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Page Speed Optimizer

Page Speed Optimizer: HTTP/2 Push, Async JavaScript, and Defer CSS

by PI Web Solution · WordPress.org page

v1.10.60 Tested up to WP 7.1 PHP 7.4+

Page Speed Optimizer has 6,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 371,879 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 31, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Page Speed Optimizer at a glance

Active installs
6,000+
Total downloads
371,879
Downloads, last 30 days
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Page Speed Optimizer well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1, the current release is 7.1
One-star reviews
3%
2 of 64 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

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

  • Push / Pre-load all JS files in site with one simple option
  • Push / Pre-load all the CSS files in your website
  • Push / Pre-load other resources throughout the site or based on the page types
  • Load CSS Asynchronous or Remove any CSS file throughout the site, or there is a conditional selector that you can apply
  • Async / Defer / Remove any JS file throughout the site or based on the WordPress page type
  • You can create mobile device specific rule to push, pre-load, remove, async js or css, this works based on the device user agent detection
  • You can create desktop device specific rule to push, pre-load, remove, async js or css, this works based on the device user agent detection
  • Conditionally remove JS and CSS from various WooCommerce pages like checkout page, cart page, product page, product category page
  • You can push pre-load resource specific on some pages by their ID
  • Remove CSS, JS specific to page or post by their ID
  • Organize rules in group for easy management of the rules
  • Remove CSS, JS on all pages leaving only on the page you specified

Page Speed Optimizer reviews and ratings

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

4.7 out of 5

64 reviews

5★
54
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2
  • Great Plugin

    If set well gives excellent results

    pagrob
  • Does what is says on the tin.

    Makes the changes requested. Deciding which approach is best to use, does take a little thinking/testing to confirm best approach.

    reecejames
  • Excellent

    Excellent

    fermds
  • yess we can

    yes we can

    ilgrizly
  • very nice, great success

    Would recommend,

    wp-3-8-krap
  • Cool APP

    Cool APPIt would be great, if there where an automated setup - process.

    Anonymous User

Details

HTTP2 Server push, Async JavaScript, Defer Render Blocking CSS, with fine rule set to control js and css on different page types,

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

Tags

  • async css
  • async js
  • defer css
  • Defer JS
  • http2

More from PI Web Solution

Version
1.10.60
Last updated
Aug 31, 2026
First published
Dec 30, 2018
Requires WordPress
4.0
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.4
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Page Speed Optimizer FAQ

What does Page Speed Optimizer do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Page Speed Optimizer offers Push / Pre-load all JS files in site with one simple option, Push / Pre-load all the CSS files in your website, Push / Pre-load other resources throughout the site or based on the page types, Load CSS Asynchronous or Remove any CSS file throughout the site, or there is a conditional selector that you can apply and Async / Defer / Remove any JS file throughout the site or based on the WordPress page type.

How many active installs does Page Speed Optimizer have?

WordPress.org reports 6,000+ active installs for Page Speed Optimizer as of September 7, 2026.

Is Page Speed Optimizer still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on August 31, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Is Page Speed Optimizer free?

Page Speed Optimizer is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.