Yes, Whippet is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Whippet?

Whippet has 10 active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Whippet alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Whippet include Speed Optimizer – The All-In-One…, Jetpack Boost – Website Speed…, Cloudflare. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Whippet work with the latest WordPress?

Whippet has been tested up to WordPress 5.2.24. It requires WordPress 4.8+ and PHP 5.6+.

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Whippet

Name: Whippet
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: noughtdigital

Improve your WordPress Speed: Easily remove unnecessary features from WordPress to help speed up your site.

By noughtdigital·Speed·Free

5(1 reviews)

·10 active installs·Updated 4 weeks ago

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As of April 2026, Whippet is a WordPress speed plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.8+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Top alternative: Speed Optimizer – The All-In-One….

5/51 reviews

10active installs

1.8K+total downloads

8 yearssince 2018

Overview

Remove /xmlrpc.php from code if XML-RPC is disabled
Remove WordPress API from code if WP-JSON is disabled
Disable Google Maps
Disable WooCommerce scripts and CSS on non-WooCommerce pages
Disable WooCommerce Reviews
Defer WooCommerce Cart Fragments
Remove WordPress API from header
Disable self-pingbacks
Disable emojis
Disable embeds
Remove query strings
Disable XML-RPC
Remove jQuery migrate
Remove WordPress version number
Remove wlwmanifest link
Remove RSD link
Remove shortlink
Disable RSS feeds
Remove RSS feed links
Disable WordPress heartbeat API
Disable and Limit Post Revisions
Change Heartbeat API frequency
Change autosave interval
Add Locally hosted Google Analytics Script
CSS and JS Script Manager
Import and Export feature