Boost website performance with page caching, HTML/CSS/JS minification, lazy loading, script deferring, and server optimization.
| Author: | Simple Tools (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 5.5 |
| WordPress version tested: | 6.9.1 |
| Plugin version: | 1.0.0 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 21-02-2026 |
| Last updated: | 21-02-2026 |
| Rating, %: | 0 |
| Rated by: | 0 |
| Plugin URI: | https://www.plugins-for-wp.com/ |
| Total downloads: | 150 |
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Quickfire Cache and Speed Booster is a lightweight yet powerful performance optimization plugin that helps you achieve faster page load times and better Core Web Vitals scores.
Key Features
Page Caching
- Full page HTML caching for lightning-fast delivery
- Configurable cache lifetime
- Automatic cache clearing on post updates
- Cache statistics in dashboard
- Admin bar quick-clear button
Minification
- Minify inline HTML (remove whitespace and comments)
- Minify inline CSS within style tags
- Minify CSS files with cached output
- Minify inline JavaScript
- Minify JS files with cached output
JavaScript Optimization
- Defer JavaScript loading
- Delay JavaScript until user interaction
- Configurable delay timeout
- Exclusion list for critical scripts
- Remove jQuery Migrate for modern sites
Lazy Loading
- Native lazy loading for images
- Lazy load iframes and embeds
- Lazy load videos with preload=”none”
Server Optimization
- GZIP compression via .htaccess
- Browser caching with proper expires headers
- Remove query strings from static resources
WordPress Cleanup
- Disable WordPress emojis
- Disable oEmbed functionality
- Disable XML-RPC
- Remove shortlink from header
- Remove RSD link
- Remove WLW Manifest link
- Remove feed links
- Remove REST API link
- Remove WordPress version number
Built-in Speed Test
- Test your homepage loading speed
- Track TTFB, load time, and page size
- Color-coded performance ratings
- Historical test data with trends
Dashboard
The modern admin dashboard includes:
- Optimization score showing enabled features
- Quick action buttons for common tasks
- Cache statistics at a glance
- One-click cache clearing
Smart Caching
Page caching automatically excludes:
- Logged-in users
- Admin pages
- AJAX requests
- POST requests
- Pages with query strings
- Search and 404 pages
- WooCommerce cart and checkout
Pro Version
Upgrade to Pro for additional features:
- Aggressive HTML minification
- Aggressive CSS minification
- Aggressive JS minification
- Combine CSS files
- Combine JS files
- Async CSS loading
- Critical CSS injection
- Force no-cache headers
- Heartbeat control
- Resource hints (preconnect, DNS prefetch, preload)
External Services
This plugin connects to external services in the following circumstances:
Pro Version License Validation
If you upgrade to the Pro version, the plugin contacts our licensing server to validate your license key.
- Service: Plugins for WP License Server
- When: On plugin activation and periodic license checks
- Data sent: License key, site URL, product identifier
- Terms of Service: https://www.plugins-for-wp.com/terms/
- Privacy Policy: https://www.plugins-for-wp.com/privacy/
The free version of this plugin does not connect to any external services.
Privacy
This plugin does not collect any personal data from your site visitors.
The plugin stores cached HTML pages and minified assets locally on your server in the /wp-content/cache/ssbc/ directory.
Speed test results are stored in your WordPress database and contain only URLs, load times, and page sizes – no personal information.
If you upgrade to Pro, the plugin may contact our server for license validation. See the External Services section for full details.
Credits
Developed by Stupid Simple Plugins
Website: https://www.plugins-for-wp.com/
FAQ
ChangeLog