PageSpeed Ninja – Cache, Minify, Defer CSS JavaScript, Critical CSS, Optimize Images, Convert WebP
Boost page speed: cache, compress, optimize images to WebP, minify CSS/JS, defer loading, lazy load, generate critical CSS, improve Core Web Vitals
4.5(114 reviews)
·6.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, PageSpeed Ninja is a WordPress minify css plugin with 6.0K+ active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 114 reviews. It has been downloaded 705K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster.
4.5/5114 reviews
6.0K+active installs
705K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017
Overview
PageSpeed Ninja is the ultimate performance plugin, specially designed to tackle slow loading times on your website on both desktop and mobile platforms. This plugin effortlessly addresses Google PageSpeed Insights issues and significantly improves Core Web Vitals.
This tool offers a range of features designed to optimize your website’s performance:
- Compression: Implement Gzip and Brotli compression for faster load times.
- Resolve Render-Blocking Issues: Address render-blocking CSS and JavaScript issues to streamline loading.
- Enhancing Critical Rendering Path: Automatically generate critical CSS for above-the-fold content to improve the critical rendering path.
- Minification: Reduce load size by minifying HTML, JavaScript, and CSS files.
- Resource Bundling: Combine and inline JavaScri…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Horribly bad
by adamnasser·10 months ago
horribly bad, you can’t change any settings until you pay a subscription!
don’t waste your time
Spam footer link
by esoleybus·1 year ago·2 replies
The plugin is successful in terms of optimization, but it automatically added a footer link without my consent. I thought it was spam, but I realized it wasn’t. You can remove it in advanced settings.
real improvement
by ooftsauce·1 year ago
I was concerned about load speed for my pages and did a Google page speed and found that my desktop was around 70 and mobile around 55. I installed this package and I saw significant improvement immediately to 98 desk and 70 mobile. Tony Johnson ooftsauce.com
License
by remzi17·2 years ago·1 reply
<font style=”vertical-align: inherit;”><font style=”vertical-align: inherit;”>Достали эти уведомления о лицензии на всех страницах админки!!! Идите в одно место с такой назойливостью.</font></font>
Very fast
by lagg333673034·2 years ago
The best pagespeed optimization plugin. 91/100 mobile, 100/100 desktop!
Download Trends
Today: 25Yesterday: 27This week: 162Period total: 14K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v0.9
47.7%
v1.4
46.4%
Other
5.8%
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Changelog
= 1.4.5 Stable Release [26 September 2024]
– Fixed prioritization of meta and title tags in “simple” HTML parser
= 1.4.4 Stable Release [10 September 2024]
– Added “Clear Image Errors Cache” button
– Fixed directory size calculation
– Fixed issue with LQIP generation
– Fixed possible warning in YouTube lazy loading [Pro]
= 1.4.3 Stable Release [04 July 2024]
– Fixed issue with daily s…
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