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<p>The need for Speed. Cache & Performance plugin for WordPress!<br />
You created it, we keep it fast! Did you know that……<br />
You Have Just 3 Seconds To Impress Your Visitor. Don’t Lose It By Slow Loading. 95% of customer’s don´t wait if a website takes longer than 5-6 seconds to load!<br />
<strong>Yes, that´s a big number.</strong><br />
People spend a lot of time and money on building websites and even more on marketing to get traffic… but what happens when those people come to your website and the website is slow to load? You lose sales.<br />
<strong>Slow loading websites lose visitors and sales.</strong><br />
But we have a solution! Say goodbye to slow loading websites and say hello to Swift Performance Lite or Pro!</p>
<p>Get a complete <a href="https://swiftperformance.io/" rel="nofollow ugc">Cache & Performance</a> plugin for free or as a pro.<br />
Swift Performance will increase the loading speed of any WordPress website and provides an intelligent, modern caching system. You can even cache AJAX request, dynamic pages, and you can add exceptions (URL, page or content based rules).</p>
<p><strong>Here are some of our most popular functions.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Caching.</strong> Page caching is working out of the box. It is compatible with WooCommerce, bbPress, Cloudflare and Varnish as well. It will boost your performance, improve SEO scores, and create a better user experience.</p>
<p><strong>CSS and Javascript optimization.</strong> One of the most important thing for performance is optimize the delivery of static resources. Swift Performance not only combines and minifies the CSS files, but generates the Critical CSS for each page automatically. Also Javascripts (even inline scripts) can be combined, minified, and move to footer without any conflict.<br />
Huge combined javascript files may still be render blocking, however with our unique Async Execute solution, you can not only combine/minify the scripts, but  you can run them individually as soon as a chunk has been downloaded – which provides incredibly fast JS execution, improves SEO scores and user experience.</p>
<p><strong>Database Optimization.</strong> Keeping your database clean is extremely important for speed. Swift Performance has a built in DB Optimizer to clean expired transients, orphans, duplicated metadata, and spammy comments. You can also schedule every tasks. It has never been easier to keep your WordPress database clean.</p>
<p><strong>Plugin Organizer.</strong> Plugins are a big part of WordPress, however sometimes not properly written plugins can cause performance issues. With Plugin Organizer you can disable plugins on certain pages, and let plugins run only where it is really necessary. You can set URL match, Frontend, Admin Pages, AJAX action rules and exceptions to get the best results.</p>
<p><strong>Why you should install Swift Performance Lite?</strong><br />
After reading this exhaustive features, you can probably imagine why Swift Performance is the best Cache & Performance solution for WordPress.<br />
It is both easy and powerful. Optimizing <strong>WordPress performance</strong> is not rocket science anymore. Our unique <strong>Setup Wizard</strong> will help you to configure the basic settings and improve WordPress performance.</p>
<p>We hear your voice! We are continuously improving the plugin, based on customer’s feedback & needs. This is one of the most important factors & mission.<br />
Give Swift Performance a try.<br />
Want to unlock more features? <a href="https://swiftperformance.io/" rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to our Pro version.</a></p>
<p><strong>Why should you upgrade to Pro?</strong><br />
We added our secret ingredients to make a product for our professional users, the result is Swift Performance Pro.</p>
<p><strong>Compute API.</strong> Compute API will speed up merging process and decrease CPU usage. Compute API also provides advanced JS minify, which should be used if default JS minification cause issues on your site. Compute API also provides Critical Font option, with that you can reduce font icon files’ size. This feature is <strong>essential for shared hosting users</strong>, as CPU usage is usually limited for shared hosting plans.</p>
<p><strong>Critical Icon Fonts.</strong> With Critical Fonts feature you can select icons that you are actually using on your site, and generate customized icon font set from them. There is also a feature to search used icons in your theme/plugins, posts, options, etc. Once you selected the icons that you need, you can enqueue them with one click. If critical icon fonts are enqueued, the plugin will block the original version of the font CSS/font files.</p>
