Lighthouse

Description

Version 4 1 1 has been released Documentation This version adds a security module and a firewall Get Lighthouse to improve your WordPress website s performance and also protect you from malware Note This plugin requires PHP 7 or higher and optionally for best performance WordPress 6 0 or higher Notice Lighthouse is removing the Core Web Vitals and the CrUX features Read the announcement here Lighthouse is a performance tuning plugin removing lots of default WordPress behaviour such as filters actions injected code native code and third-party actions Increase your site loading speed up to 300 For a WordPress installation to work as expected load fast and error-free it needs a bit of cleanup in order to help the browser cache the requested content and the caching plugins to work with 100 efficiency With Lighthouse you save over 480 in over 10 hours of coding by a web developer which you would need pay to do it for your website or to purchase separate optimisation plugins Case Studies Makes a huge difference Reduced number of queries and increased speed by over 20 Very good cache and compression other options are great too I combined this with WP Speed of Light and get a great performance by this Hope you keep on the great work Screenshots Changelog 4 2 0 FIX Remove db_server_info method for WordPress 4 9 and ClassicPress compatibility FEATURE Add automatic background updater 4 1 2 FIX Remove old deprecated code FIX Fix typos and contextual help wording FIX Fix footer message to work with non-block editor websites UPDATE Add jQuery Migrate removal option UPDATE Update WordPress recommendations UPDATE Update WordPress compatibility 4 1 1 FIX Exclude mailto and tel links from prefetching FIX Sanitize query string parameter for SQL injection check FIX Remove unused variable UPDATE Update PHP recommendations UPDATE Update WordPress recommendations UPDATE Update WordPress compatibility FEATURE Add page caching browser caching FEATURE Add support for Cloudflare page caching headers 4 1 0 FIX Fix various Beacon issues FIX Fix missing class in the Firewall section UPDATE Refactor the Dashboard section UPDATE Update PHP recommendations FEATURE Implement dark mode FEATURE Join Performance and Speed Metrics sections PERFORMANCE Remove minification options it s better if this is done at build time or server level via Cloudflare PERFORMANCE Remove unused empty front-end CSS file PERFORMANCE Remove obsolete tag 4 0 4 FIX Update User Agent check to prevent PHP 8 warnings UPDATE Update ClassicPress recommendations UPDATE Remove all Beta labels UPDATE Refactor code WPCS 4 0 3 FIX Fix wrong user email variable not triggering the period pattern check FIX Fix sorting by date in the login history table FEATURE Delete old login history entries keep most recent 10 000 records UPDATE Remove Cascadia Code font 4 0 2 FEATURE Add user email registration pattern detection FEATURE Add spam registration counter for all methods UPDATE Refactor bot detection UPDATE Refactor the ban system UPDATE Remove all ban types except for IP and IP ranges UPDATE Add tooltip styling UPDATE Change option help wording FIX Remove a fake SQL injection positive 4 0 1 UPDATE Update firewall module 4 0 0 UPDATE Update firewall module 3 10 0 FEATURE Add firewall module 3 9 10 FEATURE Add CAPTCHA module FEATURE Add Akismet integration for the registration form UPDATE Update WordPress and ClassicPress recommendations UPDATE Update minimum WordPress version requirement FIX Replace print_emoji_styles deprecated in WordPress 6 4 0 3 9 9 FEATURE Implement IsSpammy beta FEATURE Implement SegmentJS library for server timing measurements UPDATE Only load ChartJS on Lighthouse pages to prevent conflicts with other getButterfly plugins UPDATE Update WordPress and ClassicPress recommendations UPDATE Refactor plugin dashboard to show better information 3 9 8 FIX Removed conflicting box sizing CSS declaration FIX Removed unused blacklist log FIX Properly