Title: GlobeSign Speed Optimization Author: globesign Published: October 28, 2026 Last modified: October 29, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/globesign-speed-optimization/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev= 3772083) ![](https://ps.w.org/globesign-speed-optimization/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3772083) # GlobeSign Speed Optimization By [globesign](https://profiles.wordpress.org/globesign/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/globesign-speed-optimization.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/globesign-speed-optimization/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/globesign-speed-optimization/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/globesign-speed-optimization/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/globesign-speed-optimization/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/globesign-speed-optimization/) ## Description **GlobeSign Speed Optimization** gives you the core features of premium caching plugins with one design rule: _it must never break your site._ Safe optimizations are switched on the moment you activate it. Everything that can change how your theme’s scripts run is off until you try it in **Test mode**, where only you see the optimized version. #### Speed features * **Page cache** via advanced-cache.php, with an automatic compatibility mode when that isn’t possible * **Smart purging** when posts, comments, menus, widgets or the theme change * **Background preloading** so visitors never hit an empty cache * **Browser caching and GZIP** (.htaccess on Apache and LiteSpeed) * **Minify HTML, CSS and JavaScript**. Your original files are never modified. * **Defer JavaScript**, keeping execution order (inline scripts included) * **Delay JavaScript until interaction** for analytics, pixels and chat widgets * **Native lazy loading** for images and iframes, skipping above-the-fold images to protect LCP * **Preload your LCP image** (separately for mobile and desktop) so the biggest image starts downloading immediately * **font-display: swap** for Google Fonts and your theme’s own text and icon fonts * **Preconnect, DNS prefetch and font preloading** * **Add missing image dimensions** to reduce layout shift (CLS) * **Remove bloat**: emoji script, embeds, Dashicons, jQuery Migrate, XML-RPC, Heartbeat control and revision limits * **Database cleanup**: revisions, auto-drafts, spam, trash, expired transients and table optimization, manual or scheduled * **Hosting cache aware**: detects SiteGround, Kinsta, Cloudflare, LiteSpeed and Varnish page caches, purges them where the host allows it, and tells you how otherwise * WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads aware: carts, checkouts and accounts are never cached #### How it stays safe * **Conservative defaults**: only universally safe features are on out of the box. * **Test mode**: preview CSS/JS/HTML optimizations as an admin with `?gsso_test =1` while visitors keep seeing the normal site. * **Isolated steps**: if any optimization fails or produces broken HTML, it is skipped and logged, and the page is still served. * Pages are only cached when they are complete, return HTTP 200 and contain no PHP errors. * .htaccess and wp-config.php changes are limited to clearly marked lines, health- checked with a loopback request, and reverted automatically if the site stops responding. No copies of these files are ever written anywhere. * It never overwrites another plugin’s advanced-cache.php. It detects competing optimization plugins and pauses the features that overlap. * Logged-in users, page-builder editors, AMP pages, carts and checkouts are never optimized or cached. * Per-page “don’t cache” and “don’t optimize” switches in the editor. * Emergency switch: `define( 'GSSO_DISABLE', true );` in wp-config.php. * Deactivation removes every change it made to your server files. #### A fast, friendly settings page Settings save instantly without reloading the page, every option has plain-English help and a Safe / Test first / Advanced label, and you can search all settings from one box. Quick actions clear or preload the cache in the background. #### Website maintenance by GlobeSign GlobeSign Speed Optimization is built by [GlobeSign](https://www.globesign.com/), a web design and development agency. If you’d rather have experts look after your site, the plugin’s sidebar and **GlobeSign Speed Care Plans** page show our optional website maintenance packages. The plugin is fully functional without them: nothing is locked, limited or time-restricted. ### External services GlobeSign Speed Optimization does **not** connect to any external service and does not send any data to GlobeSign or to any third party. * **Requests to your own site only.** Cache preloading, the hosting-cache check and the .htaccess / wp-config.php health checks send ordinary HTTP requests to your own website’s URLs. Nothing leaves your own domain. * **Third-party domain names in the settings are text patterns, not connections.** The default “Scripts to delay” list contains domain names such as googletagmanager. com, connect.facebook.net, hotjar.com, clarity.ms or recaptcha/api.js. The plugin only uses them to recognise script tags your site _already_ includes (added by your theme or other plugins) and to load those scripts after the visitor interacts with the page. The plugin itself never loads, calls or contacts these services. Likewise, fonts.googleapis.com links already on your page only get `display=swap` added. * **Links to globesign.com.** The Care Plans sidebar, the Care Plans page and the“ Get help” buttons are ordinary links to [globesign.com](https://www.globesign.com/). Nothing is loaded from globesign.com, and you only visit it if you click a link. The links carry campaign tags (utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign, utm_content) so GlobeSign knows the visit came from the plugin; no information about your site or its users is included. See GlobeSign’s [privacy policy](https://www.globesign.com/privacy-policy/). ### Third-party libraries Includes [matthiasmullie/minify](https://github.com/matthiasmullie/minify) and [matthiasmullie/path-converter](https://github.com/matthiasmullie/path-converter), both MIT licensed (GPL compatible). ## Screenshots [⌊Dashboard: cache status, quick actions and the recommended rollout steps.⌉⌊Dashboard: cache status, quick actions and the recommended rollout steps.