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Lightweight Performance Optimizer

Speed up WordPress with simple page caching, lazy loading images, and heartbeat control—lightweight and privacy-friendly.

By Mehul Lakhatariya·Caching·Free
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·0 active installs·Updated 7 months ago
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As of April 2026, Lightweight Performance Optimizer is a WordPress caching plugin with 0 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 229 times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2025. Top alternative: LiteSpeed Cache.

0/5Rating
0active installs
229total downloads
1 yearsince 2025

Overview

Lightweight Performance Optimizer provides simple, safe optimizations for small-to-medium WordPress sites:

  • Simple Page Cache (stores HTML in uploads/lwpopt-cache)
  • Image Lazy Load (adds loading=”lazy” to images)
  • Heartbeat Control (adjust or disable heartbeat)

This plugin is minimal and intended to be privacy-friendly. It stores cache files in the WordPress uploads directory (wp-content/uploads/lwpopt-cache).

Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0.1

  • Fixed WP.org review issues: removed discouraged functions, proper sanitization, escaping, no WP_CONTENT_DIR, longer prefixes.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Mehul LakhatariyaMehul Lakhatariya
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.1
Last Updated
Sep 5, 2025
WP Requires
5.0+
Tested Up To
6.8.5
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
0
Downloads
229
Added
Sep 5, 2025
Business
Free

Tags

cachingheartbeatlazy loadperformanceoptimization

Developer

M
Mehul Lakhatariya
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