by Tim Eckel 4.8 (33 reviews)

Minify HTML

Name: Minify HTML
Rating: 4.8 (33 reviews)
Author: Tim Eckel

Minify HTML output for clean looking markup and faster downloading.

Minify HTML ranks #1,663 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, is #73 of 1,518 in the Performance category, a 4.8/5 rating from 33 reviews, and was last updated Mar 18, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9 (Current: 7.1)

v2.1.13 Current Version v2.1.13

Updated 5 months ago Last Update on 18 Mar, 2026

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#73 of 1,518 in Performance Top 5% by installs Downloads -12.1% this week

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96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (33 reviews)

Next Milestone 20K

Total Progress 69.7%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

3 known vulnerabilities on record · 2 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Mar 30, 2026

Minify HTML [minify-html-markup] < 2.1.13

CVE-2026-3191 · Fixed in v2.1.13
Dec 12, 2024

Minify HTML [minify-html-markup] < 2.1.11

CVE-2024-12579 · Fixed in v2.1.11
Feb 21, 2023

Minify HTML [minify-html-markup] < 2.1.8

CVE-2023-26014 · Fixed in v2.1.8

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.1.13
Last Updated: Mar 18, 2026
Requires WP: 3.6.0+
Tested Up To: 6.9
PHP Version: 5.2.4 or higher
Author: Tim Eckel

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 33
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want cleaner, more professional-looking HTML markup. It solves the problem of sloppy, bloated markup by minifying HTML, and optionally JavaScript and internal CSS, to speed up page downloads.

Minifies HTML output
Optional JavaScript minification
Optional internal CSS minification
Preserves textareas and preformatted text
Removes HTML, CSS, JS comments
Preserves MSIE conditional comments
Removes unneeded XHTML closing tags
Removes unneeded relative schemes/domains

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Minify HTML

Yes. Under the Settings menu in the admin console there's a Minify HTML menu item which allows you to modify Minify HTML settings.

Magic, obviously! Actually, it creates an output buffer and then preforms its 'magic' on the output buffer. It kinda is like magic.

Normally, you won't notice any changes to the way the site looks in the browser. However, if you rely on white space between HTML tags (which you shouldn't be doing) you may notice very isolated elements with reduced horizontal spacing. This is because inline objects will add a few pixels of spacing if there's whitespace between the objects. I consider Minify HTML a good way of finding these style 'errors' and correcting them with proper padding or margin style.

Plenty. On my server that's running dozens of websites, it takes 0.007 seconds to minify a page. Also, because the HTML file is smaller, it will speed up transfer and rendering times. Minify HTML doesn't use bloated external libraries that add additional overhead and therefore take longer to process.

With real-world test sites, the HTML file is around 20-25% smaller. Even when using deflate/gzip compression the resulting file is around 20% smaller, speeding up download times.

With Minify HTML, the source HTML file will be smaller, therefore, it will compress faster and be even smaller once compressed. Also, even with deflate/gzip, your HTML markup will still look sloppy and amateurish. Minify HTML corrects this even for deflated/gzip transfers (and also saves another 20% in bandwidth).