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Featherweight
v2.2.3
Speed up WordPress by disabling unused features — emojis, embeds, query strings, XML-RPC, RSS and more — for fewer requests and faster pages.
by jody nesbitt · Website
Disable EmbedsDisable Emojioptimizationperformanceremove query strings
- Rank
- #2,111 24h -1 · 7d -5
- Est. installs
- 12,343 High confidence
- Total downloads
- 329K all time
- Rating
- 4.1 ★ 45 reviews
- Official installs
- 10,000+ public bucket
- Support threads
- 1 last 2 months
- Support resolved
- 100% of threads
- Tested up to
- WP 7.0.7 compatibility
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Maintenance & compatibility
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Last release
- Version
- 2.2.3
- Requires WP
- 6.4
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- On WP.org since
- 2017
About Featherweight
Featherweight is a WordPress plugin by jody nesbitt, first published on WordPress.org in 2017. It has 10,000+ active installations and 329,428 downloads in total, and ranks #2,111 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it slipped 5 places. Users rate it 4.1 out of 5 across 45 reviews. Version 2.2.3 was released 4 months ago. It is tested up to WordPress 7.0.7 and requires WordPress 6.4 and PHP 7.4 or later. In the last two months, 1 of 1 support thread was marked resolved (100%). It is listed under Disable Embeds, Disable Emoji, optimization, performance and remove query strings. Plugins with a similar focus include Delete Duplicate Posts, ezCache and xSpeed Cache.
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