HeadJS Plus WordPress Plugin

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This plugin reformats your page to utilize Head JS in your WordPress site.

Based on the initial plugin by Durin

It strips out all your old javascript declarations and puts them into head.js calls so that they are loaded in parallel (see the Head JS website for more details).

For example, this:

<script type='text/javascript' src='http://yoururl.com/wp-includes/js/prototype.js?ver=1.6.1'></script> 
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4/jquery.min.js?ver=3.0.4'></script> 
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://yoururl.com/wp-includes/js/scriptaculous/wp-scriptaculous.js?ver=1.8.3'></script> 
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://yoururl.com/wp-includes/js/scriptaculous/builder.js?ver=1.8.3'></script> 
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://yoururl.com/wp-includes/js/scriptaculous/effects.js?ver=1.8.3'></script> 
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://yoururl.com/wp-includes/js/scriptaculous/dragdrop.js?ver=1.8.3'></script> 
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://yoururl.com/wp-includes/js/scriptaculous/slider.js?ver=1.8.3'></script> 
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://yoururl.com/wp-includes/js/scriptaculous/controls.js?ver=1.8.3'></script>

Becomes:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://yoururl.com/wp-content/plugins/headjs-loader/head.min.js"></script> 
<script> 
head.js("http://yoururl.com/wp-includes/js/prototype.js?ver=1.6.1")
    .js("http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4/jquery.min.js?ver=3.0.4")
    .js("http://yoururl.com/wp-includes/js/scriptaculous/wp-scriptaculous.js?ver=1.8.3")
    .js("http://yoururl.com/wp-includes/js/scriptaculous/builder.js?ver=1.8.3")
    .js("http://yoururl.com/wp-includes/js/scriptaculous/effects.js?ver=1.8.3")
    .js("http://yoururl.com/wp-includes/js/scriptaculous/dragdrop.js?ver=1.8.3")
    .js("http://yoururl.com/wp-includes/js/scriptaculous/slider.js?ver=1.8.3")
    .js("http://yoururl.com/wp-includes/js/scriptaculous/controls.js?ver=1.8.3");
</script>
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Usage of HeadJS Plus over time

June 2023 — July 2024

Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 18 to 2 — down 16 (-88.9%).

MonthSitesChange
July 2024 2 +0
June 2024 2 +0
May 2024 2 +0
April 2024 2 +0
March 2024 2 -11
February 2024 13 +0
January 2024 13 -4
December 2023 17 +0
November 2023 17 +0
October 2023 17 +0
September 2023 17 -1
August 2023 18 +0
July 2023 18 +0
June 2023 18 —
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