M Asif Rahman

WPDeveloper

Akash Mia

<p>Your visitors decide to stay or leave in under 3 seconds. <strong>xSpeed</strong> makes sure they stay.</p>
<p>Most caching plugins bury you in settings, charts, and upgrade popups. xSpeed does the opposite — install it, flip one switch, and your site loads faster. No bloat, no upsells nagging you, no PhD required.</p>
<p>Built by the team at <strong>WPDeveloper</strong> — trusted by over 7 million WordPress users worldwide.</p>
<h4>What Does xSpeed Do?</h4>
<p>xSpeed is a full-site performance plugin. It caches your pages, shrinks your code, compresses your files, and serves everything as fast as your server physically can — including an AI-powered audit that tells you exactly what’s slowing your site down.</p>
<p>The result: pages that load in milliseconds, not seconds. Better Google PageSpeed scores. Happier visitors. Better SEO rankings.</p>
<h4>The Speed Advantage No Other Free Plugin Offers</h4>
<p>When xSpeed caches a page, it doesn’t just save it — it serves it directly from the server, bypassing PHP entirely.</p>
<p>That means:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>With xSpeed static cache:</strong> 5–15ms response time</li>
<li><strong>Without it (PHP-served cache):</strong> ~85ms response time</li>
</ul>
<p>That’s up to <strong>17× faster</strong> page delivery on cache hits. No other free caching plugin does this across Apache, nginx, and LiteSpeed automatically.</p>
<h4>Features at a Glance</h4>
<p><strong>Page Caching</strong></p>
<p>Your pages are saved as static HTML files and served instantly to visitors — before WordPress even loads. The cache rebuilds itself automatically whenever you publish a post, switch themes, or update a plugin. You never have to think about it.</p>
<ul>
<li>Static-file rewrite path (bypasses PHP entirely — 5–15ms TTFB)</li>
<li>Auto-purge on publish, update, comment, theme change</li>
<li>One-click cache purge from the admin bar</li>
<li>Exclude specific URLs (e.g. <code>/cart</code>, <code>/checkout</code>, <code>/my-account</code>)</li>
<li>Set your own cache expiry (1–720 hours)</li>
<li>Separate mobile cache for phone and tablet visitors</li>
<li>Per-post cache rules — custom expiry or disable caching for individual posts</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Code Minification</strong></p>
<p>Strips all the unnecessary whitespace, comments, and characters from your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript without breaking anything.</p>
<ul>
<li>Minify HTML, CSS, and JavaScript</li>
<li>Combine CSS and JS files to reduce HTTP requests</li>
<li>Defer or delay JavaScript so it doesn’t block page rendering</li>
<li>Async CSS loading</li>
<li>Removes <code>?ver=</code> query strings from asset URLs</li>
<li>Safe-minify: automatically skips already-minified files and falls back if anything looks off</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>GZIP Compression</strong></p>
<p>Makes every file your server sends smaller — so browsers download them faster.</p>
<ul>
<li>Auto-configures GZIP on Apache and LiteSpeed</li>
<li>Shows a ready-to-paste config snippet for nginx and IIS</li>
<li>Detects if your server already has GZIP active — no double-configuration</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Lazy Load</strong></p>
<p>Images, videos, and iframes load only when a visitor scrolls to them — not all at once on page load.</p>
<ul>
<li>Lazy load images, iframes, and videos</li>
<li>Automatic CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift) fix so your layout doesn’t jump</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Fonts Optimization</strong></p>
<p>Web fonts are one of the most common causes of slow-loading pages.</p>
<ul>
<li>Adds <code>font-display: swap</code> so text is visible immediately while fonts load</li>
<li>Preloads above-the-fold font files for instant rendering</li>
<li>Removes the blank-text flash caused by slow Google Fonts responses</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Browser Cache</strong></p>
<p>Tells browsers to remember your static files (images, CSS, JS) so returning visitors load your site even faster.</p>
<ul>
<li>Sets proper <code>Cache-Control</code> and <code>Expires</code> headers</li>
<li>Works automatically — no manual configuration needed</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Cache Preloader</strong></p>
<p>Warms up your cache automatically so the very first visitor after a purge still gets a fast page.</p>
<ul>
<li>Sitemap-driven cache warmer</li>
<li>Auto-warms cache when you publish or update content</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Object Cache (Redis / Memcached)</strong></p>
<p>Speed up database-heavy WordPress installs with server-side object caching.</p>
<ul>
<li>Connect Redis or Memcached in seconds</li>
<li>View status and flush cache from the dashboard</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>CDN Support</strong></p>
<p>Serve your static files from a CDN for faster global delivery.</p>
<ul>
<li>Pull-zone URL rewriting for any CDN provider</li>
<li>Built-in Cloudflare integration: connect your zone, auto-purge on publish, toggle dev mode</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Database Optimization</strong></p>
<p>A bloated database slows down every page load. xSpeed keeps yours clean.</p>
<ul>
<li>Optimize database tables</li>
<li>Remove post revisions, spam, trash, transients, and orphaned meta</li>
<li>Schedule automatic cleanup so it runs on autopilot</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Disable Bloat</strong></p>
<p>Turn off WordPress features you don’t use — each one is a request your server doesn’t have to make.</p>
<ul>
<li>Disable dashicons on the frontend</li>
<li>Remove oEmbed, RSS feeds, XML-RPC, jQuery Migrate, REST API authentication headers</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>AI-Powered Site Audit (Pro)</strong></p>
<p>xSpeed Pro scans your specific site and tells you exactly which performance features will help the most — with severity ratings and concrete reasons, not generic advice.</p>
<h4>Smart Enough to Stay Out of Trouble</h4>
<p>xSpeed handles the edge cases other plugins miss:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Multisite ready</strong> — each site in the network gets its own cache and settings.</li>
<li><strong>LiteSpeed server?</strong> — xSpeed detects LiteSpeed Cache’s server module and steps back to avoid conflicts.</li>
<li><strong>WooCommerce?</strong> — logged-in customers and checkout pages are never cached.</li>
<li><strong>WordPress Site Health</strong> — xSpeed adds its own health check under Tools <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Site Health so you always know your cache config is working correctly.</li>
<li><strong>Works on any server</strong> — Apache, nginx, LiteSpeed, IIS, and any standard PHP host.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Designed for Everyone</h4>
<p><strong>Non-technical users:</strong> A 3-step setup wizard walks you through first-time configuration in under 2 minutes. Settings auto-save — there’s no Save button to forget.</p>
<p><strong>Developers:</strong> REST API at <code>/wp-json/xspeed/v1/</code>, developer filters (<code>xspeed_skip_minify</code>, <code>xspeed_cache_skip_for_post</code>, <code>xspeed_cache_expiry_for_post</code>), <code>WP_DEBUG</code> awareness, and a React 18 + TypeScript admin UI under 80 KB gzipped.</p>
<p><strong>Agencies:</strong> Use the <code>xspeed_branding</code> filter to white-label the dashboard for clients.</p>
<h4>Completely Private</h4>
<p>xSpeed never collects personal data, stores IP addresses, uses tracking cookies, or contacts any third-party server. Every optimization runs locally on your server. The only external request it makes is a quick check to your own site’s home URL to confirm GZIP is active — and even that is rate-limited to once per hour. (See “External services” below.)</p>
<h4>Backed By a Team You Trust</h4>
<p>xSpeed is developed by the trusted team at WPDeveloper, a leading WordPress marketplace used and loved by millions of users.</p>
<h4>Loved xSpeed?</h4>
<p>If xSpeed makes your site faster, please leave a review on WordPress.org — it really helps!</p>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>xSpeed contacts exactly one external endpoint, and only your own site:</p>
<h4>Self-hosted gzip probe</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>What it does:</strong> Issues a single <code>GET</code> request to your site’s home URL (<code>home_url('/')</code>) with an <code>Accept-Encoding: gzip</code> header to detect whether your web server is already serving gzipped responses. The response body is discarded; only the <code>Content-Encoding</code> header is read.</li>
<li><strong>When it runs:</strong> On demand when the admin dashboard loads server status, throttled to once per hour via a transient (<code>xspeed_gzip_active</code>).</li>
<li><strong>Where the request goes:</strong> Your own site (<code>home_url()</code>). xSpeed does not contact any third-party server, analytics endpoint, license server, or telemetry collector.</li>
<li><strong>What is sent:</strong> No personal data, no site identifiers, no payload — just a standard HTTP <code>GET</code> from your server back to your server.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Third-party libraries</h3>
<p>This plugin bundles the following GPL-compatible third-party libraries:</p>
<h4>matthiasmullie/minify</h4>
<p>Used for CSS and JavaScript minification.</p>
<ul>
<li>Source: https://github.com/matthiasmullie/minify</li>
<li>License: MIT</li>
</ul>
<h4>matthiasmullie/path-converter</h4>
<p>Dependency of <code>matthiasmullie/minify</code>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Source: https://github.com/matthiasmullie/path-converter</li>
<li>License: MIT</li>
</ul>
<h4>React / React DOM / Scheduler</h4>
<p>Used for the xSpeed admin interface bundle.</p>
<ul>
<li>Source: https://github.com/facebook/react</li>
<li>License: MIT</li>
</ul>
<h4>lucide-react</h4>
<p>Used for admin interface icons.</p>
<ul>
<li>Source: https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide</li>
<li>License: ISC</li>
</ul>


