Illia Kopturov

UnclutterWP

UnclutterWP is a Core Web Vitals and PageSpeed optimization plugin for WordPress.
Its primary goal is to help site owners improve: 
– LCP (Largest Contentful Paint) 
– CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift) 
– INP (Interaction to Next Paint)
It does this by giving you optional controls to remove unnecessary frontend bloat, disable legacy WordPress features, and reduce unneeded requests.
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Improve Core Web Vitals through optional frontend optimization controls</li>
<li>Reduce render-blocking scripts and styles</li>
<li>Remove unused WordPress assets and discovery links</li>
<li>Disable unnecessary frontend features</li>
<li>Reduce layout shift risk from non-essential scripts</li>
<li>Optimize script loading behavior by removing unneeded runtime features</li>
</ul>
Existing feature controls include: 
– Clean Head Metadata: Removes unnecessary elements from the <code><head></code> output. 
– Disable JSON API Links: Removes JSON and oEmbed discovery output when not needed. 
– Disable REST API: Disables REST API functionality for sites that do not require it. 
– Disable Trackbacks: Disables legacy trackback behavior. 
– Disable Pingback: Disables pingback headers and XML-RPC pingback behavior. 
– Disable Emojis: Removes WordPress emoji scripts and styles. 
– Remove Translations: Disables translation loading where multilingual support is not required. 
– Remove wptexturize: Disables wptexturize processing. 
– Disable Embeds: Disables embed functionality and <code>wp-embed</code> scripts. 
– Remove Gutenberg Styles: Removes front-end block library styles. 
– Remove XMLRPC Pingback Calls: Blocks XML-RPC pingback calls. 
– Admin Cleanup Tools: Optional dashboard widget and admin menu cleanup controls.

UnclutterWP – Core Web Vitals & Performance Optimizer

Improve Core Web Vitals by removing unnecessary WordPress frontend resources, reducing render-blocking overhead, and streamlining script behavior.

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