plugopress

<p>PlugoSpeed is a WordPress performance plugin that combines <strong>page caching</strong>, asset optimization, and Core Web Vitals improvements in a single lightweight package.</p>
<p>It generates <strong>static HTML cache</strong> files served directly from disk via Apache — bypassing PHP and WordPress on cached requests. In testing on a standard VPS, this approach achieves sub-50ms TTFB and PageSpeed scores of 95/100 on desktop.</p>
<p>A React 18 dashboard provides real-time cache hit rates, bandwidth saved, and PageSpeed score tracking — no jQuery required.</p>
<h4>Core Features (Free)</h4>
<p><strong>Static HTML Cache</strong><br />
Pages are stored as static <code>.html</code> files on disk. Apache serves them directly — no PHP, no database, no WordPress bootstrap. Cache TTL is configurable (default: 24 hours).</p>
<p><strong>HTML Minification</strong><br />
Removes unnecessary whitespace and comments from the final HTML output, reducing page size without affecting content or functionality.</p>
<p><strong>CSS Minification</strong><br />
Minifies stylesheet files inline, reducing transfer size. Combine is intentionally disabled by default for HTTP/2 compatibility.</p>
<p><strong>JavaScript Defer</strong><br />
Adds <code>defer</code> to non-critical scripts, improving Time to Interactive (TTI) and Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) scores on mobile.</p>
<p><strong>Image Lazy Loading</strong><br />
Adds native <code>loading="lazy"</code> to images and iframes below the fold. Injects explicit <code>width</code> and <code>height</code> attributes to reduce Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS).</p>
<p><strong>Database Cleanup</strong><br />
Scheduled cleanup of post revisions, auto-drafts, spam comments, and expired transients. Configurable schedule: daily, weekly, or monthly.</p>
<p><strong>Cache Preloading</strong><br />
After purge, PlugoSpeed re-warms the cache automatically by walking your XML sitemap. Rate-limited to avoid server overload.</p>
<p><strong>Auto Cache Purge</strong><br />
Cache is invalidated on post save, theme change, plugin activation, and WooCommerce stock/price updates.</p>
<p><strong>PageSpeed Dashboard</strong><br />
Tracks your Google PageSpeed Insights score over time with a 30-day graph. Shows live cache hit/miss ratio, bandwidth saved, and page count.</p>
<h4>Pro Features</h4>
<p><strong>Remove Unused CSS (RUCSS)</strong><br />
Generates a per-page stylesheet containing only the CSS rules that are actually used. Eliminates render-blocking CSS from page builders and plugin stylesheets. Requires a PlugoPress API key.</p>
<p><strong>Critical CSS</strong><br />
Inlines the above-the-fold CSS directly in <code><head></code>, eliminating render-blocking for a faster LCP. Requires a PlugoPress API key.</p>
<p><strong>WebP Image Serving</strong><br />
Automatically serves <code>.webp</code> versions of images to supported browsers, reducing image payload by 25–35% without quality loss.</p>
<p><a href="https://plugopress.com/plugospeed/" rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to Pro <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> plugopress.com/plugospeed/</a></p>
<h4>Compatibility</h4>
<p>PlugoSpeed is tested and verified compatible with:</p>
<p><strong>Page Builders:</strong> Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, Bricks, Oxygen, WPBakery<br />
<strong>Themes:</strong> Astra, GeneratePress, Kadence, Hello Elementor, OceanWP, Blocksy, Neve, Flatsome<br />
<strong>E-Commerce:</strong> WooCommerce (cart exclusion, stock purge, vary by currency)<br />
<strong>Multilingual:</strong> WPML, Polylang (vary cache by language)<br />
<strong>SEO:</strong> Rank Math, Yoast SEO, All in One SEO<br />
<strong>CDN:</strong> Cloudflare (Pro: API purge integration)</p>
<h4>Technical Highlights</h4>
<ul>
<li>Apache <code>.htaccess</code> rules serve cached HTML at low TTFB — before PHP loads</li>
<li><code>advanced-cache.php</code> drop-in captures misses and writes cache files</li>
<li>Optimizer pipeline: Image <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> JS <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> CSS <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> HTML (order matters for correctness)</li>
<li>WooCommerce cart/checkout pages are automatically excluded from cache</li>
<li>Logged-in users never receive cached pages (preserves nonces and personalisation)</li>
<li>Action Scheduler handles background jobs (preload, cleanup, RUCSS generation)</li>
<li>REST API powers the dashboard — all actions are nonce-protected with <code>manage_options</code> capability checks</li>
</ul>
<h4>Links</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://plugopress.com/plugospeed/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin Page</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.plugopress.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://plugopress.com/changelog/plugospeed" rel="nofollow ugc">Changelog</a></li>
<li><a href="https://plugopress.com/support" rel="nofollow ugc">Support</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to the following external services:</p>
<h4>Google PageSpeed Insights API</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Purpose:</strong> Measures your site’s performance score and Core Web Vitals (LCP, CLS, FID)</li>
<li><strong>When it is called:</strong> Only when viewing the PlugoSpeed dashboard or when a manual refresh is triggered by the site administrator</li>
<li><strong>Data transmitted:</strong> Your site’s public URL — no personal data is sent</li>
<li><strong>Terms of Service:</strong> https://developers.google.com/terms</li>
<li><strong>Privacy Policy:</strong> https://policies.google.com/privacy</li>
</ul>
<h4>PlugoPress Cloud API (api.plugopress.com)</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Purpose:</strong> Powers Pro features: Remove Unused CSS (RUCSS) and Critical CSS generation</li>
<li><strong>When it is called:</strong> Only when a valid API key is configured by the site administrator AND the corresponding Pro feature is enabled</li>
<li><strong>Data transmitted:</strong> The page URL and rendered HTML of the requested page, used solely for CSS analysis</li>
<li><strong>Terms of Service:</strong> https://plugopress.com/terms</li>
<li><strong>Privacy Policy:</strong> https://plugopress.com/privacy-policy</li>
</ul>
<h4>PlugoPress Badge Service (plugopress.com)</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Purpose:</strong> Displays a performance badge in the PlugoSpeed dashboard</li>
<li><strong>When it is called:</strong> When the dashboard is viewed and a PageSpeed score is available</li>
<li><strong>Data transmitted:</strong> Only the numeric PageSpeed score is included in the image URL — no personal data is sent</li>
<li><strong>Terms of Service:</strong> https://plugopress.com/terms</li>
<li><strong>Privacy Policy:</strong> https://plugopress.com/privacy-policy</li>
</ul>


