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UnclutterWP – Core Web Vitals & Performance Optimizer

Improve Core Web Vitals by removing unnecessary WordPress frontend resources, reducing render-blocking overhead, and streamlining script behavior.

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Tested up to WordPress 6.9
Current version1.0.1
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.9
Minimum stackWP 6.0 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update21 Mar 20267mo ago
Active installationsNewAdoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records UnclutterWP – Core Web Vitals & Performance Optimizer version 1.0.1 as active, updated 7mo ago and tested up to WordPress 6.9.

Overview

About this plugin

UnclutterWP is a Core Web Vitals and PageSpeed optimization plugin for WordPress.

Its primary goal is to help site owners improve:

– LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

– CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

– INP (Interaction to Next Paint)

It does this by giving you optional controls to remove unnecessary frontend bloat, disable legacy WordPress features, and reduce unneeded requests.

Features

  • Improve Core Web Vitals through optional frontend optimization controls
  • Reduce render-blocking scripts and styles
  • Remove unused WordPress assets and discovery links
  • Disable unnecessary frontend features
  • Reduce layout shift risk from non-essential scripts
  • Optimize script loading behavior by removing unneeded runtime features

Existing feature controls include:

– Clean Head Metadata: Removes unnecessary elements from the <head> output.

– Disable JSON API Links: Removes JSON and oEmbed discovery output when not needed.

– Disable REST API: Disables REST API functionality for sites that do not require it.

– Disable Trackbacks: Disables legacy trackback behavior.

– Disable Pingback: Disables pingback headers and XML-RPC pingback behavior.

– Disable Emojis: Removes WordPress emoji scripts and styles.

– Remove Translations: Disables translation loading where multilingual support is not required.

– Remove wptexturize: Disables wptexturize processing.

– Disable Embeds: Disables embed functionality and wp-embed scripts.

– Remove Gutenberg Styles: Removes front-end block library styles.

– Remove XMLRPC Pingback Calls: Blocks XML-RPC pingback calls.

– Admin Cleanup Tools: Optional dashboard widget and admin menu cleanup controls.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • core web vitals
  • faster wordpress
  • performance optimization
  • reduce cls
  • pagespeed
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.9

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.9.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.9
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.0 · PHP not listed
Update activity21 Mar 20267mo ago

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