JavaScript to Footer
This plugin automatically moves JavaScript code to page footer, speeding up page loading time.
2.9(16 reviews)
·600 active installs·Updated 11 years agoAs of April 2026, JavaScript to Footer is a WordPress footer plugin with 600 active installations and a 2.9/5 rating from 16 reviews. It has been downloaded 80K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Header Footer Code Manager.
2.9/516 reviews
600active installs
80K+total downloads
18 yearssince 2008
Overview
The Yahoo! Exceptional Performance team recommends placing scripts at the bottom of your page because of the way browsers download components.
“The problem caused by scripts is that they block parallel downloads. The HTTP/1.1 specification suggests that browsers download no more than two components in parallel per hostname. If you serve your images from multiple hostnames, you can get more than two downloads to occur in parallel. While a script is downloading, however, the browser won’t start any other downloads, even on different hostnames.
In some situations it’s not easy to move scripts to the bottom. If, for example, the script uses document.write to insert part of the page’s content, it can’t be moved lower in the page. There might also be scoping issues…
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.3+ requiredTested up to 4.2.39 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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