Mark McNeece of 365i

365i Performance Optimizer 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.
<h4>Why Choose This Plugin?</h4>
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<li>Elementor-Safe – Automatically detects edit/preview mode and disables optimizations to prevent conflicts.</li>
<li>No External Services – All optimizations run locally. No data sent to third parties. GDPR-friendly.</li>
<li>Granular Control – Toggle each feature independently. Use profiles for quick setup or fine-tune every setting.</li>
<li>WordPress.org Compliant – Follows all coding standards, proper sanitization, and clean uninstall.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Core Performance Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Speculative Loading – Uses WordPress 6.9+ Speculation Rules API to prefetch likely next pages.</li>
<li>Preconnect & Preload – Resource hints for critical CSS, fonts, and hero images with one-click auto-detection.</li>
<li>Script Deferral – Defer render-blocking scripts while protecting jQuery, Elementor, and core handles.</li>
<li>Cleanup – Remove emoji scripts, embeds, REST links, oEmbed discovery, and disable XML-RPC.</li>
<li>Image Optimization – Set fetchpriority=”high” on LCP candidates and control lazy-loading behavior.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Advanced Features (New in 2.0)</h4>
<ul>
<li>JavaScript Delay – Don’t load non-critical scripts until user interacts (scroll, click, touch, keypress). Dramatically improves initial page load.</li>
<li>Local Google Fonts – Download and serve Google Fonts from your server. Eliminates external requests and ensures GDPR compliance.</li>
<li>Heartbeat Control – Reduce or disable WordPress Heartbeat API to save server resources.</li>
<li>WooCommerce Optimization – Conditionally load cart fragments, styles, and block styles only on shop pages.</li>
<li>Database Cleanup – Remove post revisions, auto-drafts, spam comments, orphaned data, and expired transients. Manual or scheduled.</li>
<li>Query String Removal – Strip ?ver= parameters from static assets for better CDN caching.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Safety & Management</h4>
<ul>
<li>Settings Backups – Automatic snapshots before every save. Keep up to 5 backups with one-click restore.</li>
<li>Configuration Profiles – Safe Mode, Balanced, and Aggressive presets. Save custom profiles for different scenarios.</li>
<li>Import/Export – Transfer settings between sites as JSON. Perfect for agencies and multi-site setups.</li>
<li>Per-Page Overrides – Disable specific optimizations on problem pages via a simple meta box.</li>
<li>Dashboard Widget – 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.

Ilan Firsov

uPress

ezCache is the most complete WordPress performance optimization plugin. From page caching to Redis Object Cache, Critical CSS to Speculative Loading — everything you need to make your site blazing fast.
Free Features: 
* ⚡ Page Caching — serve cached HTML instantly 
* 🖼️ Lazy Loading — defer offscreen images and iframes 
* 📝 HTML Minification — reduce page size 
* 🔮 Speculative Loading — Chrome prerenders pages before click 
* ⚡ 103 Early Hints — browser fetches CSS/JS before HTML arrives 
* 🩺 Site Diagnostic Tool — one-click performance analysis 
* 💾 Settings Backup/Restore — export/import configuration 
* 🔧 Development Mode — temporarily disable cache
Pro Features ($29/year): 
* 🔴 Redis Object Cache — store DB queries in RAM, 90% fewer queries 
* 🔴 Redis Full-Page Cache — serve pages from Redis in <1ms 
* 🎨 Critical CSS — inline above-the-fold CSS, defer the rest 
* 🎨 CSS/JS Minification & Combination 
* 🖼️ WebP Image Conversion — save 25-34% bandwidth 
* 🚀 Cache Preloading — warm cache automatically 
* 🌐 CDN Integration — URL rewriting for static assets 
* 🗄️ Database Cleanup — revisions, drafts, transients 
* 💓 Heartbeat Control — reduce server load 
* 🔗 DNS Prefetch & Preconnect

ezCache

Lightning-fast WordPress optimization — page caching, Redis Object Cache, Critical CSS, WebP images, CSS/JS optimization, and 15+ performance tools.

365i Performance Optimizer vs ezCache