Mark McNeece of 365i

<p><strong>365i Performance Optimizer</strong> is a comprehensive performance plugin that combines essential speed optimizations into one easy-to-use settings page. Perfect for developers and site owners who want granular control without editing functions.php.</p>
<h4>Why Choose This Plugin?</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Elementor-Safe</strong> – Automatically detects edit/preview mode and disables optimizations to prevent conflicts.</li>
<li><strong>No External Services</strong> – All optimizations run locally. No data sent to third parties. GDPR-friendly.</li>
<li><strong>Granular Control</strong> – Toggle each feature independently. Use profiles for quick setup or fine-tune every setting.</li>
<li><strong>WordPress.org Compliant</strong> – Follows all coding standards, proper sanitization, and clean uninstall.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Core Performance Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Speculative Loading</strong> – Uses WordPress 6.9+ Speculation Rules API to prefetch likely next pages.</li>
<li><strong>Preconnect & Preload</strong> – Resource hints for critical CSS, fonts, and hero images with one-click auto-detection.</li>
<li><strong>Script Deferral</strong> – Defer render-blocking scripts while protecting jQuery, Elementor, and core handles.</li>
<li><strong>Cleanup</strong> – Remove emoji scripts, embeds, REST links, oEmbed discovery, and disable XML-RPC.</li>
<li><strong>Image Optimization</strong> – Set fetchpriority=”high” on LCP candidates and control lazy-loading behavior.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Advanced Features (New in 2.0)</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>JavaScript Delay</strong> – Don’t load non-critical scripts until user interacts (scroll, click, touch, keypress). Dramatically improves initial page load.</li>
<li><strong>Local Google Fonts</strong> – Download and serve Google Fonts from your server. Eliminates external requests and ensures GDPR compliance.</li>
<li><strong>Heartbeat Control</strong> – Reduce or disable WordPress Heartbeat API to save server resources.</li>
<li><strong>WooCommerce Optimization</strong> – Conditionally load cart fragments, styles, and block styles only on shop pages.</li>
<li><strong>Database Cleanup</strong> – Remove post revisions, auto-drafts, spam comments, orphaned data, and expired transients. Manual or scheduled.</li>
<li><strong>Query String Removal</strong> – Strip ?ver= parameters from static assets for better CDN caching.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Safety & Management</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Settings Backups</strong> – Automatic snapshots before every save. Keep up to 5 backups with one-click restore.</li>
<li><strong>Configuration Profiles</strong> – Safe Mode, Balanced, and Aggressive presets. Save custom profiles for different scenarios.</li>
<li><strong>Import/Export</strong> – Transfer settings between sites as JSON. Perfect for agencies and multi-site setups.</li>
<li><strong>Per-Page Overrides</strong> – Disable specific optimizations on problem pages via a simple meta box.</li>
<li><strong>Dashboard Widget</strong> – Quick overview of active optimizations without leaving the dashboard.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Perfect For</h4>
<ul>
<li>Elementor users wanting safe performance gains</li>
<li>WooCommerce stores needing faster non-shop pages</li>
<li>GDPR-conscious sites requiring local font hosting</li>
<li>Developers managing multiple WordPress sites</li>
<li>Anyone wanting a comprehensive, well-documented performance solution</li>
</ul>


365i Performance Optimizer

Speed up WordPress with speculation rules, script deferral, local Google Fonts, database cleanup, and WooCommerce optimization. Elementor-safe.

pluginkollektiv

<p><em>Cachify</em> optimizes your page loads by caching posts, pages and custom post types as static content. You can choose between caching via database, on the web server’s hard drive (HDD), Memcached (only on Nginx) or Redis. Whenever a page or post is loaded, it can be pulled directly from the cache. The amount of database queries and PHP requests will dramatically decrease towards zero, depending on the caching method you chose.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Works with custom post types.</li>
<li>Caching methods: DB, HDD, Redis and Memcached.</li>
<li>“Flush Cache” button in the WordPress toolbar.</li>
<li>Ready for WordPress Multisite.</li>
<li>Optional compression of HTML markup.</li>
<li>White lists for posts and user agents.</li>
<li>Manual and automatic cache reset.</li>
<li>Automatic cache management.</li>
<li>Dashboard widget for cached objects.</li>
<li>Settings for Apache and Nginx servers.</li>
<li>Extendability via hooks/filters.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
<ul>
<li>Community support via the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cachify/" rel="ugc">support forums on wordpress.org</a></li>
<li>We don’t handle support via e-mail, Twitter, GitHub issues etc.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Contribute</h3>
<ul>
<li>Active development of this plugin is handled <a href="https://github.com/pluginkollektiv/cachify" rel="nofollow ugc">on GitHub</a>.</li>
<li>Pull requests for documented bugs are highly appreciated.</li>
<li>If you think you’ve found a bug (e.g. you’re experiencing unexpected behavior), please post at the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cachify/" rel="ugc">support forums</a> first.</li>
<li>If you want to help us translate this plugin you can do so <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/cachify/" rel="nofollow ugc">on WordPress Translate</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<ul>
<li>Author: <a href="https://sergejmueller.github.io" rel="nofollow ugc">Sergej Müller</a></li>
<li>Maintainers: <a href="https://pluginkollektiv.org" rel="nofollow ugc">pluginkollektiv</a></li>
</ul>


Cachify

Useful and Simple

Smart, efficient cache solution for WordPress. Use DB, HDD, Redis or Memcached for storing your blog pages. Make WordPress faster!

365i Performance Optimizer vs Cachify