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Performance Tweaks

WordPress Performance Tweaks

By Rick Hoekman·Speed·Free
5(3 reviews)
·20 active installs·Updated 6 months ago
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As 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…
Read full description on WordPress.org

Ratings & Reviews

53 reviews
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5
PHP8.0+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Rick HoekmanRick Hoekman
Plugin Info
Version
0.7.3
Last Updated
Sep 19, 2025
WP Requires
6.0+
Tested Up To
6.8.5
PHP Requires
8.0+
Active Installs
20
Downloads
2.0K+
Added
Jul 9, 2022
Business
Free

Tags

speedoptimizepagespeedperformance

Developer

R
Rick Hoekman
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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