Perform – Performance Optimization for WordPress
Speed up your WordPress site by removing unused assets, optimize loading order, and much more; ideal for WooCommerce, page builders and busy sites.
5(2 reviews)
·200 active installs·Updated 3 months agoAs of April 2026, Perform is a WordPress cdn plugin with 200 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 5.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.8+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Top alternative: W3 Total Cache.
5/52 reviews
200active installs
5.8K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019
Overview
Perform helps you speed up WordPress by removing unused CSS/JS, deferring or disabling scripts, and giving fine-grained control over asset loading per page.
The plugin is designed to be lightweight, beginner-friendly and developer-extensible. It focuses on practical optimizations that improve front-end load times and Core Web Vitals without complicated setup.
Key benefits (short):
- Reduce page size and HTTP requests by disabling unused assets per page.
- Improve Largest Contentful Paint and Time to Interactive via script deferring and selective loading.
- Reduce admin and server overhead, minimal CPU and memory footprint.
Features
- Assets Manager: selectively disable CSS and JS per page, post type or template.
- Remove jQuery Migrate, emojis, embeds and other unnecessary features.
- WooCommerce…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.8+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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Changelog
1.5.1 – 2025-12-06
- Added compatibility to WordPress 6.9
- Upgraded Freemius SDK to 2.13
- Upgraded WPCS to 3.3
- Resolved load text domain warning
Contributors
Plugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Analysis and metrics by PluginSift.