by Gabe Livan
4.9 (1,543 reviews)
Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster
Make your website load FASTER by stopping specific styles (.CSS) & scripts (.JS) from loading. It works best with a page caching plugin / service.
Tested up to WP 6.7 (Current: 6.9)
v1.4.0.3
Current Version v1.4.0.3
Updated 10 months ago
Last Update on 12 Mar, 2025
Synced 15 hours ago
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Showing 5 of 5| Keyword | Position | Change | Type | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dequeue | 3 | — | Tag | 16 hours ago |
| minify javascript | 13 | — | Tag | 16 hours ago |
| minify css | 14 | — | Tag | 16 hours ago |
| defer css javascript | 16 | — | Tag | 16 hours ago |
| Page Speed | 108 | — | Tag | 16 hours ago |
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- Version
- 1.4.0.3
- Last Updated
- Mar 12, 2025
- Requires WP
- 4.5+
- Tested Up To
- 6.7
- PHP Version
- 5.6 or higher
- Author
- Gabe Livan
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster
5.6+ - I strongly recommend you to use PHP 7+, if you're website is fully compatible with it, as it's much faster than any PHP 5.* and it will make a big difference for your website's backend speed.
Although Asset CleanUp is guaranteed to work with self-hosted (WordPress.org) websites, it can be used on WordPress.com ones too, but with limitations. Features such as minify/combine CSS/JS files or combine Google Fonts (if any loaded) aren't guaranteed to work (basically, anything requiring writing files to the caching directory). However, if you want to unload CSS/JS files, which is the key feature of the plugin, then this has always been tested & working for WordPress.com websites. Note that at the time of writing this (June 21, 2020), you can only install plugins on WordPress.com websites if you sign up for their Business plan: https://wordpress.com/pricing/
There are various ways to check the speed of a website and this is in relation to the following: front-end (the part of the website visible to your visitors), back-end (PHP code, server-side optimization), hosting company, CDN (Content Delivery Network) setup, files loaded (making sure CSS, JS, Images, Fonts, and other elements are properly optimized when processed by the visitor’s browser). Check out https://gtmetrix.com/ to do an analysis of your website and see the overall score your website gets in PageSpeed and YSlow.
Web assets are elements such as CSS, JavaScript, Fonts, and image files that make the front-end which is the look and functionality of your website that is processed by the browser you are using (e.g. Google Chrome. Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, Opera etc.). Asset CleanUp deals with CSS and JavaScript assets which are enqueued in WordPress by your theme and other plugins.
No, Asset CleanUp does not do any page caching. It just helps you unload .css and .js that you choose as not needed from specific pages (or all pages). This, combined with an existing caching plugin, will make your website pages load faster and get a higher score in speed checking tools such as GTMetrix (Google PageSpeed and YSlow).
Yes, this plugin was tested with W3 Total Cache, WP Rocket and WP Fastest Caching and should work with any caching plugin as any page should be cached only after the page (HTML Source) was rendered and all the enqueueing / dequeueing was already completed (from either the plugins or the theme). Asset CleanUp comes with minify/combine files feature. Please do not also enable the same feature on a caching plugin. Example: If you already minified CSS/JS files with Asset CleanUp, do not enable Minify CSS/JS in WP Rocket or other caching plugins.
There are a few known reasons why you might see different or no assets loading for management: Those assets weren't loaded properly into WordPress by the theme/plugin author as they were likely hardcoded and not enqueued the WordPress way. Here's a tutorial that will help you understand better the enqueuing process: http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-properly-add-javascripts-and-styles-in-wordpress/ You're using a cache plugin that is caching pages even when you're logged in which is something I don't recommend as you might have conflicts with other plugins as well (e.g. in W3 Total Cache, you can enable/disable this) or that plugin is caching pages even when a POST request is made to them (which is not a good practice as there are many situations in which a page should not be cached). That could happen if you're using "WP Remote POST" method (from version 1.2.4.4) of retrieving the assets in the Dashboard. You might have other functions or plugins (e.g. Plugin Organizer) that are loading prior to Asset CleanUp. Note that Plugin Organizer has a file that is in “mu-plugins” which will load prior to any plugin you have in “plugins”, thus, if you have disabled specific plugins through “Plugin Organizer” in some pages, their assets will obviously not show in the assets list as they are not loaded at all in the first place. If none of these apply to you and you just don't see assets that should definitely show there, please open a support ticket.
Whenever you unload certain CSS/JS files, you expect to either see an immediate increase in the Google PageSpeed Insights / GTMetrix score or not loaded when you test the page in Incognito (visiting it as a guest, while you’re not logged-in). However, this doesn’t always happen. Pleae check this post to find out the possible reasons: https://assetcleanup.com/docs/changes-applied-not-taking-effect/
You can get access to more features, priority support and automatic updates by upgrading to the Pro version. It's strongly recommended to avoid using any Asset CleanUp Pro nulled versions as they might contain malware and you will also not get any official support and access to plugin updates (e.g. bug fixes).
The known jQuery library is being used by many themes and plugins so it's recommended to keep it on. jQuery Migrate was created to simplify the transition from older versions of jQuery. It restores deprecated features and behaviors so that older code will still run properly on jQuery 1.9 and later. However, there are cases when you might not need jQuery at all on a page. If that's the case, feel free to unload it. Make sure you properly test the page afterward, including testing it for mobile view.