Is Better WordPress Minify still maintained?
The directory cannot confirm it. It shows no release of Better WordPress Minify in 8 years and 10 months. A small plugin can go quiet because it is finished rather than because its author has left, and from outside those two look identical, so the date is the fact to act on: nothing has shipped in that time.
The evidence
Every figure below is read from the WordPress.org plugin directory. Nothing here is our assessment of the code.
| Last release | 28 November 2017 (8 years and 10 months ago) |
|---|---|
| Current version | 1.3.3 |
| Tested up to | WordPress 4.0.38 (current is 7.1.3, 31 releases ahead) |
| Active installs | At least 7,000 sites (the directory reports a rounded floor, not an exact count) |
| Support threads | No threads in the last two months |
| Directory status | Listed |
| Read from the directory | 21 October 2026 |
Better WordPress Minify’s release history
| Listed in the directory since | 7 April 2011 |
|---|---|
| Tags in the archive | 2, the oldest left being 1.3.0 (5 August 2014) |
| Tagged in the year to 21 October 2026 | None |
| Read from | plugins.svn.wordpress.org/bwp-minify, counting tags up to 21 October 2026 to match the table above |
Better WordPress Minify's archive holds two tags up to 21 October 2026: 1.3.0 (5 August 2014) and 1.3.3 (13 September 2015).
The directory's last-updated date, 28 November 2017, is 2 years and 2 months after 1.3.3 was tagged, and no later version has been tagged since, so whatever changed then did not ship as a new release.
Tag dates, almost always the day a release shipped. Authors can delete old tags, so the count is the tags left, not every release ever made.
What these signals mean
A plugin is code running inside your site with the same privileges as WordPress itself. While its author is active that code gets adjusted when PHP raises a minimum version, when WordPress changes an API, when somebody reports a bug. When the author stops, none of that happens and the plugin keeps running, which is why a long gap is easy to miss.
The failure is almost never dramatic on the day it arrives. It is a host upgrading PHP, or a WordPress release changing a hook, and code that has not been changed in years quietly stopping. If that code is a checkout, a booking form or a member area, the first report comes from a customer.
What to do about it
Work out how much of the site depends on it before you touch anything. The cost of replacing a long-silent plugin is almost never the replacement itself, it is the data and the behaviour that came with the original.
Judge any replacement by the same signals this page reads, because a plugin that is maintained today is the only one that will still be maintained after the next WordPress release: when it last shipped, which version its author tested against, and whether the directory still lists it. A narrow plugin with an active author is worth more than a broader one nobody has touched in two years. You are choosing a maintainer as much as a feature set.
If nothing replaces it, the remaining options are adopting it yourself, which the GPL permits, or having a replacement built.
Is a site you look after running Better WordPress Minify?
Our free WordPress plugin checker reads any public site and lists the plugins it loads, with the same maintenance signals as the table above for each one. No login and no signup, so it works on a client’s site before you have access to it.
Maintained alternatives
From the same category in the WordPress.org directory, filtered to plugins that have shipped a release in the last year and are installed on at least 10,000 sites. Chosen by those rules rather than by us, and worth checking against the same signals before you commit to one.
- WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance at least 1 million sites, last updated 21 September 2026 See its maintenance signals
- SpeedyCache – Cache, Optimization, Performance at least 500,000 sites, last updated 8 October 2026
- Clearfy Cache – WordPress optimization plugin, Minify HTML, CSS & JS, Defer at least 40,000 sites, last updated 23 July 2026
Related plugin checks
- Is W3 Total Cache still maintained? Updated 20 October 2026, current against recent WordPress. Nothing of concern.
- Is WP Super Cache still maintained? Updated 30 September 2026, current against recent WordPress. Nothing of concern.
- Is LiteSpeed Cache still maintained? Updated 20 October 2026, current against recent WordPress. Nothing of concern.
- Is WP Fastest Cache still maintained? Updated 10 October 2026, current against recent WordPress. Nothing of concern.
- Is Autoptimize still maintained? Updated 26 September 2026, current against recent WordPress. Nothing of concern.
Related links
- Which WordPress plugins are still maintained? Every plugin we check, with its last release.
- Custom WordPress plugin development When Better WordPress Minify has to be replaced or taken over and nothing in the directory fits.
Link to this check
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When was Better WordPress Minify last updated?
The WordPress.org directory records its most recent release as 28 November 2017, which is 8 years and 10 months ago. That date is read from the directory each time this page is built, and the page states when it was read.
Should I remove Better WordPress Minify from my site?
Not as a first step, and not without knowing what it does on your site. Deactivating a plugin that has been installed for years can take out more than the feature you remember it for, and deleting it can run an uninstall routine that drops its data. Find out what depends on it, back up the database as well as the files, export anything you will need, and test the replacement on a staging copy before making the change live.
Is Better WordPress Minify a security risk?
We do not know, and nothing on this page is a security finding. Vulnerability data for WordPress plugins sits behind paid commercial APIs, and guessing at it from a version number either alarms people about plugins that are fine or implies that everything unflagged has been checked and is safe. Both are worse than saying nothing. What this page reports is maintenance: when the plugin last shipped, which WordPress version its author last tested against, and whether the directory still lists it. Those are facts the directory publishes, and they are what predicts whether a plugin will still work after the next core release.
Read from the WordPress.org plugin directory on 21 October 2026. We report maintenance signals only, and never claim a plugin is insecure. All plugins we cover.