enqueued ChartJS library UPDATE Removed NEW badges from settings tabs UPDATE Updated WordPress recommendations 3 9 7 UPDATE Updated Thin UI to latest version 2 1 1 3 9 6 FIX Fixed missing asset chart if any of the following are missing IMG JS CSS UPDATE Updated ChartJS to latest version 4 3 2 UPDATE Updated Thin UI to latest version 2 1 0 UPDATE Updated PHP and WordPress recommendations PERFORMANCE Moved CRON job clearing to its own module 3 9 5 UPDATE Removed Core Web Vitals and CrUX UPDATE Added option to delete old settings tables files and logs on-demand UPDATE Added option to remove the Custom Fields metabox from the post editor because it uses a very slow meta_key sort query 3 9 4 FIX Fixed update checker loop UPDATE Removed CrUX report 3 9 3 UPDATE Refactored registration spam prevention to shortcircuit the register_post hook UPDATE Refactored the blacklist log into an option counter UPDATE Deprecated Core Web Vitals and CrUX UPDATE Updated WordPress recommendation UPDATE Updated ClassicPress recommendation 3 9 2 FEATURE Added registration spam prevention feature FEATURE Added option to disable the REST API for non-authenticated users FEATURE Added option to disable user enumeration UPDATE Added new Security tab UPDATE Updated ChartJS to latest version 4 3 0 3 9 1 UPDATE Added ClassicPress recommendation and update WordPress compatibility UPDATE Moved Core Web Vitals to its own tab UPDATE Updated Thin UI library to latest version 2 0 2 UPDATE Updated ChartJS to latest version 4 2 1 UPDATE Removed legacy toggle styles UPDATE Optimized toggle UI UPDATE Removed unneeded options and settings 3 9 0 FIX Fixed undefined queries in WordPress back-end SECURITY Add failed login count SECURITY Refactor Dashboard cards and add a Security card 3 8 9 UPDATE Added experimental Time to First byte and Interaction to Next Paint to CrUX report UPDATE Tweaked Settings screen header size for better visibility UPDATE Added option to remove the classic-themes min css file SECURITY Added brute-force login basic functionality 3 8 8 FIX Fixed multiple plugin updates from the same provider 3 8 7 FIX Removed non-functional Git Updater plugin and all dependencies UPDATE Refactored automatic lifetime updates 3 8 6 FIX Removed TGMPA plugin recommendations due to a conflict with PHP 8 1 FIX Removed old unused CSS styles UPDATE Updated UI massively to use the standardized Thin UI library UPDATE Refactored chart metric boxes to use less HTML elements and load faster 3 8 5 UPDATE Updated PHP and WordPress recommendations UPDATE Used the IntersectionObserver API to only prerender links when they are visible This will prevent the browser from prerendering links that the user may never actually interact with which can improve the overall performance of the page Additionally using requestIdleCallback to schedule the prerendering logic to run when the browser is idle can ensure that the user s experience is not impacted by the prerendering process UPDATE Used the performance now function to measure the time it takes to execute the prefetching logic The prefetch_throttle_delay value is adjusted based on the measured performance ensuring that the prefetching logic only runs when the browser is able to handle it without impacting the user s experience UPDATE Optimized back-end performance by refactoring several loops UPDATE Refactored code to allow for faster execution 3 8 4 FIX Remove option to block WebP image creation as it s not a Core feature yet 3 8 3 FIX Fix TGMPA library conflict with some plugins UPDATE Update WordPress recommendations 3 8 2 FIX Fix custom UI fonts to prevent FOUT FIX Fix SpeedFactor settings redirection after save FIX Remove unused function UPDATE Combine query tables UPDATE Update WordPress recommendations UPDATE Update WordPress compatibility 3 8 1 FIX Fix ChartJS version FEATURE Add query tracker FEATURE Add media-related settings UPDATE Add heartbeat settings UPDATE Add new preset none reset all options UI