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Retina Stripper

For now only occurrences of the retina.js script are dequeue + deregister.

By David Favor·Speed·Free
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·10 active installs·Updated 9 years ago
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As of April 2026, Retina Stripper is a WordPress speed plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Speed Optimizer – The All-In-One….

0/5Rating
10active installs
1.9K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016

Overview

For now only occurrences of the retina.js script are dequeue + deregister.

If you identify other Retina related scripts open a support ticket + note the name.

I’ll add any other identified scripts here, to strip them out also.

Problems Serving Retina Images

Some of these problems include…

Retina Image File Size + Mobile

Retina images have massive size. If you’re running a Food Porn blog or
Image Hosting site, this might be okay.

Otherwise, likely your visitor on page time will decrease + conversions tank.

If you’re running a Click Arbitrage site or target Mobile devices, which
may be on 3G networks or simply have under powered CPUs or little memory.

This occurs as size of Retina images eat up all your visitor’s connection
bandwidth, then require heavy CPU + m…

Read full description on WordPress.org

Ratings & Reviews

00 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.5.0+ requiredTested up to 4.5.33
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0

  • 2016-05-16
  • Initial Release
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

David FavorDavid Favor
Plugin Info
Version
1.4
Last Updated
May 18, 2016
WP Requires
3.5.0+
Tested Up To
4.5.33
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
1.9K+
Added
May 18, 2016
Business
Free

Tags

speedretinaserverperformancedatabase connection

Developer

D
David Favor
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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