Performance Tweaks
WordPress Performance Tweaks
5(3 reviews)
·20 active installs·Updated 6 months agoAs of April 2026, Performance Tweaks is a WordPress speed plugin with 20 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 8.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2022. Top alternative: Speed Optimizer – The All-In-One….
5/53 reviews
20active installs
2.0K+total downloads
4 yearssince 2022
Overview
Simple but effective performance tweaks for WordPress—now with a polished, tabbed settings UI.
Features are grouped like your workflow: Scripts & Assets, Network, Security, Performance & Admin, and Database.
Scripts & Assets
- Contact Form 7 Smart Loader — Only loads CF7 assets on pages with a form.
- CF7 reCAPTCHA Smart Loader — Dequeues reCAPTCHA when no CF7 form is present.
- Disable Advanced Custom Fields on Frontend — Stops ACF assets from loading on the frontend.
- Emoji Unloader — Removes Emoji CSS and JavaScript.
- Defer JavaScript — Adds defer attribute to eligible scripts.
- Async JavaScript — Adds async attribute to eligible scripts.
- Async/Defer Exclude Handles — A textarea to exclude script handles from async/defer.
- Remove Query Strings — Strips ?ver= from CSS/JS URLs to impr…
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 8.0+ required |
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Changelog
0.7.3
Major update with new features and a refined UI.
Features
- WooCommerce Smart Loader (only load WC assets on Woo pages)
- Separate Core Block CSS (WP 5.8+)
- Block CSS Smart Loader for classic themes
- Disable Dashicons for visitors
- Disable jQuery Migrate on the frontend
…and 11 more changes
Contributors
Plugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Analysis and metrics by PluginSift.