Description
OptimizeSho boosts your WordPress site speed, strengthens security, and cleans your database. It provides fine-grained control over outgoing HTTP requests, resource loading order, lazy loading, Google Fonts removal, jQuery Migrate removal, and much more – all from a single admin panel.
Key Features:
- HTTP Request Management: Monitor and block external requests to slow third-party services.
- Resource Loading Optimization: Preconnect, preload, and reorder CSS/JS in the
<head>for faster rendering. - Google Fonts Control: Disable Google Fonts globally or per context (admin/frontend).
- Lazy Loading: Add native
loading="lazy"to images, iframes, and videos. - Minification: Minify HTML, inline CSS, and inline JS; remove HTML comments.
- Brotli Compression: Serve pages compressed with Brotli (requires PHP extension).
- JavaScript Tweaks: Remove jQuery Migrate, add async/defer to scripts.
- Heartbeat Control: Adjust Heartbeat API interval or disable it completely.
- Security Hardening: Disable XML-RPC, REST API restrictions, file editor, user enumeration, and add security headers.
- Database Cleanup: Remove revisions, auto-drafts, trashed posts/comments, transient data, and optimize database tables.
- Elementor Optimization: Disable Font Awesome and load assets only on Elementor pages.
- Import/Export Settings: Easily transfer your configuration between sites.
- Debug Logging: Track outgoing request times to identify slow external calls.
Installation
- Upload the
optimizeshofolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‚Plugins‘ menu in WordPress.
- Navigate to OptimizeSho in the admin sidebar to configure settings.
FAQ
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Does Brotli compression work on all servers?
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No. Brotli requires the
brotliPHP extension. If absent, the option remains available but will not function. -
Will disabling Google Fonts break my theme?
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Some themes heavily rely on Google Fonts; test on a staging site first. You can limit disabling to admin or frontend only.
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Can I use this alongside caching plugins?
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Yes, but avoid enabling overlapping features (like minification) to prevent conflicts.
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Contributors & Developers
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release on WordPress.org.
- Complete rewrite for modern PHP 7.4+ and WordPress 6.7.
- Added Brotli support, Elementor conditional assets, REST API link removal, import/export.