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WP Rocket

WP Rocket | Simple LoadCSS Preloader

by ensemblebd · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.5

WP Rocket has 4,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 66,162 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on April 1, 2023.

WP Rocket at a glance

Active installs
4,000+
Total downloads
66,162
Downloads, last 30 days
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is WP Rocket well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • FilamentGroup’s LoadCSS(v2.0.1) inline injector (optional – see settings page next to WP Rocket), triggered via wp_head
  • High performance Regular Expression approach to process WP Rocket’s (php’s) output buffer, to replace stylesheets with the appropriate loadCSS syntax
  • Option to enable the buffer processor when you don’t have WP Rocket installed. ** This will respect AMP pages, and Yoast Sitemap output (by not executing). No…

WP Rocket reviews and ratings

2 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

1.0 out of 5

2 reviews

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  • Charged me an annual fee for a plug in I never had

    BE CAREFUL. I was charged an annual fee for thus plugin I never installed

    justsaying
  • Broken

    Completely killed site. Could not connect to database after activation. Had to manually remove from plugins folder to resolve.

    greendragontech

Details

Deprecated

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Version
1.5
Last updated
Apr 1, 2023
First published
Oct 29, 2018
Requires WordPress
Tested up to
Requires PHP
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

WP Rocket FAQ

What does WP Rocket do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, WP Rocket offers FilamentGroup’s LoadCSS(v2.0.1) inline injector (optional – see settings page next to WP Rocket), triggered via wp_head, High performance Regular Expression approach to process WP Rocket’s (php’s) output buffer, to replace stylesheets with the appropriate loadCSS syntax and Option to enable the buffer processor when you don’t have WP Rocket installed. ** This will respect AMP pages, and Yoast Sitemap output (by not executing). No.

How many active installs does WP Rocket have?

WordPress.org reports 4,000+ active installs for WP Rocket as of September 7, 2026.

Is WP Rocket still maintained?

The last release was on April 1, 2023, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is WP Rocket free?

WP Rocket is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.