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Scripts no longer push ahead of your content.

WordPress hangs quite a bit into the head area that not every page needs. Four toggles step in there: non-critical scripts get defer, ?ver= is dropped from the CSS and JS URLs, and the emoji script and embeds can be switched off. jQuery core is deliberately left out.

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Assets & scripts

defer for non-critical scripts · jQuery core stays excluded

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What assets & scripts offer

defer for non-critical scripts
jQuery Core stays excluded
?ver= out of CSS and JS URLs
Emoji script and embeds can be turned off

Here's how it works

1

Enable toggles individually

2

Check the page in the frontend

3

Turn off whatever gets in the way

FAQ about assets & scripts

Why is jQuery Core excluded?
Many themes and plugins expect jQuery to be there right away. That's why the core doesn't get defer — everything else does.
What does removing ?ver= achieve?
Without the suffix, a file's URL stays the same across requests, and caches are more likely to keep it. Keep in mind: if the file changes later, the browser won't necessarily fetch it again.
Do I still need oEmbed?
If you embed content from other WordPress sites: yes. If not, you save yourself wp-embed.js and the discovery links in the head.

More Performance features

Minify →Lazy-Load →Preload & DNS →
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