Make nav tabs smaller to fit another tab 3 8 0 FIX Fix legend circle being too big and overlapping the text UPDATE Update back-end fonts UPDATE Update ChartJS fonts UPDATE Update Lighthouse UI UPDATE Update options tab name in SpeedFactor email notification UPDATE Split SpeedFactor settings and prefetch preconnect settings FEATURE Add server details UI FEATURE Add new Tips Tricks section 3 7 6 FIX Removed unused option UPDATE Updated WordPress compatibility UPDATE Updated WordPress recommendations UPDATE Updated PHP requirements UPDATE Updated ChartJS 3 7 1 to 3 9 1 UPDATE Added database server info FEATURE Added new Storage section FEATURE Added option to block WebP image creation FEATURE Added option to disable application passwords FEATURE Added option to disable big image handling introduced in WordPress 5 3 3 7 5 FIX Fixed WordPress recommendations UPDATE Updated WordPress compatibility UPDATE Removed custom SVG URL for front-end only 3 7 4 UPDATE Updated WordPress compatibility UPDATE Updated ChartJS 3 3 2 to 3 7 1 UPDATE Updated WPCS specifications UPDATE Removed unused eslintrc resource file UPDATE Updated code according to WordPress Coding Standards 3 7 3 UPDATE Remove Dashicons options as it does not apply anymore and in some rare cases it breaks the admin bar for non-admin users UPDATE Remove deprecated hooks as they are not being applied anymore 3 7 2 FEATURE Added options to disable automated plugin update email notifications FEATURE Added options to disable automated theme update email notifications UPDATE Updated WordPress compatibility UPDATE Updated WordPress recommendations UPDATE Updated WPCS specifications 3 7 1 FIX Fixed 2 typos UPDATE Exposed current database version on the plugin Dashboard UPDATE Removed 8 database queries on plugin installation UPDATE Added PHP requirements 7 UPDATE Removed CPU and memory check as not many hosts allow running the calls UPDATE Improved back-end performance by removing several OS server calls 3 7 0 FEATURE Implemented code cleanup on demand FEATURE Implemented optimization presets UPDATE Updated code according to WordPress Coding Standards UPDATE Removed unused file and cleaned up old code UPDATE Removed unused variables and improved audit performance UPDATE Removed emoji from option name UPDATE Removed Security tab and moved options to the Performance tab UPDATE Removed CMS tab and moved options to the Setup tab UPDATE Updated Frequently Asked Questions section 3 6 2 UPDATE Added a Frequently Asked Questions section on the plugin s dashboard UPDATE Added a GitHub com access token helper for automatic updates UPDATE Updated PHP recommendations 3 6 1 FEATURE Added HTML inline JS and inline CSS minification UPDATE Updated UI for the options navigation bar 3 6 0 FEATURE Added Core Web Vitals tracking and evolution 3 5 4 UPDATE Removed EDD licensing model and preparing for a subscription model phase 2 3 5 3 UPDATE Added TGMPA class to include Git Updater 3 5 2 FIX Fixed beacon creation UPDATE Removed EDD licensing model and preparing for a subscription model UPDATE Minified prefetch js and prerender js 3 5 1 UPDATE Removed HTML minification as the algorythm was not saving enough to justify the output buffering time 3 5 0 FIX Only use the wp_enqueue_scripts action once and enqueue dequeue in one place as required 4 requests – 1 request FIX Only use the plugins_loaded action once and filter as required 3 requests – 1 request FIX Check and define fallback value for CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0 if it is not defined FIX Fixed CRON items being non-accessible FIX Fixed issue with CrUX js being enabled globally FIX Fixed lots of unused variables being used leftovers from SpeedFactor transition FIX Fixed a division by zero error UPDATE Removed error reporting and monitoring and only add a guide -1 include request -1 option request UPDATE Removed 2 options from loading by default added specific options and disabled them by default -2 filters