For now only occurrences of the retina.js script are dequeue + deregister.
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….
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.
Some of these problems include…
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…
| WordPress | 3.5.0+ requiredTested up to 4.5.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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