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Page Optimize

Optimize pages for faster load and render in the browser.

By Automattic·Performance·Free
3(5 reviews)
·200K+ active installs·Updated 1 month ago
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As of April 2026, Page Optimize is a WordPress performance plugin with 200K+ active installations and a 3/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 77K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.3+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are down 9% this week. Top alternative: LiteSpeed Cache.

3/55 reviews
200K+active installs
77K+total downloads
6 yearssince 2020

Overview

This plugin supports a few features that may improve the performance of page loading and rendering in the browser:

  • Concatenate CSS
  • Concatenate JavaScript
  • Execution timing of non-critical scripts
    • Note: Changing script execution timing can be risky and will not work well for all sites.

Testing

To test features without enabling them for the entire site, you may append query params to a WordPress post or page URL. For example, to test enabling JavaScript concatenation for https://example.com/blog/, you can use the URL https://example.com/blog/?concat-js=1.

Supported query params:

  • concat-css controls CSS concatenation. Values: 1 for ON and 0 for OFF.
  • concat-js controls JavaScript concatenation. Values: 1 for ON and 0 for OFF.
  • load-mode-js controls how non-critical JavaScript are loaded.…
Read full description on WordPress.org

Ratings & Reviews

35 reviews
5 ★
2
4 ★
0
3 ★
1
2 ★
0
1 ★
2

Recent Reviews

Plugin’s Concatenate JavaScript Function Interferes with WP Visual Editor
by wptester765467·1 year ago

When the plugin’s Concatenate JavaScript function is checked, it will interfere with WP’s visual editor. Rendering the visual editor invisible. Disabling this function will enable you to use the WP Visual Editor again.

broke my js
by toomanyphils·2 years ago

self explanatory

Simple and effective
by Mohamad Al Karbi·2 years ago

Without mentioning the need for CDN, Cache, …, Page Optimize (for aggregating CSS) with Jetpack Boost (for deferring JS) gave me the best results for free. It does the job in simple way. I summarize my experience with this plugin and similars on: https://mohamadkarbi.com/why-i-host-with-wordpress/

  • This topic was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by Mohamad Al Karbi.
Not updated, don’t waste your time
by samsam57·3 years ago·1 reply

Integrated w/ native wp installation, just unistall & go look for something else.

Bugs
by mhogas·4 years ago

Please add the code below in page_optimize_bail() .

if( is_admin() ){
	return true;
}

if( class_exists('\Elementor\Plugin') &&
	( ( isset($_REQUEST['action']) && $_REQUEST['action'] === 'elementor' ) || isset( $_REQUEST['elementor-preview'] ) ) ){
	return true;
}

Download Trends

Today: 74Yesterday: 89This week: 527Period total: 34K

Compatibility

WordPress5.3+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP7.4+ required

Version Adoption

v0.6
98.6%
v0.5
1.4%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

0.6.2

  • Fix: Harden CSS concat @import hoisting to preserve long Google Fonts-style URLs with semicolons and avoid false positives from @import-like substrings in rule bodies/URL paths.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Andrija VučinićAndrija VučinićBrad JorschBrad JorschBrandon PaytonBrandon Paytonmreishusmreishusrcrdortizrcrdortiz
Plugin Info
Version
0.6.2
Last Updated
Feb 12, 2026
WP Requires
5.3+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
7.4+
Active Installs
200K+
Downloads
77K+
Added
Feb 27, 2020
Business
Free

Tags

performance

Developer

A
Automattic
74 plugins19.0M+ total installs
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