Title: ShortPixel Critical CSS
Author: ShortPixel
Published: <strong>August 2, 2022</strong>
Last modified: September 20, 2024

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# shortpixel-critical-css

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortpixel-critical-css/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortpixel-critical-css/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortpixel-critical-css/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortpixel-critical-css/)

## Description

This plugin has been closed as of December 2, 2024 and is not available for download.
This closure is permanent. Reason: Author Request.

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Awesome function and customer service](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-function-and-customer-service/)󠁿

 [mailchef](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mailchef/) December 15, 2023 1 reply

I don’t know of any similar plugin with this functionality. Their service actually
analyzes CSS and JS files for which parts can be loaded upfront to make the website
show up faster. Only later the full CSS/JS seem to load. For JS files I see that
they generate a custom version. Options can be a bit confusing but their customer
support is outstanding!

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Disregard This Review. I should’ve created a support thread.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-does-nothing-15/)󠁿

 [Ed Shway](https://profiles.wordpress.org/edxd/) September 19, 2023 3 replies

I keep trying to generate Critical CSS with it but it adds nothing to the queue.
I tried it about 5 minutes and uninstalled it. I now understand that pages need 
to be first visited and I have seen it had some pages in pending. However it seems
to return a critical error when I clear cache with WP-Rocket and I can’t troubleshoot
the issue and I have deleted the plugin. Although not ideal, I’ll leave 5 stars 
because I can’t delete this review and I don’t want to negatively impact your rating
because of my mistake of not creating a support thread instead.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Working great!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/working-great-316/)󠁿

 [Gerard Blanco](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sixaxis/) September 19, 2022

Easy to use and simple. Does what it says.

 [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortpixel-critical-css/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“ShortPixel Critical CSS” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ ShortPixel ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shortpixel/)

“ShortPixel Critical CSS” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/shortpixel-critical-css/contributors)
for their contributions.

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortpixel-critical-css/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/shortpixel-critical-css/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/shortpixel-critical-css/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/shortpixel-critical-css/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.5**
 *  Last updated **2 years ago**
 *  Active installations **N/A**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.7 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.6.5**
 *  PHP version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortpixel-critical-css/) and [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/shortpixel-critical-css/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/shortpixel-critical-css)
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