Better than W3 Total Cache

I needed a plugin to replace W3 Total Cache’s dated minified features. Some of the problems I had with W3 Total Cache’s minify class was it removes fallback stylesheets from within <noscript></noscript> tags, and it would subsequently add all the files to the critical rendering path of my site, actually slowing it down dramatically.

The Better WordPress Minify plugin solves all that by letting me minify specific files using the bwp_minify() function. I put that function in my theme and have scripts/stylesheets load where and when I need them (I also use the bwp_minify function to output the minified file path in my javascript defer loading function – works perfectly).

The Better WordPress Minify plugin worked great for me, I’ve since turned off all of W3 Total Cache’s minify features.