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Flying Scripts

Flying Scripts: Delay JavaScript to Improve Site Speed & Performance

by Gijo Varghese · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.2.4 Tested up to WP 7.0.4 PHP 5.6+

Flying Scripts has 30,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 291,003 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on May 20, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Flying Scripts at a glance

Active installs
30,000+
Total downloads
291,003
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Flying Scripts well maintained?

Support threads resolved
0 of 1
recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 7.0.4, not yet with the current 7.1
One-star reviews
0%
0 of 38 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

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

  • Flying Pages
  • Flying Images
  • Flying Scripts
  • Flying Analytics
  • Flying Fonts

Flying Scripts reviews and ratings

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

All reviews
5.0 out of 5

38 reviews

5★
37
4★
1
3★
0
2★
0
1★
0

  • This plugin improves metrics

    . With just a few options, it performs its function perfectly.

    jhonhorac

  • Super straight-forward and effective.

    Highly recommended!

    iz4atkal

  • Sehr gutes Plugin

    It works very well. Thanks a lot.

    twinsdz

  • Good and Efficient

    Good and efficient plugin. 5 stars

    steve-8bm

  • Instant results

    Sooo easy to set up and a great way to deal with heavy JS from advertising etc. Really simple but brilliant approach to defer until user input. Pagespeed Insights overall score went from 58/70 to 99/100 for mobile & desktop respectively without any other changes (appreciate these values fluctuate anyway but that's a significant jump even +/- a few points on the final values).

    Tom Bush

  • Great Plugin

    It saved me a lot of time. Thank you for creating a wonderful plugin.

    Tony Hisir

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Details

Delay JavaScript to improve speed and performance by loading scripts only when needed, reducing render-blocking for a faster and smoother user experie …

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

Tags

  • 3rd party scripts
  • defer javascript

More from Gijo Varghese

Version
1.2.4
Last updated
May 20, 2026
First published
Feb 6, 2020
Requires WordPress
4.5
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
5.6
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Flying Scripts FAQ

What does Flying Scripts do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Flying Scripts offers Flying Pages, Flying Images, Flying Scripts, Flying Analytics and Flying Fonts.

How many active installs does Flying Scripts have?

WordPress.org reports 30,000+ active installs for Flying Scripts as of September 7, 2026.

Is Flying Scripts still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on May 20, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Does Flying Scripts have good support?

On the WordPress.org forum, 0 of 1 recent support threads for Flying Scripts are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.

Is Flying Scripts free?

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