Speed up WordPress by disabling unused features — emojis, embeds, query strings, XML-RPC, RSS and more — for fewer requests and faster pages.

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<p><strong>Featherweight makes your site faster by switching off the features you don’t use.</strong> Every disabled item is one less HTTP request, one less script, or one less query — adding up to lighter pages and better Core Web Vitals. Pick only what you need; nothing is forced on.</p>
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<p><strong>Formerly WP Disable.</strong> Same plugin, new name. Featherweight is part of the Folium Studio suite — your existing settings carry over untouched on update.</p>
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<h4>Reduce requests & strip front-end bloat</h4>
<ul>
<li>Disable emojis (removes the emoji detection script and styles)</li>
<li>Remove query strings from static assets (<code>?ver=...</code>) for cleaner caching</li>
<li>Disable oEmbeds (the auto-embed script that loads site-wide)</li>
<li>Disable Gravatars</li>
<li>Remove jQuery Migrate on the front end</li>
<li>Combine and asynchronously load Google Fonts and Font Awesome</li>
<li>Add DNS-prefetch hints for external hosts</li>
<li>Remove the password-strength-meter script where it isn’t needed</li>
<li>Drop Dashicons on the front end when the admin toolbar is hidden</li>
</ul>
<h4>Clean up the page header</h4>
<ul>
<li>Remove the generator tag, shortlink, RSD, Windows Live Writer, and REST API link tags</li>
</ul>
<h4>Comments & discussion</h4>
<ul>
<li>Disable comments everywhere, or selectively per post type</li>
<li>Close comments on older posts and paginate long threads</li>
<li>Strip links from comments</li>
<li>Disable pingbacks and trackbacks</li>
<li>Schedule automatic spam-comment cleanup</li>
</ul>
<h4>Admin & performance controls</h4>
<ul>
<li>Limit or disable post revisions and autosave</li>
<li>Control the WordPress Heartbeat (frequency and where it runs)</li>
<li>Disable the REST/XML feeds (RSS), XML-RPC, author archive pages, and admin notices</li>
</ul>
<h4>SEO helpers</h4>
<ul>
<li>Remove the Yoast SEO HTML comment from the head</li>
<li>Remove duplicate names in Yoast breadcrumbs</li>
</ul>
<h4>Optional WooCommerce optimisations</h4>
<p>When WooCommerce is active, you can stop its scripts and styles from loading on non-store pages, defer cart fragments, disable product reviews, and skip the password-strength meter on unrelated pages.</p>
<h4>Good to know</h4>
<ul>
<li>Disabling emojis does not affect normal emoticons — it only removes the extra emoji-detection script.</li>
<li>Removing query strings can interfere with some CDNs that key cache on them; leave it off if unsure.</li>
<li>Everything is optional and reversible — toggle a setting off and the behaviour returns.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Have an idea or found a bug?</strong> The plugin is developed in the open — see the <a href="https://github.com/FoliumStudio/featherweight" rel="nofollow ugc">public GitHub repo</a> to contribute or open an issue.</p>


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