<p><strong>Unlimited Image Optimizer.</strong> With Image Optimizer you can optimize every images on your site. It will scan the whole site, and pick up every image from themes, plugins and upload folder. Regarding that Image Optimizer is unlimited (no additional fees), you can save a considerable amount of money. You can select images individually, and run batch optimization. Default image quality can be specified in plugin settings, however you can overwrite it before starting the optimization on selected images.</p>
<p><strong>Schedule DB Optimizer.</strong> Both Pro and Lite versions comes with Database Optimizer. However in Pro you can set scheduled optimization, so you won’t need to do it manually.</p>
<p><strong>Whitelabel.</strong> With whitelabel option you can re-brand Swift Performance. You can change the plugin name, description, author, even the database prefix for the plugin.</p>
<p><strong>Remote Cron.</strong> Pro version provides a Remote Cron option. If you set the remote cron, our API server will call wp-cron.php and run WP cronjobs as real cronjobs.</p>
<p><strong>Extended WooCommerce Features.</strong> With Pro version you can’t just cache, but totally disable cart fragments AJAX calls. Pro also provide session cache, with that you can cache and preload dynamic pages like cart and checkout page for WooCommerce.</p>
<p><strong>Continuous Plugin Updates.</strong> While Swift Performance Lite is maintained as well, these updates are only compatibility updates, however Pro version comes with regular updates which contains new features. Also Pro version has a Beta tester option, if you enable it, you will get updates more frequently.</p>
<p><strong>FAQ</strong><br />
<strong>Installation instructions</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.</li>
<li>Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress</li>
<li>Run the Setup wizard, or use the Tools->Swift Performance screen to configure the plugin</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Why should I use Swift Performance plugin?</strong><br />
Swift Performance is an <strong>all-in-one WordPress performance booster plugin.</strong> It provides everything that you need to speed up your WordPress site (replacing several optimization plugins), and improve user’s website experience.<br />
Swift Performance is already running on 2.000+ websites and based on our customers’ feedback it is the fastest performance plugin on the market.<br />
With the Setup Wizard you can easily configure the plugin and in the same time you have power of setup & control of all settings manually.</p>
<p><strong>Strange redirects</strong><br />
If you have strange URLs in your analytics or you can see that the site redirects to an URL like this:<br />
https://www.yoursite.com/wp-content/cache/yoursite.com/desktop/unauthenticated/index.html<br />
This is caused by an improper order of htaccess rules. Probably you are using a force SSL or force www/non-www rule in htaccess. Please remove these rules from .htaccess, and insert them in <strong>Settings > General > Tweaks > Custom htaccess.</strong></p>
<p><strong>My website broke</strong><br />
It is possible that one or multiple files generate conflicts when those are merged and/or minified. If you notice that you website doesn´t show correctly, you might disable merge scripts and styles.</p>
<p><strong>High CPU Usage</strong><br />
While Swift is generating the cache, the CPU usage can be higher than usual. Swift is using more aggressive optimization than any other plugin on the market and it needs some CPU. Usually it isn’t an issue and CPU usage can be increased temporarily, but if it goes back to normal after prebuild finished, you don’t need to worry about it.<br />
However, for large sites on relatively small server it can cause too high CPU usage temporarily. Actually, when the server is using CPU it is always using 100%. High usage means the CPU was used for a longer period.<br />
If CPU usage is constantly higher you may need check the configuration. It is recommended to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Enable Compute API: Settings > General > Compute API</li>
<li>Enable Optimize Prebuild Only: Settings > Optimization > General > Optimize Prebuild Only</li>
<li>If you are not satisfied with Optimize Prebuild Only option, enable Optimize in background instead:  Settings > Optimization > General > Optimize in Background.</li>
<li>Setting a low number of threads as maximum: Settings > Optimization > General > Maximum threads: set this to 2 or 1. 1 will make the pre-build a bit slow, so try 2 first.</li>
<li>Exclude third party CSS:  Settings > Optimization > Styles> Exclude 3rd Party CSS.</li>
<li>Disable Generate Critical CSS as generating Critical CSS is the most CPU intensive process: Settings > Optimization > Styles> Generate Critical CSS.</li>
<li>Exclude third party JS: Settings > Optimization > Scripts > Exclude 3rd Party Scripts.</li>
