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WP Meteor Page Speed Optimization Topping

v3.4.12
by Aleksandr Guidrevitch · 4.7 (77 reviews)

2x-5x improvement in your Page Speed score. A completely new way of optimizing your page speed.

20K+ active installs Updated Nov 01, 2024 Tested to 6.7.2 Requires PHP 5.6
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WP Meteor Page Speed Optimization Topping

About WP Meteor Page Speed Optimization Topping

WP Meteor is a free plugin that can significantly improve your website's speed by increasing your PageSpeed score up to 5 times. It works well with popular caching plugins and website builders, and it also improves important SEO metrics. If you want to further optimize your website's speed and ensure that all Core Web Vitals are taken care of, you can try the FastPixel.io project for free.

Frequently asked questions

What is WP Meteor?
WP Meteor is a WordPress plugin that offers an original way to further optimize your website speed. It can increase your PageSpeed score by up to 5x.
How does WP Meteor work?
WP Meteor defers loading and firing scripts until the page is rendered if the user does not interact with the page immediately. This process increases the pagespeed metric, on average, by 2-5x.
Is WP Meteor compatible with other plugins?
Yes, WP Meteor is compatible and works well with most popular caching plugins like Autoptimize, WP Rocket, and LiteSpeed. It also works well with website builders like Elementor or image optimizers like ShortPixel.
What are the benefits of using WP Meteor?
WP Meteor can improve your Pagespeed results and the actual loading time of your website by up to 5x. It also significantly improves important SEO metrics such as Page Speed, Largest Contentful Paint (LCP), Time To Interactive (TTI), and Total Blocking Time (TBT).
Is WP Meteor free to use?
Yes, the plugin is 100% free. It is designed to leave no traces on your hard drive or database when deactivated and removed.