FEATURE Only load SpeedFactor files in the back-end FEATURE Added block editor Gutenberg options FEATURE Added srcset removal option FEATURE Added jetpack css removal option 3 4 8 UPDATE Added option to deregister mediaelement js UPDATE Updated WordPress compatibility UPDATE Updated WordPress recommendations FIX Change some of the option labels to make options more clear 3 4 6 FEATURE Added Chrome User Experience Report needs a Google Lighthouse API key UPDATE Added more contextual help for the TTFB measurement UPDATE Improved speed of the SpeedFactor report page FIX Fixed TTFB raw value 3 4 5 UPDATE Updated WordPress compatibility UPDATE Updated WordPress recommendations 3 4 4 UPDATE Added optional email notification for each audit 3 4 3 FIX Fixed updater path 3 4 2 UPDATE Added automatic blogging commenting optimization UPDATE UI improvements 3 4 1 FIX Fixed textarea sanitization UPDATE Added automatic Beacon creation 3 4 0 FEATURE Merged SpeedFactor monitoring and tracking FEATURE Merged SpeedFactor payload monitoring UPDATE Switched from Git Updater to proprietary license UPDATE Switched to a yearly support updates plan 3 3 2 UPDATE Updated minimum PHP recommendations UPDATE Updated WordPress compatibility UPDATE Updated WordPress recommendations 3 3 1 FIX Removed beacon creation UPDATE Updated minimum PHP recommendations 3 3 0 FEATURE Added instant loading prerendering and prefetching FEATURE Added option to remove core lazy loading FIX Remove option to disable archives taxonomies FIX Remove option to disable REST API as more and more core features depend on this feature UPDATE Updated WordPress compatibility UPDATE Updated WordPress recommendations UPDATE Updated minimum PHP recommendations UPDATE Cleaned up plugin back-end and remove statistics 3 2 UPDATE Removed jQuery Migrate option as the script will be removed starting with WordPress 5 5 UPDATE Updated WordPress compatibility UPDATE Updated WordPress recommendations 3 1 1 FEATURE Added GitHub Updater compatibility and removed hard-coded GitHub API UPDATE Removed questionable scripts-to-footer options UPDATE Updated WordPress compatibility UPDATE Updated minimum PHP recommendations UPDATE Updated WordPress recommendations 3 1 0 FEATURE Added SpeedFactor beacon UPDATE Removed license and hardcode it for easier update UPDATE Added guide for default WordPress optimization 3 0 3 FIX Renamed user agent for the updater class FIX Renamed updater class name to avoid conflicts 3 0 2 FIX Renamed wrong license option name again 3 0 1 FIX Renamed wrong license option name 3 0 0 FIX Removed potentially confusing details UPDATE Updated WordPress compatibility UPDATE Updated minimum PHP recommendations UPDATE Updated WordPress recommendations UPDATE Updated UI FEATURE Added SpeedFactor integration 2 9 0 UPDATE Removed all TinyMCE-related options embeds and emojis UPDATE Removed lighthouse_clean_attributes option as WordPress 5 3 adds theme support for this UPDATE Removed cached menus as they lose dynamic classes and IDs UPDATE Removed cached template parts as it s not good practice anymore there s better ways of caching and better ways of optimising queries 2 8 1 UPDATE Updated WordPress compatibility UPDATE Removed deprecated Yoast filter COMPATIBILITY Removed several pre-WordPress-5 0 options 2 8 0 FIX Fixed documentation link UPDATE Updated minimum PHP recommendations UPDATE Updated WordPress recommendations UPDATE Updated WordPress compatibility FEATURE Exposed Site Health in Lighthouse Settings screen COMPATIBILITY Removed several pre-WordPress-5 0 options 2 7 0 FIX Removed duplicate option UPDATE Removed MySQL check as it s hard to detect all possible configurations Maria DB Percona UPDATE Removed OPCache check as it s not relevant anymore UPDATE Updated plugin requirements to PHP 7 UPDATE Removed all pre-PHP 7 code UPDATE Removed caching headers in favour of htaccess rules 2 6 1 FIX Removed obsolete cache purging FIX Removed obsolete cache counter FIX