70
Flying Scripts: Delay JavaScript to Improve Site Speed & Performance
A minimalist way to make your Core Web Vitals smile.
Declining
70/100
This lightweight tool delivers measurable performance gains and shows high satisfaction among its small user base.
Active installs
~35,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 30k+
Rating
5.0★
37 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-19%
Declining
128 → 104 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORnear-100% 5★ in bursty pattern
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining · -19% in the last year
128/day a year ago→104/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayFlying Scripts is a well-regarded, lightweight JavaScript delay plugin that consistently delivers measurable performance improvements, with no notable complaints surfacing across reviewed users.
What people like
- +Delivers measurable improvements to PageSpeed/GTMetrix scores (e.g. mobile 42→97, desktop 72→100, A+ on GTMetrix)×3
- +Effectively delays non-essential JavaScript, improving Core Web Vitals metrics like FCP, LCP, and CLS×2
- +Easy to use, even for beginners×2
- +Described as ultra-minimal and straightforward with no bloat×2
- +Made by the same developer as FlyingPress, seen as a credible, trusted source
Common complaints
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.97★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
- 8%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 50% of all reviews landed in a single month
- 97%5★ concentration — near-perfect across only 37 reviews — not yet a proven track record
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-10-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 37 total
Latest reviews · 37 analyzed
- 2024-02-13★★★★★Super straight-forward and effective.iz4atkal
- 2023-10-12★★★★★Sehr gutes Plugintwinsdz
- 2023-01-31★★★★★Good and Efficientsteve-8bm
- 2023-01-07★★★★★Instant resultsTom Bush
- 2022-10-26★★★★★Great PluginTony Hisir
- 2022-07-27★★★★★Awesome plugin solving third party performance issuesJundell Agbo
- 2022-07-27★★★★★Good PluginNabil Sikder
- 2022-07-07★★★★★the mother of all optimization plugins :)Webprom Design
- 2022-06-03★★★★★Fantastic pluginjunx0r
- 2022-05-31★★★★★Simple and Work PerfectlyAdam Muiz
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
102
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
106
Prior 7-day baseline
78
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
156
Mean release-day peak (30d)
125
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-3.8%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
50%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
3.94
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
97%
5★ share in analyzed sample
8%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.97 → 4.97★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered