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Plugin info

Total downloads: 5,303

Active installs: 300

Total reviews: 2

Average rating: 5

Support threads opened: 0

Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)

Available in: 1 language(s)

Contributors: 4

Last updated: 12/6/2025 (25 days ago)

Added to WordPress: 3/26/2019 (6 years old)

Minimum WordPress version: 4.8

Tested up to WordPress version: 6.9

Minimum PHP version: 7.4

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Actively maintained • Last updated 25 days ago • 2 reviews

70/100

Is Perform – Performance Optimization for WordPress abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 25 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 4.8

Tested up to: 6.9

Requires PHP: 7.4

Ratings

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Developers

Mehul Gohil (Owner)5 Mehul Gohil3 Ankur Modi3 PerformWP1

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Description

Perform helps you speed up WordPress by removing unused CSS/JS, deferring or disabling scripts, and giving fine-grained control over asset loading per page.

The plugin is designed to be lightweight, beginner-friendly and developer-extensible. It focuses on practical optimizations that improve front-end load times and Core Web Vitals without complicated setup.

Key benefits (short):

Reduce page size and HTTP requests by disabling unused assets per page.
Improve Largest Contentful Paint and Time to Interactive via script deferring and selective loading.
Reduce admin and server overhead, minimal CPU and memory footprint.

Features

Assets Manager: selectively disable CSS and JS per page, post type or template.
Remove jQuery Migrate, emojis, embeds and other unnecessary features.
WooCommerce optimizations: control cart fragments, scripts and styles to speed up stores.
CDN & preconnect: add DNS-prefetch, preconnect, and native CDN integration hooks.
Menu caching and lightweight transient caching for faster navigation.
Developer-friendly hooks and filters for custom integrations.

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Support

For help and troubleshooting, use our WordPress.org support forum: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/perform
Contributions and bug reports welcome on GitHub: https://github.com/performwp/perform

Contributors

performwp, mehul0810, ankur0812

Installation

Upload the perform folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory, or install via the WordPress plugin directory if available.
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
Go to Perform Settings to review defaults (the plugin works well out-of-the-box).

Frequently Asked Questions

Will Perform break my theme or plugins?

Perform is conservative by default: it only disables assets when you explicitly choose them in the Assets Manager. If you disable something and see issues, re-enable the asset. Changes are reversible.

Is this compatible with caching plugins like WP Rocket?

Yes. Perform works alongside caching plugins and most server-level caching solutions. Clear cache after making asset changes.

Which page builders are supported?

Full compatibility with majority of all the page builders.