Title: Asta HTML Minifier
Author: Lior Asta
Published: May 6, 2019
Last modified: January 1, 2026
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# Asta HTML Minifier
By [Lior Asta](https://profiles.wordpress.org/astavelopment/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/asta-html-minifier.1.0.21.zip)
* [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/asta-html-minifier/#description)
* [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/asta-html-minifier/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/asta-html-minifier/#installation)
* [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/asta-html-minifier/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/asta-html-minifier/)
## Description
This plugin helps you improve your website’s overall performance, installing the
plugin and activating it will automatic strip away all extra white space and HTML
comments in your HTML output across your entire website.
There are no extra configuration
and settings, it’s simple fast and efficient. Serving HTML without any white space
or comments will reduce all requests to your users which will make your website
load faster and improve you users experience.
#### Important
This plugin uses sessions and it may conflict with server based cache services such
as Nginx and Varnish.
## Screenshots
* [[
* The plugin installed and activated
* [[
* Minified source code
## Installation
Install the plugin and activate it, the plugin will do the rest for you.
## FAQ
### How do I know if the plugin is working?
Right click on your website and choose the view source option.
If you see no white
space or comments (usually marked in green) you can just relax and enjoy this amazing
boost to your website, in case you still see white space make sure the plugin is
activated.
### What makes this plugin so great compared to others?
This plugin just works! It’s simple and transparent!
It won’t take any of your
time for setting it up or add any more annoying menus to your admin dashboard.
### What if the plugin removed something necessary?
First make sure it’s caused by this plugin by disabling it and making sure it’s
the direct cause, if so please report it with details and we’ll take care of it
as soon as possible.
### Will this plugin work with other plugins?
Sure! This plugin is written with Native WordPress functions so it won’t conflict
with other plugins so you can feel free to install and activate it without any concern.
## Reviews
### [Works great.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-9036/)
[illicious](https://profiles.wordpress.org/illicious/) November 11, 2023
This html minify is up to date and is working great so far. I hope support for this
plugin may stay alive for a long time.
### [Works For The Most Part](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-for-the-most-part-4/)
[VannDigital](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vdn-staff/) January 21, 2021
While it’s a good plugin so far, I noticed that it didn’t strip all comments out
of the source code…
[ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/asta-html-minifier/reviews/)
## Contributors & Developers
“Asta HTML Minifier” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ Lior Asta ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/astavelopment/)
[Translate “Asta HTML Minifier” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/asta-html-minifier)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/asta-html-minifier/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/asta-html-minifier/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/asta-html-minifier/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/asta-html-minifier/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 1.0.0
* Initial release
#### 1.0.1
* Testing and adding compatibility for older versions of WordPress
* Testing and adding compatibility for older versions of PHP
* Fixing issues in readme file
#### 1.0.2
* Fixing bug with Gutenberg editor by disabling minify HTML in admin sections
#### 1.0.3
* tag fix
#### 1.0.4
* Adding support to new WordPress version 5.3
#### 1.0.5
* Adding support to new WordPress version 5.4
#### 1.0.6
* Adding support to new WordPress version 5.5
#### 1.0.7
* Adding support to new WordPress version 5.6
#### 1.0.8
* Adding support to new WordPress version 5.7
#### 1.0.9
* Adding support to new WordPress version 5.8
#### 1.0.10
* Adding support to new WordPress version 5.9
#### 1.0.11
* Adding support to new WordPress version 6.0
#### 1.0.11
* Adding support to new WordPress version 6.1
#### 1.0.12
* Adding support to new WordPress version 6.1
#### 1.0.13
* Adding support to new WordPress version 6.2
#### 1.0.14
* Adding support to new WordPress version 6.3
#### 1.0.15
* Adding support to new WordPress version 6.4
#### 1.0.16
* Running tests and validations
#### 1.0.17
* Adding support to new WordPress version 6.5
#### 1.0.18
* Adding support to new WordPress version 6.6
#### 1.0.19
* Adding support to new WordPress version 6.7
#### 1.0.20
* Adding support to new WordPress version 6.8
#### 1.0.21
* Adding support to new WordPress version 6.9
## Meta
* Version **1.0.21**
* Last updated **3 months ago**
* Active installations **100+**
* WordPress version ** 4.0.26 or higher **
* Tested up to **6.9.4**
* PHP version ** 5.6.30 or higher **
* Language
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/asta-html-minifier/)
* Tags
* [Fast](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/fast/)[html](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/html/)
[minifer](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/minifer/)[performance](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/performance/)
[speed](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/speed/)
* [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/asta-html-minifier/advanced/)
## Ratings
4.5 out of 5 stars.
* [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/asta-html-minifier/reviews/?filter=5)
* [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/asta-html-minifier/reviews/?filter=4)
* [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/asta-html-minifier/reviews/?filter=3)
* [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/asta-html-minifier/reviews/?filter=2)
* [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/asta-html-minifier/reviews/?filter=1)
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## Contributors
* [ Lior Asta ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/astavelopment/)
## Support
Got something to say? Need help?
[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/asta-html-minifier/)