<li>Set Cache Expiry Mode to Action based, if you are not using nonce or anything that can expire on frontend: Settings > Caching > General > Cache Expiry Mode: Action based.</li>
<li>Enable Prebuild Cache Automatically: Settings > Caching > Warmup > Prebuild Cache Automatically.</li>
<li>Setup lower Limit prebuild speed (recommended to use on limited shared hosting): Settings > Caching > Warmup > Prebuild Speed: Moderate (or Slow).</li>
<li>Exclude post types that you wouldn’t like to cache. Autoconfig should find most and exclude them automatically but you can can add them manually: Settings > Caching > Exceptions> Exclude Post Types.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<p>Quick Setup, Page Cache, Cache Preloading, Gzip Compression, Browser Caching, Remove Query Strings, Lazyload, Minify CSS, Minify JS, Combine JS/CSS, Async Execute Combined JS, Defer JS, CDN Support, Cloudflare Support, Varnish Support, Mobile Detection, Multisite Compatibility, Woocommerce Friendly, WPML Support, Cache For Logged In Users, Database Optimizer, Import/Export, DNS Prefetch, Critical CSS On The Fly, Plugin Organizer, Appcache, AJAX Cache, Proxy 3rd Party JS, Inline Small Images, Google Analytics Bypass, Heartbeat Control</p>
<h4>Reviews</h4>
<p><a href="https://www.wpmediamastery.com/swift-performance-review-and-settings/" rel="nofollow ugc">Swift Performance Review</a> by WPMediaMastery<br />
<a href="https://www.alentejowebdesign.nl/wp-rocket-vs-swift-performance/" rel="nofollow ugc">Swift Performance Comparison</a> by Alentejo Webdesign</p>
<h3>Easy Setup</h3>
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Swift Performance Lite

Swift Performance is a cache and performance booster plugin. It can speed up your site, improve SEO scores and user experience.

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<p>🚀 Make Your Website Faster by Reducing Image Weight</p>
<p>Robin Image Optimizer is a WordPress image optimization plugin that can reduce image file size by up to 80% without visible quality loss. It helps speed up your site by compressing images, converting them to modern formats, and optimizing both new and existing images automatically.</p>
<p>Robin Image Optimizer is a smart and advanced free image optimization plugin for WordPress, built with no limits on the number of images, no API keys, and no external CDN dependency. It works locally inside WordPress and supports automatic image optimization, bulk image optimization, and WebP conversion.</p>
<p>Robin is built for site owners who want free image optimization, unlimited WebP conversion, and a simple, local solution that works directly inside WordPress.</p>
<h3>At a Glance</h3>
<p>📌 Unlimited image optimization (no limits)<br />
📌 Automatic optimization on image upload<br />
📌 Bulk optimization for existing media<br />
📌 WebP conversion (JPG, PNG, GIF)<br />
📌 Runs locally inside WordPress<br />
📌 No API keys, no external CDN</p>
<h3>Quick Links</h3>
<p>📘 <a href="https://docs.themeisle.com/collection/2413-robin-image-optimizer" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a> – Complete setup and configuration guide</p>
<p>💬 <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/robin-image-optimizer/" rel="ugc">Support Forum</a> – Community help and expert support</p>
<p>⭐ <a href="https://robinoptimizer.com/upgrade/?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=robin_quicklinks" rel="nofollow ugc">Go Pro</a> – Unlock advanced features and priority support</p>
<h3>What Robin Does</h3>
<p>Robin improves WordPress performance by optimizing images throughout your entire workflow. Images are optimized automatically when they’re uploaded, and existing images in your media library can be optimized in bulk. This reduces manual work and keeps your site fast as it grows.</p>
<p>By compressing images and converting them to modern formats like WebP, Robin helps reduce overall page size. This results in faster load times, better performance metrics, and a smoother user experience, especially on mobile devices and image-heavy pages.</p>
<p>With Robin, you can:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Automatically optimize images on upload</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Bulk optimize existing images in the media library</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Convert images to modern formats like WebP and AVIF in <a href="https://robinoptimizer.com/upgrade/?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=whatrobindoes" rel="nofollow ugc">PRO</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Reduce image weight and overall page size</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Improve loading speed and PageSpeed audits</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Run everything locally without API keys or CDN dependencies</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>This makes Robin a reliable choice for bloggers, content websites, and performance-focused WordPress sites.</p>