Consolidated __return_false FIX Fixed wrong checked recommended option count UPDATE Updated minimum PHP recommendations UPDATE Removed OPCache support due to server errors UPDATE Improved pings removal FEATURE Added taxonomy archives disabling 2 6 0 FIX Code compliancy fixes FIX Strict check fixes FIX Removed old unused option UPDATE Updated server software recommendations UPDATE Updated WordPress recommendations UPDATE Updated WordPress compatibility UPDATE Updated oembed removal UPDATE Added 3 more widget removal options UPDATE Added author archives removal option UPDATE Removed presets as they weren t up to date UPDATE Removed unnecessary admin page check PERFORMANCE Refactored settings count savings recommendations 2 5 1 UPDATE Updated PHP 7 2 compatibility UPDATE Removed deprecated function 2 5 0 FIX Fixed undeclared variable UPDATE Removed transient cleaner as WordPress 4 9 0 implements it natively 2 4 1 UPDATE Removed faulty Gravatar caching UPDATE Removed script concatenation as it generated conflicts with lots of incorrectly coded themes UPDATE Added OPcache status PERFORMANCE Added new HTML minification engine 2 4 0 UPDATE Improved emoji removal UPDATE Remove additional frontend styles and scripts as they are against WordPress org guidelines PERFORMANCE More performance tweaks on theme init 2 3 5 FIX Fixed HSTS help link FIX Removed old nofollow fix breaking the Dashboard UPDATE Removed Zen notice from pages other than Lighthouse settings page UPDATE Updated server software recommendations UPDATE Updated WordPress recommendations UPDATE Updated Normalize css 6 0 0 to 7 0 0 UPDATE Updated Pure css 0 6 2 to 1 0 0 UPDATE Removed an incorrect check for server protocol 2 3 4 FIX Fixed commenter link nofollow attribute removal 2 3 3 FEATURE Added memory usage and CPU load UPDATE Updated server software recommendations UPDATE Updated WordPress recommendations UPDATE Updated Normalize css 5 0 0 to 6 0 0 UPDATE Updated REST API recommendations 2 3 2 FIX Fixed PHP 7 compatibility with Gravatar caching FEATURE Added option to disable REST API UPDATE Added Entypo Fontello to theme tweaks UPDATE Updated Modernizr js 2 8 3 to 3 3 1 UPDATE Tweaked server software recommendations UPDATE Tweaked option security and improved performance by forcing strict checks 2 3 1 UPDATE Removed jQuery UI option as it s a theme specific feature UPDATE Removed ambiguous HTTPS message UPDATE Updated WordPress recommendations UPDATE Updated server software recommendations UPDATE Updated Normalize css 0 6 0 to 0 6 2 2 3 0 FIX Removed a potentially limiting option UPDATE Updated WordPress recommendations UPDATE Updated server software recommendations UPDATE Updated Normalize css 4 2 0 to 5 0 0 UPDATE Updated FontAwesome css 4 6 3 to 4 7 0 PERFORMANCE Replaced a preg_replace function with a native WordPress filter 2 2 1 UPDATE Merged head cleanup options UPDATE Wording and contextual help updates UPDATE Fixed several typos UPDATE Removed the Genericons dequeue option UPDATE Removed the Fancybox dequeue option UPDATE Merged content parsing options UPDATE Added documentation 2 2 0 UPDATE Removed footer link attribution UPDATE Changed method of removing jQuery Migrate and using an outdated jQuery version UPDATE Removed a recommended option which added extra database queries UPDATE Removed two deprecated functions UPDATE Changed a request check after the option check 2 1 0 FIX Checked if cache size is higher than 0 before applying filters FIX Properly formatted numbers and filesize FIX Fixed some ambiguous wording FIX Fixed wrong value in the Sweeper section UPDATE Removed a size calculation function UPDATE Added a Zen mode option which removes most of WordPress-related clutter notifications meta boxes and filters UPDATE Combined three options into one UPDATE Removed Open Sans removal option WordPress 4 6 defaults to system fonts UPDATE Updated enqueued developer scripts to use HTTPS cdnjs com and jsdelivr com UPDATE Updated normalize css