
* Checks if there are any inactive plugins that should be deleted. * Checks if there are any non-default, unused themes that should be deleted. * Checks that the structure is configured to fully optimize page caching and get additional SEO benefits. * Checks whether the home page displays recent posts, and offers to use a static page instead for faster performance. * Checks the number of posts in RSS feeds, which should be less than 20 for most sites. *Checks the number of recent posts per page, which should be less than 15 for most sites. * Generates new values for wp-config.php salts and security keys for increased security. * Displays a “403 Forbidden” error when visitors or bots try to access WordPress configuration files. * Rejects XML-RPC requests except for whitelisted services, such as Jetpack.ĭeny direct access to configuration files * Adds a CAPTCHA to comment forms and login pages to deter bots from posting spam comments and running brute-force attacks. * Helps prevent bots from brute-force attacking your login page. * Changes the login page URL from the default wp-login.php to a random URL. * Prevents misuse of built-in editing capabilities for the WordPress admin. Lock editing of plugins and themes from wp-admin * This optimization improves WooCommerce performance. * Disables WooCommerce AJAX Cart Fragments on your homepage and enables the «redirect to cart page» option. * Removes extra spaces, tabs, comments, and line breaks from inline CSS and JavaScript. * This optimization reduces the load on WordPress and ensures scheduled tasks run at precise, correct intervals. * Replaces the WordPress virtual «cron job» with a genuine, system-defined cron job. Use system cron instead of WordPress cron (*) *This optimization can improve multiple benchmarks. htaccess files for improved performance, PHP opcode caching, and more. *Takes advantage of A2 Hosting’s Turbo Web Hosting platform to provide faster serving of static files, pre-compiled. * This optimization improves First Contentful Paint (FCP), Largest Contentful Paint (LCP), and First Input Delay (FID). * Automatically compresses images when they are uploaded to your site. * This optimization improves Time to First Byte (TTFB) for uncached pages. * Periodically cleans MySQL databases of expired transients (a type of cached data used in WordPress) as well as trashed and spam comments. * This optimization improves First Contentful Paint (FCP) and First Input Delay (FID). * Removes extra spaces, tabs, comments, and line breaks from HTML pages. * This optimization improves Time to First Byte (TTFB). * Stores commonly used elements such as menus, widgets, and database sets in memory. * Turns on Gzip compression to make text files smaller. * This optimization improves Time to First Byte (TTFB) and reduces bandwidth usage. When they return to your website in the future, your site files load faster. * Allows site visitors to save copies of your web pages on their device or browser. If you are not an A2 Hosting customer, join today! Our plugin is optimized to work best in the A2 Hosting environment, so items marked with an asterisk (*) are only available for sites hosted at A2 Hosting. Vulnerability disclosure program Performance optimizations With just a few clicks you’ll give your WordPress site the boost it needs with stable, industry-proven optimizations and improvements. Using these scores, A2 Optimized WP generates specific, personalized recommendations for improving your site:

User perception (First Contentful Paint).


Page load speed (Largest Contentful Paint).Get customized desktop and mobile performance scores for your site, including:

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