused CSS styles removed) to improve site speed and performance.
As of April 2026, Easy Critical CSS is a WordPress lighthouse plugin with 50 active installations and a 1/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.2+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2025. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Top alternative: Fast Velocity Minify.
Easy Critical CSS is a lightweight WordPress plugin that lets you add Critical CSS to any page on your site to improve loading speed and performance.
Features:
– Easily add Critical CSS and Secondary CSS to any page
– Secondary CSS removes unused CSS rules and stylesheets, ensuring only a single optimized CSS file loads
– Supports posts, pages, archives, and taxonomy pages
– Fully compatible with caching plugins (WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache, etc.)
– Customizable settings for individual pages
– Stores Critical CSS in your choice of the database or as static files
– Optional API service (API key required) for automated Critical and Secondary CSS generation via CriticalCSS.net
– Background processing to generate CSS without blocki…
| WordPress | 6.2+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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