ZenPress – Cleaner, Lighter, Faster WP

Plugin description

ZenPress is a lightweight, open-source, superfast plugin that boosts your WordPress & WooCommerce website through a wide range of solid actions.

Combined with Cache Enabler, Autoptimize and SQLite Object Cache, ZenPress is a free alternative to major premium performance plugins like WP Rocket, NitroPack, Perfmatters or WP Fastest Cache…

This is a simple plugin for improving your WordPress website’s performance and security while enjoying a simpler and lighter UI. No database clutter, no ads, no pro version. Just install, activate, select what you need or pick up your settings preset, and you are ready to go !

• WordPress.org link
• Consult, edit, contribute to the code
• Support
• Changelogs

Why choose ZenPress?

• Curated settings presets included to help you.
• Deep integration with the native WordPress interface: no bloat, no extra options page, no weird custom dashboard : only what you need.
• Free alternative to major premium performance plugin for everyone.
• Make your WordPress website fast & clean by disabling unwanted features.
• Improve security by turning off features you don’t use and hardening weak spots.
• Eliminate third-party plugin bloat (actually hunting them down).
• Ultra lightweight.
• Future proof.

Features

Following features are included :

Settings subpage 🧰

• Find presets to help you configure your ZenPress.
• Every action is documented so that you understand what you are doing and the benefits.
• Native WordPress interface, benefits from Gutenberg’s new features and the site editor.

Performance 🚀

• Disable adjacent posts link tags.
• Disable dashicons.
• Disable DNS prefetch.
• Disable WordPress emoji scripts and styles.
• Disable jQuery migrate.
• Disable oEmbed.
• Disable PDF thumbnails.
• Disable all WordPress feeds (RDF, RSS, RSS2, Atom, and comments).
• Disable WordPress shortlink.
• Disable WLW link.
• Remove WordPress default remote block patterns.
• Remove REST API links.
• Separate loading of core block styles.

Security 🔒️

• Block user enumeration.
• Disable application passwords.
• Disable author archives.
• Disable pingback and trackback.
• Disable REST API for visitors not logged into WordPress.
• Disable XML-RPC and remove RSD link.
• Hide WordPress version.
• Protect the wp-login form from brute force attacks.

User interface 💻️

• Clean up the WordPress admin bar.
• Clean up the WordPress Dashboard.
• Disable the login language selector.

WooCommerce 🛒

• Disable WooCommerce cart fragments script.
• Disable WooCommerce scripts and styles on non-WooCommerce pages.
• Disable unnecessary Stripe scripts on WooCommerce pages.
• Disable WooCommerce widgets.
• Hide WooCommerce version.
• Remove WooCommerce default remote block patterns.

Privacy statement

ZenPress is private by default and always will be. It does not store any data. It does not send data to any third party, nor does it include any third party resources.

Accessibility declaration

ZenPress aims to be fully accessible to all of its users.

FAQ

No pro version ? Really ?

Yes, there is no pro version for this plugin and there never will be.

However, I am accepting sponsorships via the GitHub Sponsors program. If you work at an agency that develops with WordPress, ask your company to provide sponsorship in order to invest in its supply chain. The tools that I maintain probably save your company time and money, and GitHub sponsorship can now be done at the organisation level.

In addition, if you like the plugin then I’d love for you to leave a review. Tell all your friends about it too!

I have a suggestion

Nice ! If you can’t find anything in the roadmap, feel free to submit your suggestion on the support page! If you know how to code, you can even contribute on GitHub.

Does ZenPress work with PHP 8?

Yes, it ‘s been tested actively and works from PHP 7.4 to PHP 8.4.