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WP PlugIndex currently records KushalPawar Performance Optimizer version 1.0.0 as active, updated 4mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.0.
Overview
About this plugin
KushalPawar Performance Optimizer makes your WordPress site faster automatically — no tuning required. Activate it and it starts compressing images, lazy-loading off-screen media, deferring render-blocking scripts, and caching your pages. Everything runs locally on your own server, and the plugin never sends any data anywhere.
Features
Automatic image compression — every new upload is compressed (JPEG/PNG) with a configurable 60–95% quality slider. 85% is visually lossless for most photos.
WebP conversion with fallback — generates modern WebP copies and serves them via a <picture> element, falling back to the original for browsers that don’t support WebP. Works for content images, featured images, and responsive srcset variants.
Bulk media optimization — one click compresses your entire existing media library, with a live progress bar.
Lazy loading — adds loading="lazy" to images and iframes, while keeping your first images eager so above-the-fold content stays instant.
Script optimization — adds defer to non-critical scripts and loads non-critical CSS asynchronously, with a safe-mode exclusion list for scripts that should not be deferred.
Inline CSS minification — strips comments and whitespace from inline style blocks.
Page caching — a fast file-based cache for anonymous visitors, stored in wp-content/cache/kushalpawar-performance-optimizer/, with smart invalidation on content, comment, theme, and plugin changes.
Speed score dashboard widget — shows an estimated before/after load time, image weight saved, images optimized, and cache hit rate. Calculated locally — no external API call.
Native settings UI — a clean tabbed screen under Settings → KushalPawar Performance Optimizer, built with WordPress admin components and vanilla JavaScript.
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
image optimization
lazy load
cache
performance
webp
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 7.0
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 7.0.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.0 · PHP 7.4
Update activity2 Jul 20264mo ago
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