WP Performance Score Booster – Optimize Speed, Enable Cache & Page Preload

April 30, 2024

WP Performance Score Booster – Optimize Speed, Enable Cache & Page Preload Plugin

Make website faster, speed up page load time and improve performance scores in services like GTmetrix, Pingdom, YSlow and PageSpeed.

WP Performance Score Booster makes website faster, speeds up page load time, and instantly improves website performance scores in services like GTmetrix, Pingdom, YSlow, and PageSpeed.

This plugin will…

Remove any query strings from static resources like CSS & JS files
Enable GZIP compression (compress text, html, javascript, css, xml and so on)
Leverage browser caching (expires headers) for better cache control
Preload a page (on mouse hover) right before a user click on a link
Disable ETag and set Cache-Control headers

Follow the development of this plugin on GitHub

P.S. It is always the best policy to open a support thread first before posting any negative review.

Credits

• This plugin uses instant.page library for page preloading.

Installation

Just install from your WordPress “Plugins > Add New” screen and all will be well. Manual installation is very straightforward as well:

Download the plugin (.zip file).
Unzip it, and uplaod wp-performance-score-booster folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
That’s it!

Screenshots

Admin Settings

FAQ

What does this plugin do?

This plugin makes website faster, speed-up page load time and instantly improve website scores in services like GTmetrix, Pingdom, YSlow and PageSpeed.

Any specific requirements for this plugin to work?

GZIP compression ( mod_deflat module ) should be enabled in your web-server. If not then you can ask your web hosting provider to enable it for you.
.htaccess in your WordPress root folder must have write permissions.

What if I get 500 Internal Server Error?

If you get “500 – Internal Server Error” after you activate the plugin, Follow the steps below:

Login to your FTP or open File Manager (ask your hosting provider).
Go to the WordPress installation root directory and then wp-content/wp-performance-score-booster directory.
Copy .htaccess.wppsb file.
Now move back to WordPress installation root directory and Rename the .htaccess file (to something like .htaccess.bak).
Paste .htaccess.wppsb file (copied from step 3) and rename it to .htaccess.

That’s it! Your site should be up and running now.

• You can still open a support thread if you have any issues.

This plugin improved the performance of my site, how do I thank you?

If this plugin has helped you in any way, you can:
– Donate: Donations help me to continue development and user support of this free awesome plugin for which I spend countless hours of my valuable time.
– Review: Review this plugin with a 5-star rating.
– Recommend: Recommend this plugin to others.

Changelog

2.2.1, May 19, 2023

Update: Instant.page preloader version from 5.1 to 5.2

2.2, October 13, 2021

Improve: Data Sanitization / Escaping

2.1, October 12, 2021

Improve: CSRF Check

2.0, November 02, 2020

New: Redesigned settings page
New: Instant.page preloader that preload a page (on mouse hover) right before a user click on a link
Improve: htaccess rules for better GZIP compression and leverage browser caching (expires headers) for better cache control
Improve: Disable ETag and set Cache-Control headers

1.9.2.2, December 19, 2018

Fixed “Remove any query strings from static resources” conflict in admin

1.9.2.1, May 26, 2018

Fixed jQuery conflict with Review Plugin notice.
Fixed minor typo

1.9.2, May 11, 2018

Fixed bug with Review Plugin notice.
- Review Plugin notice is now dismissible (permanently) when a user click the (X) on the top right.
Improved user experience (by implementing jQuery – Ajax calls).

1.9.1, May 02, 2018

Added Review Plugin – admin notice
Improved Recommendations tab

1.9, November 28, 2017

Completely rewritten
Fixed few CSS bugs (admin settings)
Removed Donate button

1.8, July 03, 2017

Added a feature that auto-backup .htaccess file before appending any rules (for GZIP and browser caching)
Improved uninstallation process
Added a topic on 500 – Internal Server Error Fix into FAQ

1.7.2, March 21, 2017

Improved Promos, News and Updates, and recommendations area.

1.7.1, February 10, 2017

Improved recommendations area.

1.7, September 15, 2016

Fixed css conflict with WP Super Minify.
Improved deactivation and uninstallation hooks.
Organised file structure (custom MVC Skeleton).
Added hosting recommendations.

1.6, July 26, 2016

Improved UI.
Fixed minor bugs.
Minified CSS.

1.5, February 02, 2016

Fixed conflict with Divi and Divi Builder.
Moved Options / Settings under ‘Settings’ menu.
Added ‘Settings’ option directly under plugins (installed plugins) page.
Amended ‘News and Updates’ section.

1.4, February 28, 2015

Added News and Updates section in admin options.

1.3.1, December 30, 2014

Fixed issues with htaccess causing internal server error.

1.3, December 29, 2014

Fixed issues with htaccess custom rules overrides.
WP Performance Score Booster now adds rules to htaccess outside default WordPress block.

1.2.2, December 27, 2014

Added support for language translations.

1.2.1, November 17, 2014

Removed (temporarily) feature to enqueue scripts to footer.

1.2, November 17, 2014

Added feature to enqueue scripts to footer.
Added support for Vary: Accept-Encoding header.
Fixed minor issues for remove query strings from static resources.

1.1.1, September 02, 2014

Added feature (for urls with &ver) to remove query strings from static resources.

1.1, August 31, 2014

Added Admin Options / Settings.

1.0, August 26, 2014

Initial release.
Born of WP Performance Score Booster.