⌉[ Dashboard: cache status, quick actions and the recommended rollout steps. [⌊CSS & JavaScript: every option labelled Safe, Test first or Advanced, with plain- English help.⌉⌊CSS & JavaScript: every option labelled Safe, Test first or Advanced, with plain-English help.⌉[ CSS & JavaScript: every option labelled Safe, Test first or Advanced, with plain- English help. [⌊Find any setting instantly from the search box.⌉⌊Find any setting instantly from the search box.⌉[ Find any setting instantly from the search box. [⌊Database cleanup with counts that load in the background.⌉⌊Database cleanup with counts that load in the background.⌉[ Database cleanup with counts that load in the background. [⌊Optional GlobeSign website maintenance packages.⌉⌊Optional GlobeSign website maintenance packages.⌉[ Optional GlobeSign website maintenance packages. ## Installation 1. In your dashboard go to **Plugins Add New**, search for “GlobeSign Speed Optimization”, then install and activate it. Or upload the zip via **Plugins Add New Upload Plugin**. 2. Deactivate any other caching or optimization plugin. 3. Open **GlobeSign Speed Settings**. The safe features are already active. 4. Turn on **Test mode** (Safety & Tools), enable CSS/JS options one at a time, and preview with `?gsso_test=1`. 5. Turn off Test mode when everything looks right. ## FAQ ### How do I check the cache works? Open your site in a private window and check the response headers in your browser’s developer tools (Network tab). `X-GSSO-Cache: HIT` means the page came from the cache. ### My site uses Nginx. Does it work? Yes. Page caching, minification and all front-end optimizations work. Browser caching and GZIP must be configured on the server, and most hosts already do this. ### Something looks broken. What do I do? Turn off the last option you enabled and save; the cache clears automatically. You can also switch off optimization for a single page from its editor sidebar, or click** Reset to safe defaults** under Safety & Tools. If you can’t reach wp-admin, add ` define( 'GSSO_DISABLE', true );` to wp-config.php. ### Can I use it with another cache plugin? We recommend using one optimization plugin. If another one is active, GlobeSign Speed Optimization detects it and pauses the overlapping features automatically to avoid conflicts. ### Does it work with WooCommerce? Yes. Cart, checkout and account pages, and visitors with items in their cart, are never served from cache. ### Can I hide the GlobeSign Care Plans? Yes. Each admin can collapse the plans panel, and it stays collapsed for them. To hide it for everyone, add `define( 'GSSO_WHITE_LABEL', true );` to wp-config.php. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “GlobeSign Speed Optimization” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ globesign ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/globesign/) [Translate “GlobeSign Speed Optimization” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/globesign-speed-optimization) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/globesign-speed-optimization/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/globesign-speed-optimization/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/globesign-speed-optimization/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/globesign-speed-optimization/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.3.2 * Plugin icon now uses the GlobeSign logo ring. #### 1.3.1 * HTML optimization and page caching now use the WordPress 6.9+ template enhancement output buffer (the plugin no longer opens its own output buffer). Requires WordPress 6.9 or newer. #### 1.3.0 * Renamed to GlobeSign Speed Optimization (slug: globesign-speed-optimization). * Page-cache settings for the drop-in are now stored as a plain JSON file in wp- content/cache/gsso/config/. No PHP files or copies of wp-config.php/.htaccess are written; older backup folders are removed automatically on upgrade. * Removed the optional remote package feed; the plugin makes no external requests. * Status notices now appear only on the plugin’s own pages and the Plugins screen. #### 1.2.0 * New: hosting page cache detection (SiteGround Dynamic Cache, Kinsta, Cloudflare, LiteSpeed, Varnish). It is purged automatically where the host provides a purge function; otherwise you get a clear reminder of how to flush it. * New: “Let GlobeSign Speed manage page caching” stops a host cache from serving stale copies by telling it not to store pages. * New: preload key (LCP) images, with optional mobile-only or desktop-only loading. * New: font-display: swap for self-hosted theme and icon fonts in inline styles and minified stylesheets. * Improved: Google reCAPTCHA is now delayed until interaction by default (saves about 1.5 MB and 2 s of processing on mobile). Sites still using the default lists are upgraded automatically. * Improved: large theme stylesheets (up to 3 MB) are now minified. #### 1.1.0 * New: dedicated admin menu. The old Settings GlobeSign Speed link redirects automatically. * New: settings save instantly without a page reload, and fall back to a normal save if anything goes wrong. * New: quick actions (clear cache, preload, clear minified CSS/JS) run in the background and update the dashboard counts. * New: “Find a setting” search across every tab. Press / to focus it; Ctrl/Cmd+ S saves. * New: unsaved-changes indicator. * New: optional GlobeSign Care Plans sidebar and page, which each admin can collapse. Hide it entirely with GSSO_WHITE_LABEL. * Improved: faster settings page. Database counts load only when the Database tab is opened, and cache statistics are cached briefly. * Improved: uses WordPress file helpers (wp_delete_file, wp_is_writable) wherever WordPress is loaded. #### 1.0.0 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **1.3.2** * Last updated **7 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.9 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [cache](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cache/)[lazy load](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/lazy-load/) [minify](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/minify/)[performance](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/performance/) [speed](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/speed/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/globesign-speed-optimization/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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