WP Speed of Light, WordPress Speed Optimization Plugin
WP Speed of Light is a powerful WordPress Speed Up plugin accessible to everyone. WP Speed of Light comes with a powerful static cache system, and includes, a resource group and minification tool, a database cleanup system, a .htaccess optimization tool and an automatic cache cleaner. The plugin PRO ADDON goes beyond, where NO other plugins can go: Cache preloading, font optimization, DNS prefetching, database automatic cleanup, to-notch support, image compression and more!
THE ONLY WORDPRESS GLOBAL SPEED OPTIMIZATION
Play smart, optimize all your websites using a global solution
WP Speed of Light is the only WordPress Speed Plugin that offers a global optimization in a single membership: WordPress Optimization, Image Compression, CDN Integration, Speed Testing. Furthermore as our memberships are not limited by domain, you can run the same top notch optimization on all your websites!
Speed optimization with WordPress and browser caching

WP Speed of light for WordPress comes with a lot of optimization systems such as cache system: it generates more static content (HTML) therefore reducing the number of database queries required to load the page. Plus, you have the possibility of storing the major part of the heavy page resources (like images) in the browser cache. And you can clean it when you want! Full optimization list:
- Static file cache system
- GZIP data compression
- Browser caching
- Plugin files group: CSS, JS, Local fonts, Google Fonts
- Resources minification: HTML, CSS, JS
- Specific mobile cache per device
- Remove query string
- Cache external scripts
- Option to disable WordPress features like REST API, RSS feeds, Gravatar, Emojis
- Automatic cache clean: by interval, on save, by user group

WordPress speed optimization testing with Google Speed test
The optimization of a website is also about testing the performance to determine what elements can be optimized to yield performance. With WP Speed of Light you can run several tests on the same page and open a comparison table. We've made an integration with Google speed test tool (free) to run detailed speed tests on various elements like:
- First loading time
- Second loading time
- First byte time
- Time to start rendering
- Element served from cache in %
- Elements compressed with Gzip in %
- Percent on compressed images
WordPress database speed test and cleanup
The plugins and theme database queries can represent something important about WordPress' speed. The database speed test may help you to determine problems with a theme or a plugin and fix some major performance issues. The database cleanup can be made automatically at a defined frequency in the PRO ADDON.


Speed optimization with WordPress CDN Integration
A CDN (Content Delivery Network) integration is available. It is compatible with all the major CDN on the market including Cloudflare, Amazon Cloudfront, MaxCDN, KeyCDN and others. Plus, there's a specific automatic cache cleanup for:
- Cloudflare CDN
- MaxCDN
- KeyCDN
- Varnish Cache
- Siteground SuperCacher
WordPress image compression

Best in class WordPress image progressive lazy loading
The image lazy loading is the concept of displaying only images when it’s visible to a user (on page scroll). WP Speed of Light lazy loading is the most advanced you can find on WordPress with a smart system that generates a small thumb of few Kb (almost nothing) then load it progressively with a nice effect, keeping your customer on your pages. Furthermore, as we preload 2x screen height, fast connection won't even notice it! WP Speed of Light lazy loading main advantages:
- Super light lazy loading script
- Progressive image generation and loading effect
- Works on both scroll direction: up to down / down to up
- Almost invisible on fast connections
- Build pages with more content and keep them light!
Cache preloading & DNS prefetching optimizations
The cache preloading is the process of generating a first version of the page cache automatically, so the first user who comes to the page after a cache cleanup won't have to wait for the cache generation! It's included in the plugin PRO ADDON. On the other side the DNS prefetching will preload DNS information of external domain links. For example, if your website is referring frequently to an external domain in hyperlinks, pre-fetching the DNS of this domain will load the page of this domain faster when a user click on it.