to 4 2 0 from 4 1 1 2 0 6 UPDATE Made Gravatar cache optional via setting in Cache Compression tab UPDATE Added error reporting option UPDATE Updated Theme Tweaks scripts and stylesheets versions 2 0 5 UPDATE Added more methods for XML-RPC protection UPDATE Merged ping option with XML-RPC as they are related UPDATE Forced removal of pingback URL for themes with hardcoded tag 2 0 4 UPDATE Added option to move scripts to footer UPDATE Added option to cache Gravatars UPDATE Minor UI improvements 2 0 3 UPDATE Updated CSS JS developer libraries UPDATE Updated recommended PHP version UPDATE Updated recommended MySQL version decreased to 5 6 UPDATE Updated WordPress version requirement 2 0 2 FIX Fixed a typo FIX Removed unused backup options FIX Fixed an XSS vulnerability in remove_query_arg UPDATE Updated FontAwesome to version 4 6 2 UPDATE Updated attribution link for better appearance PERFORMANCE Combined all initialization actions for faster startup PERFORMANCE Combined all widget initialization actions for faster startup PERFORMANCE Changed version query removal to accept values from an array 2 0 1 UPDATE Updated FontAwesome to version 4 6 1 2 0 0 UPDATE Removed partial backup feature UPDATE Removed LInfo module as it posed a security risk UPDATE Updated FontAwesome to version 4 6 0 UPDATE Replaced FontAwesome with Dashicons in admin view 1 9 2 UPDATE Added protocol check UPDATE Added HTTP 2 check UPDATE Removed MySQL client library check and replaced it with wpdb- db_version UPDATE Increased recommended PHP version to 7 0 3 UPDATE Increased recommended MySQL version to 5 6 UPDATE Added link to official WordPress guidelines for site hardening 1 9 1 FEATURE Added HTML minify UPDATE UI improvements 1 9 0 FIX Added autoload argument to all plugin options FIX Fixed ETag generation by using actual filename instead of SCRIPT_FILENAME FIX Fixed call-by-reference variables FIX Removed all session control FIX Changed Cache-Control to public allow for global caching instead of per-user FIX Re-enabled capital_P_dangit filter img src images smileys happy png alt title UPDATE Updated URL schema of included scripts and styles UPDATE Added contextual help and legend 1 8 0 UPDATE Fixed description style UPDATE Merged some options FEATURE Added server information based on Linfo FEATURE Added CSS JS compression FEATURE Added contextual help FIX Removed admin tweaks as it broke some installations FIX Fixed admin FontAwesome enqueuing FIX Reworded the Sweeper clean-up options for less technical users 1 7 0 UPDATE Added WordPress 4 4 compatibility UPDATE Fixed Sweeper UI UPDATE Improved Sweeper functionality UPDATE Added Sweeper backup notice FEATURE Added WordPress version check FEATURE Added WordPress 4 4 embed option FEATURE Added cache control options FIX Removed a hardcoded link 1 6 0 PERFORMANCE Removed option autoloading performance gain DEV Changed version format to x y z DEV Removed hardcoded plugin version and switched to get_plugin_data COMPATIBILITY Added new WordPress 4 4 admin styles SECURITY Added HSTS 1 5 0 UPDATE Reinforced XML-RPC protection by adding pingback protection UPDATE Hidden XML-RPC from HTTP response headers 1 4 0 FEATURE Added widget removal FEATURE Added content filtering removal FEATURE Added various other actions disabling FEATURE Added new helper template part caching 1 3 FIX Fixed a variable switch for Recommended and Aggresive plans FIX Fixed GZIP detection FEATURE Added transient clean option using CRON FEATURE Added If Modified Since HTTP header FEATURE Added autosuggest removal option wp-admin only FEATURE Added security options FEATURE Added XMLRPC system multicall removal UPDATE UI improvements UPDATE Moved XMLRPC options to Security tab 1 2 FEATURE Added style tag clean option FEATURE Added script tag clean option FEATURE Added scheme normalization option FEATURE Added CSS attributes removal FEATURE Added nofollow removal option to scoring ranking tweaks 1 1 RELEASE First public release