General

We now have a Script Manager in the Perfmatters plugin. This allows you to disable scripts on a per post/page...

WooCommerce sites, especially large ones, almost always encounter load time issues with the following AJAX request. https://domain.com/?wc-ajax=get_refreshed_fragments Even on our...

With content on the web getting longer, it’s important to take advantage of features like lazy load in WordPress to...

Preload allows you to specify resources (such as fonts, images, JavaScript, and CSS) that are needed right away or very...

While defer JavaScript pushes the script to the bottom of the page load, you can instead delay JavaScript based on user interaction. This...

Hosting Google Analytics locally can help speed up your site by reducing extra DNS lookups and resolving the “leverage browser...

The “Reduce unused CSS” warning is triggered by PageSpeed Insights when you have code being loaded by a plugin or...

Due to the nature of how JavaScript works, you will most likely see an “Eliminate render-blocking resources” warning in speed...

Important: If you are running WordPress 6.8 or higher, we have deprecated Instant Page as Speculative Loading is now in...

They started adding jQuery Migrate in WordPress 3.6. Most up-to-date frontend code and plugins don’t require jquery-migrate.min.js. It’s for themes...

Below is a list of all the filters available in Perfmatters. These allow you to further customize the plugin. If...

There have always been a few advantages to hosting Google Fonts locally instead of using Google’s CDN. However, as of...

Dashicons is the official icon font of the WordPress admin as of 3.8. Some themes and developers utilize this (dashicons.min.css) on...

When you have WooCommerce installed it by default loads its scripts and styles on every page of your WordPress site....

Sometimes the smallest of changes can make a huge impact when it comes to performance as well as security. By default,...

By default, the following tag shows up in every WordPress install. <link rel='shortlink' href='https://domain.com?p=712' /> This is used for a shortlink to...

The WordPress REST API provides API endpoints for WordPress data types that allow developers to interact with sites remotely by...

You can disable or enable scripts in the Perfmatters Script Manager using Regex (regular expressions). This is especially helpful for...

XML-RPC was added in WordPress 3.5 and allows for remote connections, and unless you are using your mobile device to...

The Script Manager is a very powerful tool and lets you easily disable front-end scripts on a per post/page or...

Preconnect allows the browser to set up early connections before an HTTP request, eliminating round-trip latency and saving time for...

DNS prefetching allows you to resolve domain names (perform a DNS lookup in the background) before a user clicks on...

Optimizing your WordPress database is important when it comes to keeping your site healthy and running fast. Over time things...

The CDN rewrite option allows you to easily use third-party CDN providers on your WordPress site. Rewrite means that it...

The WordPress REST API enables the CMS to communicate with other web properties, no matter what programming language they’re written...