Asynchronous Javascript WordPress Plugin
Improve page load performance by asynchronously loading javascript using head.js
This plugin is meant to be a drop-in to your wordpress installation with no additional configuration. The goals/features of this plugin are:
- Load javascript files in an asynchronous manner to improve time to DomReady/OnLoad
- Use existing wordpress APIs for backwards compatability and prevent coupling to this plugin
- Leverage dependency model wordpress provides for assets to improve loading performance
Please submit bugs or contributions to the github location and not here on wordpress' system:
https://github.com/parisholley/wordpress-asynchronous-javascript/
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Usage of Asynchronous Javascript over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 305 to 143 — down 162 (-53.1%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 143 | -16 |
| June 2024 | 159 | -4 |
| May 2024 | 163 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 163 | -2 |
| March 2024 | 165 | -15 |
| February 2024 | 180 | -14 |
| January 2024 | 194 | -23 |
| December 2023 | 217 | -15 |
| November 2023 | 232 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 232 | -16 |
| September 2023 | 248 | -31 |
| August 2023 | 279 | -12 |
| July 2023 | 291 | -14 |
| June 2023 | 305 | — |
Themes used with Asynchronous Javascript
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Genesis |
| 2 | Simplicity |
| 3 | Stinger3ver20140327 |
| 4 | Divi |
| 5 | Twentyfourteen |
| 6 | Customizr |
| 7 | Biz-vektor |
| 8 | Hueman |
| 9 | Simplicity-child |
| 10 | Stinger3forfans |
| 11 | Spacebox |
| 12 | Twentytwelve |
| 13 | Stingerplus |
| 14 | Twentyeleven |
| 15 | Cnbase |
| 16 | 11family |
| 17 | Cocoon-child-master |
| 18 | Towar |
| 19 | Newspaper |
| 20 | Np |
Sites running Asynchronous Javascript
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