<h3>Why Image Optimization Matters</h3>
<p>⚡ The lighter the image, the faster your page loads.</p>
<p>Images are often the most significant contributor to page size on WordPress websites. As mobile usage continues to grow, image optimization has become essential for delivering fast, responsive experiences.</p>
<p>Unoptimized images can lead to:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Slower page loads</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Higher bounce rates</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Poor ad and conversion performance</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Lower engagement on mobile devices</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Image optimization reduces image file size while preserving visual quality, helping pages load faster without sacrificing quality.</p>
<h3>How Robin Optimizes Images</h3>
<p>Robin analyzes each image and applies compression based on the selected optimization mode. Optimization happens automatically and safely, without blocking the WordPress admin interface or requiring manual intervention.</p>
<h4>⚙️ Automatic Image Optimization</h4>
<p>Images are optimized automatically as soon as they are uploaded to WordPress. No manual steps are required, and the optimization process runs quietly in the background.<br />
This ensures that all new images added to your site are optimized by default, without interrupting your workflow.</p>
<h4>📦 Bulk Image Optimization</h4>
<p>Robin supports manual bulk optimization for images that already exist in the media library. With a single action, you can start optimizing previously uploaded images.<br />
The optimization process runs in batches, making it suitable for large media libraries with thousands of images. This is especially useful for existing WordPress sites that want to reduce page size and improve performance without re-uploading content.</p>
<h4>🎚️ Compression Modes</h4>
<p>Robin provides multiple compression modes so you can choose how aggressively images are optimized.</p>
<ul>
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<p><strong>Lossless compression:</strong> Reduces image file size without any visible or measurable quality loss. Ideal for logos, illustrations, and high-fidelity images.</p>
</li>
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<p><strong>Lossy compression:</strong> Applies stronger compression while keeping quality changes minimal and usually unnoticeable. A great default for most WordPress sites.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>High compression:</strong> Uses more aggressive optimization techniques to achieve maximum file size reduction. Best for performance-focused and image-heavy pages.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>PageSpeed compression (<a href="https://robinoptimizer.com/upgrade/?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=compressionmode" rel="nofollow ugc">Pro</a>):</strong> Applies optimization settings tuned specifically for improving PageSpeed and performance audits.</p>
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<li>
<p><strong>Custom compression:</strong> Allows you to define your own quality level for full control over optimization behavior.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>🖼️ Modern Image Formats: WebP & AVIF</h4>
<p>Robin converts supported image formats such as JPG, PNG, and GIF into WebP, a modern image format that produces smaller files while maintaining visual quality. WebP images are generated automatically when images are uploaded or optimized in bulk.</p>
<p>Optimized WebP images are served automatically to browsers that support them. When a browser does not support WebP, Robin safely falls back to the original image format to ensure full compatibility across devices.</p>
<p>WebP conversion is available in the free version of Robin with no limits on the number of images. Images are converted automatically and served in the best format supported by each browser.</p>
<p>Robin free supports:</p>
<ul>
<li>JPG to WebP conversion</li>
<li>PNG to WebP conversion</li>
<li>GIF to WebP conversion</li>
</ul>
<p>Other common image formats used in WordPress are also supported, with automatic fallback to ensure compatibility across all browsers and devices.</p>
<p>🏆 <a href="https://robinoptimizer.com/upgrade/?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=modernformat" rel="nofollow ugc">Robin Pro</a> adds support for AVIF, a next-generation image format that can deliver even smaller file sizes than WebP in many cases. Safe fallbacks are applied automatically.</p>
<h4>💾 Image Backup and Restore</h4>
<p>Before optimizing any image, Robin stores a backup of the original file. You can restore original images at any time or re-optimize them using different compression settings. This makes it safe to experiment with optimization modes without the risk of permanent changes.</p>