A plugin dashboard to check all the WordPress performance
The WordPress speed optimization plugin includes a dashboard that checks all major performance issues you have and fix them in one click, pretty handy to optimize performance in no time.
- Check for WordPress cache activation and duration
- Check for WordPress Gzip activation
- Check for resources group and minification
- Expire Headers presence and duration
- Check website loading time (latest test)
- Auto Clear cache activation
- Check the number of plugins in use
- Check for PHP version
Selective cache for mobile devices
WP Speed of Light can handle the cache optimization for mobile automatically, and you can generate a dedicated cache version per device or even disable it. The plugin also works automatically with mobile plugins like WPtouch. Mobile cache features:
- Automatically serve cache for all devices (desktop, tablet, mobile)
- Dedicated cache for mobile
- Dedicated cache for tablet
- Option to disable cache for a specified device


WooCommerce Speed optimization plugin
The WordPress Speed of Light in Video
WordPress static cache
Add a page cache system to WordPress website: Minimise the requests and serve an ultralight HTML file
Minify WordPress content
Minification refers to the process of removing unnecessary or redundant data to serve smaller files, smaller is faster!
Site speed testing
Test your WordPress speed using webpagetest.org, store and compare your speed test results
Gzip compression
Send compressed (Gzipped) data to users. The smart compression uses the server module in priority then the htaccess if not possible.
Browser cache
With browser caching, static contents (JS, CSS, images) are stored in the browser therefore served quickly from the user hard drive when brownsing another page.
Cache clean on save
Clean the cache automatically when a page, post or any content is saved or modified. It works with Gutenberg AJAX saving too
Group and serve files
Grouping several CSS and JS files into a single file will minimize the HTTP requests number
Mobile devices cache
Cache device detection: Depending of your theme, cache may require to be served by device type (desktop, tablet, mobile)
Browser cache cleanable
The plugin can give instructions to clear the browser cache that stores CSS, JS and images
Features in WP Speed of Light Pro Addon
Features included only in the WP Speed of Light Pro Addon version
Image Compression
Google Fonts - Local Fonts
DNS Prefetching
WooCommerce Files
Disable styles and scripts for non WooCommerce pages. Disable cart fragments and save a lot of useless resources to be loaded
Image Lazy Loading
Visual Files Exclusion
Database Automatic Cleanup
Woo Database Cleanup
Clear customers cart and sessions automatically, after a certain delay. Save database space and Woocommerce queries speed
Cache Pre-Loading
Cache Exclusion
Defer loading
Heartbeat control
Control the WordPress Heartbeat API, used to perform automatic actions by defining the execution frequency
WORDPRESS PLUGIN INTEGRATION
Compatibility and 3rd party integration's with the plugin

WooCommerce
WooCommerce has a dedicated integration with the plugin. Display your product faster, AJAX cart handled. Keep consumers on your eshop.

Elementor
Elementor page builder is fully tested with all plugin version and you can speed up Elementor content and cleanup cache automatically after editing

DIVI Builder
DIVI builder from Elegant themes page speed up. WP Speed of Light is fully compatible with the frontend and admin edition. Cache can be automatically cleanup on save

Beaver Builder
Speed Up Beaver Builder pages ! WP Speed of Light is fully compatible with Beaver Builder frontend content edition

Gutenberg Editor
WP Speed of Light is integrated with WordPress Gutenberg editor. SpeedUp and clean cache of Gutenberg based websites

WP Bakery
WP Speed of Light is fully compatible with WP Bakery (formerly Visual Composer) admin and frontend content edition

