WP Performance

WP Performance makes your WordPress site load faster without the headache. Turn on a few options and the plugin handles caching, asset optimization, and image delivery for you.

Not sure where to start? Open the Overview tab and pick a one-click preset (Safe, Balanced, or Aggressive). You can fine-tune anything afterwards.

Version 2.0 is a complete rebuild with a fast new dashboard and no third-party dependencies. Everything below works together out of the box.

Caching

• Page cache – serves a static HTML copy of each page, before WordPress even loads
• Block cache – cache just the slow parts of a page, even on pages you can’t fully cache (more below)
• Cache preloading – warm the cache from your sitemap
• Browser caching – tells browsers to keep files so repeat visits are instant
• GZIP compression – sends smaller files to the browser
• Object cache – optional Redis drop-in to cut database load
• Smart by default – skips logged-in users and WooCommerce/EDD cart pages, and ignores tracking parameters (utm, gclid, fbclid) so clean URLs share one cache
• Mobile cache – keep a separate copy for mobile devices when you need it

CSS

• Minify CSS (inline and files)
• Combine CSS files
• Load CSS without blocking the page
• Remove unused CSS, per page
• Critical CSS
• Combine Google Fonts, or host them on your own server
• Control font loading (font-display)
• DNS prefetch and preconnect hints

JavaScript

• Minify JavaScript (inline and files)
• Combine JavaScript files
• Defer JavaScript
• Delay JavaScript until the visitor interacts (great for third-party scripts)
• Disable scripts you don’t need, site-wide or per page

HTML

• Minify HTML
• Remove comments and unneeded markup

Images and media

• Lazy load images and videos (uses native browser lazy loading)
• Responsive images
• Add missing width and height to stop layout shift (better CLS)
• Preload your largest image and set fetchpriority for a faster LCP
• Convert images to WebP and AVIF
• Custom image sizes and one-click thumbnail regeneration
• Disable emojis and embeds

Database

• Clean up revisions, auto-drafts, trash, spam, transients, and stale cron tasks
• Schedule cleanups daily, weekly, or monthly

CDN

• Rewrite asset URLs to your CDN, with exclusions

Tools

• Overview dashboard with environment health checks
• One-click presets – Safe, Balanced, Aggressive
• Restore points – roll back to your last five saved configurations
• Troubleshooting log with a live viewer
• Export and import your settings
• Per-page exclusions from the post editor
• WP-CLI commands
• Multisite support

Block cache

Block cache stores the rendered output of a section of a page and reuses it, even on pages that are not fully cached (like logged-in or dynamic pages). Use it three ways:

1. Cache block – add the “Cache” block in the editor and put any blocks inside it
2. Shortcode – [wpp_cache ttl="600"]...[/wpp_cache]

3. PHP – in a template:

   if ( wpp_cache_start( ‘sidebar’, [ ‘ttl’ => 3600 ] ) ) { expensive_render(); wpp_cache_end(); }

You choose how long to cache and whether to keep a separate copy per page, per device, per role, or for logged-in visitors.

Add-ons

• Cloudflare – purge cache and control Cloudflare settings
• Varnish – auto-purge Varnish cache
• Prefetch – prefetch links on hover for instant navigation

WP-CLI

• wp wpp flush – clear the page cache
• wp wpp flush-blocks – clear the block cache
• wp wpp enable – enable WP Performance
• wp wpp disable – temporarily disable WP Performance
• wp wpp cleanup [<type>] – run a database cleanup (all, trash, spam, revisions, autodrafts, transients, cron)

Languages

• English
• Hrvatski (Croatian)

Report bugs

Found a bug? Please open an issue on GitHub.

1. Upload the “wp-performance” folder to “/wp-content/plugins/”
2. Activate the plugin from the Plugins menu in WordPress
3. Open WP Performance and apply a preset from the Overview tab, or turn on the options you want

If you already used an older version, your existing settings are migrated automatically.

1. 

   Overview dashboard with presets and health checks

2. 

   Page cache settings

3. 

   Image and media optimization

4. 

   Database cleanup

5. 

   Settings, restore points, and the troubleshooting log

2.0.0

A complete rebuild with a new dashboard and many new features.
[NEW] Overview dashboard with environment health checks
[NEW] One-click presets (Safe, Balanced, Aggressive)
[NEW] Block cache – cache parts of a page via the Cache block, the [wpp_cache] shortcode, or wpp_cache_start()
[NEW] Delay JavaScript until the visitor interacts
[NEW] Remove unused CSS, per page
[NEW] Host Google Fonts locally
[NEW] Convert images to WebP and AVIF
[NEW] Preload the LCP image and set fetchpriority
[NEW] Add missing image width and height to reduce layout shift
[NEW] Redis object cache drop-in
[UPDATE] Rebuilt the cache engine, asset optimizer, and CSS/JS/HTML minifiers from scratch, with no third-party dependencies
[UPDATE] New React dashboard
[UPDATE] Existing settings are migrated automatically on update
[REMOVED] AMP support

1.1.8.3

[FIX] Cloudflare add-on – respect existing headers

For the full history of older releases, see changelog.txt.