Oxford Metadata Ltd

Menu Optimizer is a powerful performance optimization plugin that generates static HTML files for your WordPress menus, dramatically reducing server load and improving page load times.
Real-World Success: This optimization technique helped achieve the first WooCommerce store with a perfect 100/100 mobile score on Google PageSpeed Insights. <a href="https://wp-rocket.me/blog/100-mobile-score-woocommerce/" rel="nofollow ugc">Read the WP Rocket case study</a>
Why Menu Caching Matters
Menu generation requires significant compute time on WordPress and WooCommerce sites. Every page load requires WordPress to: 
* Query the database for menu items 
* Process menu hierarchy 
* Apply filters and hooks 
* Render HTML output
Menu Optimizer eliminates this overhead by pre-generating menu HTML files that are served instantly.
The DOM Size Problem
Google Lighthouse triggers warnings when a page exceeds 1,500 DOM nodes (HTML elements). For e-commerce sites with extensive product categories:
<ul>
<li>A mega menu with 200-300 categories can generate 3,000-5,000+ DOM elements</li>
<li>Each nested menu item multiplies the element count</li>
<li>This exceeds Google’s limits and hurts Core Web Vitals scores</li>
</ul>
Menu Optimizer’s lazy loading keeps your initial DOM size under 1,500 nodes by loading only top-level items (typically 50-100 elements). Submenus load on-demand, maintaining excellent performance.
Key Features
<ul>
<li>Performance Boost – Reduces menu rendering time with static file caching</li>
<li>Multiple Menu Support – Cache and display multiple menus independently on the same page</li>
<li>Horizontal & Vertical Layouts – Supports both menu orientations for flexible placement</li>
<li>Static File Generation – Pre-generates HTML files for instant delivery</li>
<li>Lazy Loading – Top-level items load instantly; submenus load on first hover</li>
<li>Smart Caching – Uses localStorage for even faster subsequent loads</li>
<li>Max Mega Menu Compatible – Fully supports complex mega menu layouts</li>
<li>Easy Integration – Simple shortcode implementation</li>
<li>Translation Ready – Full i18n support with included POT file</li>
<li>CDN Compatible – Works seamlessly with caching plugins and CDNs</li>
</ul>
Performance Benefits
✓ Keeps DOM size under Google’s 1,500-node limit with lazy loading 
✓ Reduces server CPU usage by offloading menu generation 
✓ Decreases Time To First Byte (TTFB) 
✓ Improves Core Web Vitals scores (LCP, CLS, INP) 
✓ Reduces database queries per page load 
✓ Compatible with WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache, and other caching plugins
Perfect For
<ul>
<li>WooCommerce stores with complex category menus</li>
<li>Sites with large mega menus</li>
<li>High-traffic websites</li>
<li>Sites on shared hosting</li>
<li>Performance-critical applications</li>
<li>Stores aiming for 100/100 PageSpeed scores</li>
</ul>
Proven Results
This menu optimization technique was used in a WooCommerce store that achieved a 100/100 Google PageSpeed mobile score.
Learn more: <a href="https://wp-rocket.me/blog/100-mobile-score-woocommerce/" rel="nofollow ugc">WP Rocket Case Study – 100/100 Mobile Score for WooCommerce</a>
<h3>Credits</h3>
Developed by Oxford Metadata Ltd 
Contact: dimitris.vayenas@oxfordmetadata.co.uk
Special thanks to the WordPress community for their valuable feedback and contributions.
<h3>Support</h3>
For support, please visit the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/static-menu-cache" rel="ugc">WordPress.org support forum</a> or contact us at dimitris.vayenas@oxfordmetadata.co.uk.
<h3>Privacy</h3>
This plugin: 
* Does not collect any user data 
* Does not make external API calls 
* Does not use cookies 
* Stores cached menu files locally on your server 
* Uses localStorage only for client-side caching (optional)
<h3>Performance Tips</h3>
<ol>
<li>Combine with a caching plugin – Use WP Rocket or similar for full-page caching</li>
<li>Enable lazy loading – The plugin does this automatically</li>
<li>Use a CDN – Serve static menu files from a CDN for global performance</li>
<li>Regenerate regularly – Update cache whenever you modify your menu structure</li>
<li>Customize CSS via Customizer – Use WordPress’s built-in Customizer for menu styling</li>
</ol>
<h3>Technical Details</h3>
File Structure: 
* Top menu file – Loads instantly with page (minimal HTML) 
* Full menu file – Lazy loads on first interaction (complete with submenus) 
* CSS options – None, Max Mega Menu auto-detect, or custom 
* Storage location – <code>wp-content/uploads/menu-optimizer/</code>
Browser Compatibility: 
* Chrome 90+ 
* Firefox 88+ 
* Safari 14+ 
* Edge 90+
Server Requirements: 
* PHP 7.4 or higher 
* WordPress 5.8 or higher 
* Write permissions to uploads directory

