MP Performance Optimizer

Description

MP Performance Optimizer is a lightweight, dependency-free performance plugin for WordPress. It only affects visitors who are not logged in, so your admin experience is never impacted.

Features

  • Defer JavaScript execution
  • Move scripts to the footer
  • Load CSS asynchronously
  • Combine multiple CSS files into one cached file
  • Minify combined CSS
  • Remove emoji detection scripts
  • Remove block library / global styles CSS (classic themes)
  • Remove Dashicons for logged-out visitors
  • Simple exclusion lists so nothing breaks
  • Built-in cache management screen

Safety first

  • Optimizations never run in wp-admin, AJAX, REST, WP-CLI, or cron requests.
  • Optimizations never run for logged-in users.
  • An emergency “Disable All” switch is available at all times.
  • Append ?mpprfo_no_opt to any front-end URL to temporarily bypass all optimizations for testing.

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Installation

  1. Upload the mukesh-parihar-performance-optimizer folder to /wp-content/plugins/.
  2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” screen in WordPress.
  3. Go to Settings Mukesh Parihar Optimizer to configure optimizations.

FAQ

Will this break my site?

Optimizations only run for logged-out visitors, and every optimization has an exclusion list. Test on staging first and use the exclusion fields if something looks off.

How do I find a CSS or JS handle to exclude?

View your site’s page source (logged out) and look for the id="HANDLE-css" or id="HANDLE-js" attribute on <link> / <script> tags. Use the part before -css / -js.

How do I temporarily disable everything?

Enable “Disable All Optimizations” on the General tab, or append ?mpprfo_no_opt to any front-end URL.

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Contributors & Developers

“MP Performance Optimizer” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.0.2

Updated plugin and fix issues

1.0.1

  • Renamed and updated internal identifiers for WordPress.org submission.
  • Use WordPress style APIs for critical CSS output.

1.0.0

  • Initial release.