Changelog

3.4.12 – Warning fixed
3.4.11 – Bug Complianz compatibility
3.4.10 – Bug Complianz issue addressed
3.4.9 – Bug addressed by introducing 1s timeout for 3rd party async scripts
3.4.8 – Better interop with FastPixel
3.4.7 – Bug further improvement – async script load preserved
3.4.6 – Bug improvement
3.4.5 – Bug fixed
3.4.4 – Security fix
3.4.3 – Major improvement, script unblocking rewritten using inplace modifications. Hopefully, addresses Bug
3.4.2 – Minor, updating links to FastPixel Website Accelerator as it is now live in WordPress Plugin directory
3.4.1 – Better compatibility with Smush, backport optimization code from FastPixel Website Accelerator
3.4.0 – Javascript runner sync with Fastpixel Acceleration FastPixel Website Accelerator
3.3.3 – links improved
3.3.2 – readme.txt updated
3.3.1 – Support for WP Fastest Cache and SiteGround Optimizer returned, but not guaranteed to work
3.3.0 – Interaction with caching plugins reworked
3.2.6 – Added https://legalblink.it/ GDPR banner to exclude
3.2.5 – Fix for jQuery being excluded from optimization (e.g. by Phastpress)
3.2.4 – Fix for is_plugin_active not being available Issue
3.2.3 – bug fix
3.2.2 – better compatibility with LiteSpeed cache
3.2.1 – support for automatic exclusion of GDPR/cookie banners, try to reduce blocking time when inserting scripts
3.2.0 – Migration to external wp-meteor javascript library, added support for shadow root inserted scripts to address issue
3.1.9 – Migration to esbuild to generate javascript with smaller footprint, upgrade wp-notice library to fix CSRF perfmanently
3.1.8 – jQuery mock improved
3.1.7 – problem fixed
3.1.6 – issue fixed, PHP 8.2+ compatibility fixed
3.1.5 – Speed improvements, blocking time reduction, CSRF security fix for wp-notice library CVE-2023-26543
3.1.4 – Maintain optimization of Avada’s lazysizes.js as it depends on jQuery
3.1.3 – Problem cleanup only on uninstallation
3.1.2 – Visual Builders compatibility improvements
3.1.1 – removed lazySizesConfig from optimization
3.1.0 – fixed document.write, improvements in loading scripts and pre-binding
3.0.9 – bug fixes released
3.0.8 – bug fixes for feature released in 3.0.6
3.0.7 – Script removal improved to make third-party scripts happy, willing to remove scripts themselves
3.0.6 – bugfix release, support for onload attributes
3.0.5 – possibility to remove comments
3.0.4 – Problem fixed, wp-login.php is excluded from optimization
3.0.3 – issue fixed, support for modules restored
3.0.2 – Problem partially fixed
3.0.1 – Problem fixed, body onload tag handling added to fix “wordpress social login” plugin and probably others
3.0.0 – Several improvements:
* Zero-delay mode.
* Improvements in forwarding events to third-party scripts loaded via GTM
* Integration of script exclusions with Autoptimize, WP Rocket and Breeze
* Improved detection when loading assets.
* Support for late events fixed
* Support for privacy services, specifically tested for OneTrust
2.3.10 – WP Fastest Cache compatibility
2.3.9 – Regexp exclusions fixed
2.3.8 – Event queue should not be processed when script loading is in progress Issue
2.3.7 – defer converted to data-defer to comply with standards
2.3.6 – support for missing tag
2.3.5 – Better readyState management
2.3.4 – added lazy images by Jetpack support
2.3.3 – Compatibility with PhastPress when ‘Load scripts asynchronously’ is disabled
2.3.2 – Support for script attributes without quotes src and type
2.3.1 – Fixed lazyloading of images for [Swift Performance] (https://wordpress.org/plugins/swift-performance-lite/)
2.3.0 – added support for window messaging, several improvements in event handling
2.2.21 – added Swift Performance support
2.2.20 – added support for Breeze
2.2.19 – jQueryMock returned to trigger jQuery.ready early
2.2.18 – minor fixes
2.2.17 – document.write now correctly processes inserted scripts
2.2.16 – better detection of AJAX calls
2.2.15 – better tracking of readyState, removal of jQueryMock
2.2.14 – support for onreadystatechange property of document
2.2.13 – Bugfix in event queue management, introduced in 2.2.12
2.2.12 – important bugfix in event queue management
2.2.11 – Meta Slider support and general compatibility improvements
2.2.10 – Bug fix
2.2.9 – bug fix
2.2.8 – Memory usage optimization
2.2.7 – Elementor bug fixed
2.2.6 – Newrelic forced exclusion
2.2.5 – Avada theme compatibility
2.2.4 – Swift performance compatibility
2.2.3 – Readme updated
2.2.2 – CloudFlare RocketLoader compatibility [issue](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-clickable-menu-links-and-products/
2.2.1 – Problem fixed
2.2.0 – UI to exclude scripts
2.1.4 – improved tracking for natively slowed down images
2.1.3 – Abolish built-in lazyload handling in favor of native. Refactoring.
2.1.2 – Cloudflare Rocket Loader compatibility fixed
2.1.1 – Backend support for wpmeteor_exclude filter, also fix Fast Velocity css preload in a different way Issue
2.1.0 – Event redispatching improved, compatibility fixes, refactoring
2.0.5 – Better Fast Velocity Minify compatibility
2.0.4 – Minor fix for CSS rewriting
2.0.3 – Support for onload properties of window, document and body Issue
2.0.2 – support for onload events in Issue
2.0.1 – fixed rewriting inside script tags Issue
2.0.0 – Major update of script load logic
1.5.7 – Added missing files
1.5.6 – Moved previous code to align with Web Vitals best practices Issue
1.5.5 – Skipped rewriting content that is not text/html
1.5.4 – Improved CloudFlare detection, better/safer script rewrites, removal of support for rocket_buffer
1.5.3 – SEOPress sitemaps.xml fixed Issue
1.5.2 – Prevent clicks on touchmove, RTL support added
1.5.1 – Elementor Powerpack Pro menu emulation
1.5.0 – added wpmeteor_enabled filter to disable optimizations occasionally
1.4.9 – document.write override allowed for those who know how to do it better (e.g. Divi Editor)
1.4.8 – Divi Theme Builder compatibility fixed
1.4.7 – SiteGround Optimizer + WP Rocket issue fixed
1.4.6 – Elementor Offcanvas double animation fixed issue
1.4.5 – Elementor Offcanvas animations suppressed issue
1.4.4 – fixed problems with Elementor input animations
1.4.3 – added support for Elementor input animations
1.4.2 – Removed override for currentTarget on repeated events, fixed some navigation menus
1.4.1 – For WP Rocket compatibility, use rocket_buffer filter to include javascript
1.4.0 – Elimination of { passive: true } for replayed pointer events
1.3.9 – DOMContentLoaded passing to the window object, correct event handler bindings
1.3.8 – Better fronted detection to avoid rewriting AJAX and REST requests
1.3.7 – Correct contexts for domcontentloaded and window.onload event handlers
1.3.6 – Better handling of jQuery.ready
1.3.5 – Fixed CookieBot compatibility [issue] (https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-my-website-2/)
1.3.4 – Stop click forwarding when capturing events issue
1.3.3 – Better script loading in Firefox, fixed scripts with src and inline loading Issue
1.3.2 – Better delayed events for mobile devices Issue
1.3.1 – Improved click handling in mobile Safari Issue
1.3.0 – Gutenberg memory bug fixed
1.2.9 – fixed jQuery mockup to support window.load inside ready() function
1.2.8 – fixed header tag breaking bug
1.2.7 – Phastpress compatibility removed
1.2.6 – Minor improvement when triggering domcontentloaded and window.onload for non-optimized scripts
1.2.5 – Support for autoptimize native lazyload
1.2.4 – added support for delayed click/mouseover/mouseout events
1.2.3 – Added native support for WP Rocket lazyload
1.2.2 – added phastpress compatibility
1.2.1 – added stripped lazysizes, using bgsizes plugin
1.2.0 – minor cleanup
1.1.9 – simple lazyload polyfill
1.1.8 – added infinite delay
1.1.7 – rewriting reworked to support Google AMP and other plugins that initialize late
1.1.6 – working support for Beaver Builder / Edit Mode
1.1.5 – working support for Elementor / Edit Mode, Google AMP, AMP for WP
1.1.4 – support for Elementor / Edit Mode
1.1.3 – added support for AMP for WP plugin
1.1.2 – added support for Google AMP plugin
1.1.1 – readme.txt updated, added warning that it might not work for someone
1.1.0 – JetPack compatibility fixed
1.0.9 – added ?wpmeteornopreload to test preload disabling
1.0.8 – added data-cfasync=”false” to optimize scripts if they are behind CloudFlare
1.0.7 – added ?wpmeteorcfasync parameter to test disabling CloudFlare optimizations
1.0.6 – further iteration of domcontentloaded and window.onload handlers, jQuery mock rewrite
1.0.5 – better handling for broken domcontentloaded and window.onload handlers, better jQuery mock
1.0.4 – better cleanup on plugin deactivation
1.0.3 – readme.txt updated
1.0.2 – readme.txt updated
1.0.1 – minor Settings panel improvements
1.0.0 – initial release

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