Menu Optimizer

Boost site speed with static menu caching. Lazy-load submenus to keep DOM size under 1,500 nodes for better Core Web Vitals.

Optimocha

Speed Booster Pack

Improving your site’s speed will get you a better score on major speed testing services such as <a href="https://pagespeed.web.dev/" rel="nofollow ugc">Google PageSpeed</a>, <a href="https://gtmetrix.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">GTmetrix</a>, <a href="https://tools.pingdom.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pingdom</a>, <a href="https://www.webpagetest.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">WebPageTest</a> and will also improve your overall site’s usability. This will help Google and other search engines to rank your site higher in search results thus sending more traffic.
Speed Booster Pack is maintained & operated by <a href="https://optimocha.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Optimocha</a>, a company that offers special speed optimization services filled with people who obsess about speed!
<h3>Benefits of Speed Booster Pack</h3>
Each second of delay can cause up to 20% loss in conversion rates (<a href="https://web.dev/articles/why-speed-matters" rel="nofollow ugc">source: Google</a>). “Conversion” means converting visitors to something more than a “visitor”: leads, customers, subscribers, followers… you name it.
You might lose more than half of your visitors if your website loads slower than three seconds! (<a href="https://www.blog.google/products/admanager/the-need-for-mobile-speed/" rel="nofollow ugc">source: Google again</a>) More than half of your potential customers might get back to the search results page and navigate to your competitor. This is a huge problem, and it’s hugely overlooked among other SEO-related concerns. People don’t realize how important speed is, in the eyes of search engines.
That’s where Speed Booster Pack comes in: With its ever-evolving codebase, Speed Booster Pack aims to increase your site performance, page load times and PageSpeed (Lighthouse) scores! Optimocha, the company behind Speed Booster Pack, has a team with a pathological obsession for speed; so you can be sure that your site will be in good hands.
<h3>How to optimize PageSpeed Core Web Vitals metrics with Speed Booster Pack</h3>
With our huge set of features, of course!
⭐ Core Web Vitals: Speed Booster Pack is made to improve your <a href="https://web.dev/articles/lcp" rel="nofollow ugc">Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)</a>, <a href="https://web.dev/articles/inp" rel="nofollow ugc">Interaction to Next Paint (INP)</a> and <a href="https://web.dev/articles/cls" rel="nofollow ugc">Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)</a> metrics, which are also known together as <a href="https://web.dev/articles/vitals" rel="nofollow ugc">Core Web Vitals</a>. (The <a href="https://web.dev/articles/fid" rel="nofollow ugc">First Input Delay (FID)</a> metric is being replaced by INP, but Speed Booster Pack also improves FID and its lab counterpart, <a href="https://web.dev/articles/tbt/" rel="nofollow ugc">Total Blocking Time (TBT)</a>.) With the right configuration, you can get your PageSpeed scores higher than ever! 
⭐ Caching: Cache your pages into static HTML files, reduce database queries, get a faster website almost immediately. What’s not to love about caching? 
⭐ Optimize Google Fonts: Did you know that there are better ways to load Google fonts? We like to brag about finding one of the best ways. 
⭐ Lazy Load: It’s a disheartening issue that page speed tools encourage laziness… Just kidding, we love being lazy. And search engines will love your pages when you enable lazy loading for images, videos and iframes (except for the above-the-fold stuff, trust us). 
⭐ Optimize JavaScript: You know that totally-not-cryptic “Remove Render-Blocking JavaScript” recommendation? Speed Booster Pack can help defer them all until after the whole HTML is rendered, or at least move all scripts to footer. Works like a charm. 
⭐ Optimize CSS: Who needs all those different CSS files when you can inline them all into your page source? Especially when your CSS footprint is so small? Moreover, you can use the “<a href="https://web.dev/articles/extract-critical-css" rel="nofollow ugc">Critical CSS</a>” feature to essentially lazy-load all your CSS except for the CSS for above-the-fold. 
