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Async JavaScript
v2.21.08.31Not updated in over a year
Async Javascript lets you add 'async' or 'defer' attribute to scripts to exclude to help increase the performance of your WordPress website.
by David Clough · Website
asyncjavascriptpagespeedperformancerender blocking
- Rank
- #615 24h 0 · 7d -2
- Est. installs
- 69,700 High confidence
- Total downloads
- 2.1M all time
- Rating
- 4.7 ★ 102 reviews
- Official installs
- 60,000+ public bucket
- Support threads
- 0 last 2 months
- Support resolved
- — of threads
- Tested up to
- WP 6.2.14 compatibility
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Maintenance & compatibility
3.3 years ago
Last release
- Version
- 2.21.08.31
- Requires WP
- 4.6
- Requires PHP
- —
- On WP.org since
- 2014
About Async JavaScript
Async JavaScript is a WordPress plugin by David Clough, first published on WordPress.org in 2014. It has 60,000+ active installations and 2,064,574 downloads in total, and ranks #615 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it slipped 2 places. Users rate it 4.7 out of 5 across 102 reviews. Version 2.21.08.31 was released 3.3 years ago; WordPress.org flags plugins that have not been updated in over a year. It is tested up to WordPress 6.2.14 and requires WordPress 4.6 or later. No support threads were opened in the last two months. It is listed under async, javascript, pagespeed, performance and render blocking. Plugins with a similar focus include 10Web Booster, Speculative Loading and Seraphinite Accelerator.
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