DNS Prefetch
Adds dns prefetching meta tags to your site.
4.7(3 reviews)
·70 active installs·Updated 11 years agoAs of April 2026, DNS Prefetch is a WordPress dns plugin with 70 active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Simple DNS Prefetch.
4.7/53 reviews
70active installs
3.9K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
This plugin implements DNS prefetching per the Mozilla specification for the Firefox browser. Hopefully, other browsers will eventually support DNS prefetching.
See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Controlling_DNS_prefetching for more detail.
Disclaimer: This plugin is not affiliated with or endorsed by Mozilla.
If you need help with this plugin
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 4.1.42 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
0.1.0
- confirmed compatibility with WordPres 4.1
Contributors
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