⭐ Preload Assets: Have some fonts that load in all your pages, or a script, or some CSS files? Preloading them will help modern browsers serve your pages way faster! 
⭐ WooCommerce Optimizations: Disable cart fragments, change Action Scheduler’s retention period, disable things like WooCommerce Marketing and WooCommerce Analytics… and more to come! 
⭐ Dequeue Core Scripts/Styles: Dashicons, jQuery Migrate, emoji script, post embed script… If you don’t need them, you can now choose to prevent them from loading in the first place… which can get you to the first place on your Google SERPs. 
⭐ Localize Google Analytics & Tag Manager: Tracker scripts aren’t the worst things that’ll slow your pages down, but they cause the most “recommendations”. Localizing Google Analytics and/or Google Tag Manager is a good idea to speed up your website then, right? Right? 
⭐ Enable CDN: Integrate your content delivery network to your website by rewriting all static asset URLs with your CDN domain. 
⭐ Cloudflare & Sucuri Integration: Connect to your Cloudflare or Sucuri account so you can clear your cache every time your page cache is cleared. 
⭐ Declutter HEAD: Do you think all that useless junk in your should be gone? Us too! You know what they say: A clear works faster. 
⭐ Other Features: Minify HTML, enable instant.page, trim query strings, disable self pingbacks, optimize the Heartbeat API, set a limit for post revisions, change autosave interval… Did we forget anything?
We’re constantly working on new features so stay tuned for more and more on every major release!
For complete usage instructions, you can visit the <a href="https://speedboosterpack.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Speed Booster Pack documentation</a> page.
<h3>Translators are always welcome & always rewarded!</h3>
More than half of WordPress users don’t speak English, and missing out so much! That’s why Optimocha is always looking for volunteers to <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/speed-booster-pack/" rel="nofollow ugc">translate Speed Booster Pack</a> so more and more people can benefit from its goodness. Oh, and we reward the people who help us! Reach out to us to become a translation editor in your language, and get rewarded with special discount codes of our services!
<h3>About <a href="https://optimocha.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Optimocha</a> Speed Optimization Services</h3>
Speed optimization plugins might do a great job at optimizing your website and increasing your PageSpeed scores, but even they can’t perform well on websites with poor setups. There are lots of factors to think about when it comes to web performance optimization. That’s where we, as Optimocha, come in: We log in to your website; create a specialized optimization report considering all your plugins, your theme settings, your hosting environment and your whole content; then we get our hands dirty to get your website as fast as possible. To learn more about our services and get in touch with us, here are some links:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://optimocha.com/speed-optimization-for-wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">One-time speed optimization services</a></li>
<li><a href="https://optimocha.com/speed-optimization-for-wordpress/#ongoing-optimization" rel="nofollow ugc">Monthly speed optimization & maintenance services</a></li>
<li><a href="https://optimocha.com/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">Contact Optimocha</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Disclaimer</h3>
Even though the plugin works perfectly well on most WordPress websites, it’s not perfect. We just need to make sure that we’re on the same page: This plugin, no matter how hard we work on it, might have bugs in it and your site has an off chance to have issues with the plugin. It doesn’t do anything permanent to your pages’ source codes, so deactivating the plugin and clearing your browser & server caches will solve any kind of issue it might cause. Other than that, we won’t be able to take responsibility if something else clashes with Speed Booster Pack.

Speed Booster Pack ⚡ PageSpeed Optimization Suite


I've used this plugin in many projects and it never fails. The output was always great. Thanks!


Always very good!


I preferred this plugin for my projects, it is lightweight and works well


Lightweight and works well

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Menu Optimizer vs Speed Booster Pack ⚡ PageSpeed Optimization Suite