Plugin: wp-optimizer (Used by 12 domains)

WP Optimizer improves WordPress speed, Core Web Vitals, and technical SEO with a modular toolkit.
Enable only what you need: cache, minification, image optimization, database cleanup, update controls, security hardening, and admin customization.
All optimizations run on your server.

WHY USING WP-Optimizer?

• One plugin, full optimization workflow: performance, maintenance, security, and admin cleanup from a single panel.
• Modular architecture: enable only the modules you need to keep resource usage low.
• Built for real speed gains: cache, minify, media optimization, cron tuning, and browser caching work together to reduce load time.
• Safer WordPress defaults: security and update modules help reduce attack surface and unwanted changes.
• Easier site management: logs, diagnostics, mail logging, and dashboard widgets help you monitor and troubleshoot faster.
• Background processing: long operations can run in background to avoid blocking admin work.
• Multisite support.
• Privacy-friendly: optimization runs on your server, with optional telemetry controls.
• No subscription required.

BENEFITS

• Better technical SEO through faster pages and cleaner WordPress output.
• Potentially higher search visibility from improved performance metrics.
• Lower page load times and better user engagement.
• Better stability during traffic spikes.
• Reduced bandwidth usage with optimized images and minified assets.
• Lower disk usage with media optimization and cleanup tools.

FEATURES

WHAT WP OPTIMIZER DOES

• Improves loading speed with caching, minification, compression, and smarter cron behavior.
• Reduces page weight through image optimization and cleanup of unnecessary WordPress output.
• Helps technical SEO with cleaner markup, better performance signals, and faster page delivery.
• Improves reliability with database maintenance, update controls, and server tuning.
• Adds visibility with activity logs, server info, mail logs, and admin dashboard widgets.
• Lets you customize WordPress behavior without editing theme or core files.

MODULES INCLUDED (FULL LIST)

• Activity Log: logs user/content actions and suspicious requests.
• Cache: object, query, database and static page caching.
• Cron Handler: centralizes scheduled jobs and cron-related module tasks.
• Database: database cleanup, optimization and backup utilities.
• Media: image optimization/conversion and unused media cleanup.
• Minify: HTML, CSS and JavaScript minification.
• Performance Monitor: request history with charts by request type and slow-request visibility.
• Settings: global settings management (reset, import/export, restore, autosave).
• Tracking: optional anonymous plugin usage/error telemetry controls.
• Widget: dashboard widgets for folder size and server information.
• WP Customizer: admin cleanup and WordPress feature toggles.
• WP Info: full diagnostic information about WordPress/server environment.
• WP Mail: SMTP configuration and mail logging.
• WP Optimizer: cron tuning, server enhancements, compression and browser cache policies.
• WP Security: WordPress and server-level hardening options.
• WP Updates: control over core/plugin/theme update behavior.

• Modules Handler: internal loader/manager for module lifecycle and upgrades.

• Activity Log:

  • WordPress activity log for users, posts and terms
  • Monitor suspicious access attempts such as XSS and SQL injection probes
  • Supports custom rule monitoring

• Cache:

  • Advanced caching system focused on speed and low storage footprint
  • Object Caching (Memcached and Redis)
  • WordPress Query Caching
  • Database Caching
  • Static Page Caching

• Database:

  • Backup, optimize, and maintain database tables
  • Clean up orphaned and unnecessary WordPress data

• Media:

  • Image optimization and conversion with WebP support
  • Media leftovers cleanup tool
  • Automatic image optimization in background
  • Compatible with servers with limited PHP execution time

• Server Info:

  • Detailed diagnostics for server, database, PHP and WordPress installation

• WP Optimizer:

  • WordPress cron optimization
  • Server .htaccess enhancements
  • Server-side compression (GZIP, Brotli)
  • Browser cache lifetime controls

• WP Updates:

  • Full control over WordPress core, plugin and theme updates

• WP Security:

  • Practical WordPress and server-level hardening options

• WP Mail:

  • Mail logging
  • Configure external SMTP server

• WP Customizer:

  • Prevent access to WordPress dashboard for non-admin users
  • Hide Admin Bar
  • Disable Block Editor and related block features
  • Disable comments
  • Disable QuickPress, WordPress Blog and Welcome Panel
  • Fast category list filter in your editor
  • Disable WordPress sitemap, short-links, self-ping and other non-essential outputs

• Minify:

  • HTML, JavaScript and CSS optimization on the fly

DONATIONS

This plugin is free and always will be, but if you want to support development, you can buy me a
beer or coffee here.