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Speed Up – Optimize CSS Delivery

This plugin load the stylesheets asynchronously and improve page load times.

By nigro.simone·SEO·Free
5(8 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 3 years ago
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As of April 2026, Speed Up is a WordPress seo plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 59K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 24% this week. Top alternative: Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time….

5/58 reviews
1.0K+active installs
59K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016

Overview

This small plugin (5 Kb) loads the stylesheets asynchronously and improve page load times.

The recommended use of this plugin is to load your vital stylesheets synchronously and non-vital CSS files asynchronously.
Non-vital CSS-files can be for example: fonts, icons, before the fold template-specific CSS, etc.

You can choose which files to load synchronously with a filter in your function.php, eg.:

// exclude main and child stylesheets from delivery optimization
function exclude_from_delivery_optimization($handle){
    return in_array($handle, array('main-stylesheet', 'child-stylesheet'));
}
add_filter('speed-up-optimize-css-delivery', 'exclude_from_delivery_optimization');

Note: this only works if your other plugins and theme add the CSS correctly.

Read full description on WordPress.org

Ratings & Reviews

58 reviews
5 ★
8
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0
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0
2 ★
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1 ★
0

Recent Reviews

5 estrelas. Funciona muito bem.
by Wilson Santana·2 years ago

Muito bom.

This plug-in is a blessing
by mamadesign·3 years ago

This plug-in is a blessing
This plug-in is the best!
We have to give a big prize to the person who created this plug-in.
Thank you very much.

Works great!
by castria·4 years ago

Does what it says on the tin, which Google pagespeed likes a lot.

Beyond amazing.
by erenmenges·5 years ago·1 reply

THIS PLUGIN IS THE BEST PLUGIN I’VE EVER SEEN IN WORDPRESS. I had page load speeds around 3 to 5 seconds, but after I installed and activated this plugin, it dropped to 1.5 seconds. I was like “Bruh, is this for real? I have been trying to speed up my page for days, and it took only 1 plugin? Woah.” I appreciate the work.

It Works
by amreshkramar·7 years ago

Works as expected………..

Download Trends

Today: 4Yesterday: 5This week: 32Period total: 1K

Compatibility

WordPress3.5+ requiredTested up to 6.0.11
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v1.0
100.0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0.11

  • Tested up to WordPress 6.0
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

nigro.simonenigro.simone
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.11
Last Updated
Mar 5, 2023
WP Requires
3.5+
Tested Up To
6.0.11
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
1.0K+
Downloads
59K+
Added
Dec 8, 2016
Business
Free

Tags

seoasyncperformanceasynchronouswp_enqueue_style

Developer

N
nigro.simone
8 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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