PlugoSpeed

A WordPress cache plugin delivering static HTML cache, page caching, CSS minification, JavaScript defer, lazy load, and Core Web Vitals improvements.

Gabe Livan

<p>Most WordPress sites load unnecessary CSS and JavaScript files, making pages slower than they should be. <strong>Strip the “fat” first and get a faster website!</strong></p>
<p>Faster page load = Happier Visitors = More Conversions = More Revenue 🙂</p>
<p>When using a theme and multiple plugins, many styles and scripts are loaded on every page, even when they are not needed. Preventing unnecessary assets from loading makes your website faster and the HTML output cleaner.</p>
<p>For example, a contact form plugin may load its CSS and JavaScript files on every page, even if the form is only used on the contact page.</p>
<p>Asset CleanUp scans your page and shows all loaded assets. You can then unload the ones that are not needed, reducing page bloat and improving load speed.</p>
<p>The plugin works best alongside a caching plugin or CDN (e.g. Cloudflare) for maximum performance.</p>
<h4>Main plugin’s benefits include</h4>
<ul>
<li>Unload (prevent from loading) unnecessary CSS & JavaScript files and decrease HTTP requests</li>
<li>Eliminate render-blocking resources for faster page load</li>
<li>Improve Core Web Vitals and performance scores (PageSpeed, GTmetrix, Pingdom)</li>
<li>Combine and minify remaining CSS & JavaScript files (including inline code)</li>
<li>Defer JavaScript execution to improve loading speed</li>
<li>Inline critical CSS for faster rendering</li>
<li>Preload important assets such as CSS, JavaScript, local fonts & Google Fonts</li>
<li>Remove unused features such as Emojis, Dashicons (for guests) and Comment Reply</li>
<li>Disable RSS feeds if not needed</li>
<li>Reduce overall HTML size (especially effective with GZIP compression enabled)</li>
<li>Prevent potential conflicts between plugins and themes</li>
<li>Make source code cleaner and easier to debug</li>
</ul>
<h4>Google Fonts Optimization / Removal</h4>
<ul>
<li>Reduce the number of Google Font requests by combining them into fewer requests (faster loading)</li>
<li>Load Google Fonts asynchronously or via preload to avoid render-blocking issues</li>
<li>Preload Google Font files for improved performance</li>
<li>Apply <strong>font-display</strong> to ensure text remains visible while fonts are loading</li>
<li>Enable preconnect to speed up font delivery</li>
<li>Option to completely remove Google Fonts (including all related requests)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Local Fonts Optimization</h4>
<ul>
<li>Preload local font files for faster rendering</li>
<li>Apply <strong>font-display</strong> to improve text visibility during font loading (important for PageSpeed)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Critical CSS</h4>
<ul>
<li>Add your own critical CSS to improve above-the-fold loading speed</li>
<li>Supports homepage, posts, pages, taxonomies, archives, search and 404 pages</li>
<li>Can be managed directly from the Dashboard or via code / <a href="https://www.assetcleanup.com/docs/?p=608" rel="nofollow ugc">Read More</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Clean up unnecessary code from HEAD & BODY</h4>
<ul>
<li>Remove unused WordPress tags (RSD, REST API, shortlinks, generator meta, etc.)</li>
<li>Disable RSS feed links if not needed</li>
<li>Remove oEmbed scripts if you don’t use embedded content</li>
<li>Strip unnecessary HTML comments (with exceptions support)</li>
</ul>
<p>Each option can be enabled or disabled individually, giving you full control over how your site is optimized. Clear instructions are available directly in the plugin’s settings.</p>
<h4>Disable partially or completely XML-RPC protocol</h4>
