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Featherweight

Featherweight

Performance Asset Optimization

Featherweight is a WordPress plugin for Asset Optimization. It ranks #36 of 154 in that group by active installs and was last updated 5 months ago.

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10K Active installs As the directory reports it, rounded to a band
4.1 Rating out of 5 From 45 ratings
16 Releases Since 10 March 2017
Jun 2026 Last release 5 months ago

Maintenance check

Is Featherweight still maintained?

Yes - by every measure the directory publishes, it is actively maintained.

  • Updated recently. The last release was 5 months ago.
  • Slightly behind on testing. Tested up to 7.0.8, while current plugins are tested on 7.1.
  • Well rated. 4.1 out of 5 from 45 ratings.

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Standing

More installed than 95.5% of the directory

Ahead of 45,575 of the 47,734 plugins that report an install count at all. An install figure on its own says nothing; this is what it is worth.

95.5% Percentile by installs Among plugins that report an install count
45,575 Plugins it is ahead of Fewer active installs than this one
2,158 Plugins ahead of it More active installs, or the same published band
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Details

The record

Everything the directory publishes about this plugin, as it was last read.

Current version
2.2.3
Requires WordPress
6.4
Tested up to
7.0.8
Requires PHP
7.4
Added to the directory
10 March 2017
Last updated
13 June 2026
Contributors
1
Author
jody nesbitt
Support threads resolved
1 of 1

Its own tags

  • Disable Embeds
  • Disable Emoji
  • optimization
  • performance
  • remove query strings

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