Others Page Builders

For every theme
15000+ active users can't be wrong. The plugin has been tested on tons of themes, their page builders... We've even included some options to handle specific content creation frameworks
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WP Speed of Light Prices
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- MULTI DOMAIN / MULTI SITE
- 1 YEAR UPDATE
- 1 YEAR SUPPORT
- Image Compression quota: 3 GB
- NO RECURRING PAYMENT
- NO DATE LIMITED
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FAQ about WP Speed of Light plugin
WP Speed of Light is a comprehensive WordPress speed optimization plugin that accelerates website performance through multiple techniques. The plugin combines a powerful static cache system with resource optimization tools including minification, file grouping, database cleanup, and .htaccess optimization. It generates static HTML content to reduce database queries, implements GZIP compression for faster data transfer, and enables browser caching to store heavy resources locally. The plugin also offers advanced features like cache preloading, image compression, DNS prefetching, and progressive lazy loading to deliver maximum speed improvements.
Yes, WP Speed of Light has dedicated integrations with WooCommerce and all major page builders. For WooCommerce, it can disable unnecessary styles and scripts on non-WooCommerce pages, disable cart fragments, and includes specialized database cleanup for customer cart sessions. The plugin is fully compatible with Elementor, DIVI Builder, Beaver Builder, Gutenberg Editor, and WP Bakery (formerly Visual Composer). It automatically cleans cache when content is edited and works seamlessly with both frontend and admin editing modes.
WP Speed of Light directly targets Core Web Vitals through its comprehensive dashboard that monitors website health indicators. The plugin improves Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) through caching and image optimization, enhances First Input Delay (FID) with JavaScript defer loading and file grouping, and optimizes Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) through progressive lazy loading. Features like image compression, lazy loading, and cache preloading specifically address loading speed metrics that Google uses for search rankings. The built-in speed testing tool allows you to measure improvements and track Core Web Vitals performance.
Yes, WP Speed of Light includes advanced image optimization features in the Pro addon. The plugin offers progressive lazy loading that initially displays a low-resolution, blurred placeholder (only 20 pixels) while the full image loads in the background. This creates a smooth visual experience without impacting SEO since all image metadata (alt tags, titles, filenames) loads immediately. The plugin also includes image compression through ImageRecycle integration, reducing JPEG and PNG file sizes by up to 85% while maintaining visual quality. The lazy loading works in both scroll directions and preloads content 2x screen height for fast connections.
WP Speed of Light Pro costs $49 for unlimited websites with no recurring payments or domain limitations. The license includes 1 year of updates and support, plus 3GB of image compression quota that works across all your websites. The plugin is also available as part of JoomUnited's WordPress Bundle, which provides access to all WordPress plugins for unlimited websites. The free version is available from the WordPress repository with core caching and optimization features.
Yes, WP Speed of Light includes comprehensive CDN integration compatible with all major providers including Cloudflare, Amazon CloudFront, MaxCDN, KeyCDN, and others. The plugin offers automatic cache cleanup specifically for Cloudflare CDN, MaxCDN, KeyCDN, Varnish Cache, and SiteGround SuperCacher. You can configure selective CDN caching and purge individual files as needed. The global optimization approach means you can run the same configuration across multiple websites and CDN setups.
WP Speed of Light provides sophisticated mobile caching with device-specific optimization. The plugin can automatically serve cache for all devices (desktop, tablet, mobile) or generate dedicated cache versions per device type. You can enable or disable caching for specific device types, and the system works automatically with mobile plugins like WPtouch. The mobile cache detection ensures your responsive theme loads optimally on different screen sizes while maintaining fast loading speeds across all devices.
Yes, WP Speed of Light includes comprehensive database optimization tools. The plugin provides database speed testing to identify performance bottlenecks caused by themes or plugins. The Pro addon offers automatic database cleanup at defined intervals, removing unnecessary data like spam comments, post revisions, and expired transients. For WooCommerce sites, it specifically cleans customer cart sessions and reduces database overhead. The database cleanup helps maintain optimal query performance as your website grows.
WP Speed of Light is fully compatible and extensively tested with several popular WordPress page builders. These include Elementor, DIVI Builder, Beaver Builder, Gutenberg Editor, and WP Bakery (formerly Visual Composer). The plugin can speed up content created with these builders and automatically cleans the cache after editing, ensuring a seamless workflow for developers and agencies.