<h4>🧾 Strip EXIF data</h4>
<p>Robin allows you to choose whether EXIF metadata should be removed or preserved during image optimization. Removing EXIF metadata helps reduce image file size and improves privacy. Keeping EXIF metadata is useful for photography portfolios or workflows that rely on image data.</p>
<h4>🔄 Background Image Optimization (<a href="https://robinoptimizer.com/upgrade/?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=bgimageoptimization" rel="nofollow ugc">PRO</a>)</h4>
<p>Robin supports background image optimization, allowing images to be processed gradually over time without blocking the WordPress admin interface. Background optimization uses scheduled processing to continuously optimize images, preventing timeouts and performance issues when working with large image libraries or frequent uploads.</p>
<h4>📁 Custom Folder Optimization (<a href="https://robinoptimizer.com/upgrade/?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=customfolder" rel="nofollow ugc">PRO</a>)</h4>
<p>Robin can optimize images stored outside the WordPress Media Library, including images located in custom folders such as theme directories and plugin assets.</p>
<p>This is useful for:</p>
<ul>
<li>Custom WordPress themes</li>
<li>Plugins with bundled image assets</li>
<li>Performance-focused sites using custom directories</li>
<li>Advanced or custom-built WordPress setups</li>
</ul>
<h4>WP CLI commands (<a href="https://robinoptimizer.com/upgrade/?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=wpcli" rel="nofollow ugc">PRO</a>)</h4>
<h4>Commands</h4>
<ul>
<li>wp robin optimize </li>
<li>wp robin stop </li>
<li>wp robin status </li>
</ul>
<h4>Available scopes</h4>
<ul>
<li>media-library</li>
<li>custom-folders</li>
<li>nextgen</li>
</ul>
<h3>Use Cases</h3>
<p>Robin Image Optimizer fits naturally into a wide range of WordPress workflows, from small blogs to performance-focused websites.</p>
<h4>📝 Blogs & Content Websites</h4>
<p>Perfect for bloggers and content creators who upload images regularly and want automatic image optimization without manual work. Images are optimized on upload, keeping pages fast as content grows.</p>
<h4>🖼️ Image-Heavy Pages & Media-Rich Sites</h4>
<p>Ideal for galleries, portfolios, landing pages, and visual storytelling sites where images contribute heavily to page weight. Bulk optimization and higher compression modes help significantly reduce page size.</p>
<h4>⚡ Performance-Focused WordPress Sites</h4>
<p>Great for site owners focused on speed, Core Web Vitals, and PageSpeed audits. Optimized images and modern formats like WebP help improve loading performance across desktop and mobile.</p>
<h4>🏗️ Existing WordPress Websites</h4>
<p>Useful for established sites with large media libraries. Previously uploaded images can be optimized in bulk without re-uploading or rebuilding content.</p>
<h4>🌍 Sites Without a CDN</h4>
<p>A reliable solution for websites that don’t use a CDN. All image optimization and WebP conversion happen locally inside WordPress, with no external services or API keys required.</p>
<h4>🧩 Custom Themes & Advanced Setups</h4>
<p>Suitable for custom WordPress themes and advanced setups where images live outside the Media Library. Custom folder optimization allows full-site image optimization beyond standard uploads.</p>
<h3>What Users Say About Robin</h3>
<p>★★★★★<br />
<strong>Excellent plugin</strong></p>
<p>“I use Robin on all my WordPress sites. It’s easy to set up, effective, and really helps reduce loading times.”</p>
<p>★★★★★<br />
<strong>Great plugin</strong><br />
“A free image optimization plugin without image limits? Really impressive.”</p>
<p>★★★★★<br />
<strong>Don’t waste time on others</strong><br />
“This has to be the best free optimizer I’ve tried. Fast, simple, and very efficient.”</p>
<p>★★★★★<br />
<strong>Great plugin. Nice work</strong><br />
“Saves a lot of time and reduces disk space usage.”</p>
<p>★★★★★<br />
<strong>Thank you Robin Hood</strong><br />
“I tried many other image compression options — this one works best.”</p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>Need help? Open a new thread in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/robin-image-optimizer/" rel="ugc">Support Forum</a>, and we’ll be happy to assist.</p>
<h3>📘 Documentation</h3>
<p>Discover how to make the most of Robin with our detailed and user-friendly <a href="https://docs.themeisle.com/collection/2413-robin-image-optimizer" rel="nofollow ugc">documentation</a>.</p>


Robin Image Optimizer – Unlimited Image Optimization, WebP & AVIF

Unlimited automatic image optimization for WordPress. Compress images, convert to WebP, and improve site speed without losing image quality.

Swift Performance Lite vs Robin Image Optimizer – Unlimited Image Optimization, WebP & AVIF