<ul>
<li>Disable XML-RPC if not needed (improves security and reduces unnecessary access)</li>
<li>Keep it enabled if you rely on external apps or services</li>
</ul>
<p>Fully compatible with WordPress Multisite networks</p>
<h4>Asset CleanUp Pro</h4>
<p>This is the lite version of Asset CleanUp Pro, which offers advanced control over how CSS & JavaScript files are loaded across your entire website.<br />
<a href="https://www.gabelivan.com/items/wp-asset-cleanup-pro/?utm_source=wp_org_lite&utm_medium=inside_quote" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn more about the Pro version</a></p>
<h4>NOTES</h4>
<p>If something is not working as expected or you have any suggestions, feel free to open a thread in the support forum, and I’ll be happy to help.</p>
<p>If you enjoy using the plugin, a review is always appreciated.</p>
<h4>GO PRO</h4>
<ul>
<li>Unlock advanced control over how CSS & JavaScript files load across your entire website</li>
<li>Unload (prevent from loading) CSS/JS files across all pages (including taxonomies, archives, search and 404 pages)</li>
<li>Disable entire plugins in the frontend or Dashboard to reduce load time and avoid conflicts</li>
<li>
<p>Load assets conditionally based on screen size (e.g. skip unnecessary files on mobile)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Defer or async JavaScript files for faster page rendering</p>
</li>
<li>Move CSS & JS between HEAD and BODY to reduce render-blocking resources</li>
<li>
<p>Inline JavaScript when needed for better performance</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Get faster updates, early access to new features and premium support</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Ready to take full control of your website’s performance?<br />
<a href="https://www.gabelivan.com/items/wp-asset-cleanup-pro/?utm_source=wp_org_lite&utm_medium=go_pro" rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to Asset CleanUp Pro</a></p>


Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster

This plugin has to be activated on every website I create (it will be 3-digit count now)

Must have plugin


It does not remove unnecessary code from CSS, only complete CSS files can be disabled. This also helps quite a lot.


Good enought


I knew this plugin for a long time but didn't realize how good it is. I used this recently to speed up a stubborn website and now all my websites are way faster and better, saving lots of unnecessary loads every page. you got to understand it first to use it in a best way. I no longer need paid WP Rocket, even standard catch is enough for my websites. Purchased pro and website speed is all green for Desktop, way better on Mobile. Absolutely awesome.


This is what I needed to do to speed up


This Plugin is great! Absolutely useful!


Great Plugin!


Sitedeki hız sorunun eklentilerden kaynaklı olduğunu sanıyordum. Aslında sabit kaynaklardaki cssler nedeniyle sorun yaşadığımı görmeme yardımcı oldu. 70 tane Hardcoded (non-enqueued) Styles & Scripts küçük basit css dosyası sayfa açılırken siteye ızrıdap yaşatıyordu. Şimdi bunların ne olduğunu biliyorum. Pro versiyonla kolayca tüm siteden engelledim. Ancak artık onların kaynağını bulup silme zamanının da geldiğini görüyorum. Kaynakları bulmak için tüm site dosyalarını indirip içerisinden aradığım kodu bulup gereksiz css komutlarına elveda diyeceğim. Pro versiyona kaynağını iletme imkanı da sunulursa harika olacaktır. 


Sitedeki hız sorunun ne olduğunu bulmamda yardımcı oldu

Great

Make your website load FASTER by stopping specific styles (.CSS) & scripts (.JS) from loading. It works best with a page caching plugin / service.

PlugoSpeed vs Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster