Performance & Security
This plugin provides settings to modify WordPress and improve performance and security.
5(2 reviews)
·40 active installs·Updated 2 years agoAs of April 2026, Performance & Security is a WordPress security plugin with 40 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 8.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware….
5/52 reviews
40active installs
8.2K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
This plugin provides settings to modify WordPress and improve performance and security.
General settings
- Modify excerpt length, the “More” text, and allow excerpts on Pages
- Change the “Read more” settings, so that the anchors to articles don’t jump
- Modify custom post types so that they appear in search results and RSS feeds
- Allow tags on pages and ensure all tags appear in search queries
- Remove relational links
- Remove the Windows Live Writer manifest link (
wlwmanifest) - Remove the RSD link
- Remove the shortlink
- Enable HTML5 support for forms, comment lists, images and captions.
- Enable or disable the Links Manager
- Disable auto-formatting of content and/or excerpts
Performance
- Enable GZIP on Apache
- Disable WordPress pings from internal links
- Remove the version…
Ratings & Reviews
52 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 6.2.9 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
0.9.2
- Removed Google Analytics section now that Universal Analytics are no longer supported
Contributors
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