xSpeed – AI Cache & Performance Optimizer

Ultra-fast WordPress caching & performance plugin. Page cache, minify, GZIP, lazy load, fonts, object cache, CDN — one switch, no bloat, no upsells.

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NodeCode

<p>This plugin is a fork of <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-minify/" rel="ugc">WP Minify</a> to fix bugs and add features, because it has not been updated since 2012-6-4.</p>
<p>This plugin integrates the <a href="https://github.com/mrclay/minify" rel="nofollow ugc">Minify engine</a><br />
into your WordPress blog.  Once enabled, this plugin will combine and compress<br />
JS and CSS files to improve page load time.</p>
<h4>What has been fixed?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Minify engine updated to version 2.1.7</li>
<li>Cache interval option has been fixed</li>
<li>Move CSS-@imports to the top of the output</li>
<li>Bottom CSS- and JavaScript output fixed</li>
<li>Support for script tags without <code>type="text/javascript"</code></li>
<li>Detection of protocol-relative URLs as external file (e.g. Google AdSense)</li>
<li>New option for the HTML5 async attribute</li>
<li>A separate JavaScript file in the footer is now possible</li>
</ul>
<h4>How Does it Work?</h4>
<p>WP Minify Fix grabs JS/CSS files in your generated WordPress page and passes that<br />
list to the Minify engine. The Minify engine then returns a consolidated,<br />
minified, and compressed script or style for WP Minify to reference in the<br />
WordPress header.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Easily integrate Minify into your WordPress blog.</li>
<li>Minifies JavaScript, CSS, and HTML.</li>
<li>Debug tools to help you debug your issues.</li>
<li>Ability to include extra JS and CSS files for Minifying.</li>
<li>Ability to exclude certain JS and CSS files for Minifying.</li>
<li>Minified JS and CSS files can be placed wherever you want.</li>
<li>Support for to minifying external files via caching.</li>
<li>Ability to pass extra arguments to Minify engine.</li>
<li>Expire headers for minified JS and CSS files.</li>
<li>Detection and elimination of duplicate sources.</li>
<li>Plugin hooks!</li>
</ul>
<p>You can also commit changes on our <a href="https://github.com/nodecode/wp-minify-fix" rel="nofollow ugc">Github repository</a>.</p>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>All contents under the wp-minify-fix/min/ directory is licensed under<br />
<a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php" rel="nofollow ugc">New BSD License</a> (which is<br />
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html" rel="nofollow ugc">GPL</a> compatible).  All other<br />
contents within this package is licensed under GPLv3.</p>


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[Fixed] This plugin uses the Minify engine to combine and compress JS and CSS files to improve page load time.

xSpeed – AI Cache & Performance Optimizer vs WP Minify Fix