Lighthouse by Butterfly Media is a performance optimization plugin designed to speed up WordPress websites by removing unnecessary bloat, optimizing code, and improving Google PageSpeed Insights scores.
Key Features
- Remove Unused CSS & JavaScript – Eliminates unnecessary scripts that slow down your site.
- Disable Emojis & Embeds – Cuts down on WordPress bloat for a cleaner, faster site.
- Lazy Loading for Images & iFrames – Loads images and videos only when needed, improving performance.
- Optimize Database – Removes post revisions, transients, and spam comments to keep the database clean.
- Disable XML-RPC & REST API – Enhances security and reduces server requests.
- Minify HTML, CSS & JavaScript – Shrinks file sizes for faster loading.
- Preload Key Resources – Improves Core Web Vitals and page speed.
- GZIP Compression & Browser Caching – Reduces server load and speeds up delivery.
- Remove Query Strings from Static Resources – Helps with browser caching efficiency.
- Defer JavaScript Loading – Prevents render-blocking issues.