Perfmatters v2.6.2 WordPress Plugin
Perfmatters is a lightweight WordPress performance plugin that helps to speed up your website. It offers an easy-to-use dashboard with one-click toggles, making it accessible to users of all technical abilities. By optimizing your website’s performance, you can improve its loading speed and user experience, leading to better search engine rankings and increased traffic and conversions.
| Name | Perfmatters |
| Type | WordPress Plugin |
| Version | 2.6.2 |
| License | GPL v2 |
| Live Demo | View Official Page |
| Last Updated |
Core Features of Perfmatters WordPress Plugin
- Disabling or limiting post revisions to keep your database from getting too large
- Changing the autosave interval to reduce the number of auto-drafts and decrease the “there is a more recent version” warning
- Disabling or limiting the Heartbeat API to reduce CPU usage and the number of AJAX calls
- Disabling comments and author comment links to reduce spam and prevent people from trying to get backlinks
- Disabling Google Maps selectively to improve site performance
- Disabling cart fragments (AJAX) on WooCommerce sites to reduce delays.
What’s New (Changelog) in Perfmatters v2.6.2
= v2.6.2 - 04.29.2026 =
* Added support to automatically optimize and lazy load Elementor Atomic YouTube elements and legacy video widgets when Perfmatters iframe lazy loading is turned on. YouTube preview thumbnails are also supported, as well as Elementor image overlays if set for the video.
* Added request-level caching to excluded and forced lazy loading attribute arrays to prevent unnecessary calls.
* Added multiple stripos and str_contains (PHP 8) checks in lazy loading image and iframe functions to prevent expensive regex scans if tags don't exist on the page.
* Added new should_skip_request method in core LazyLoad class with request-level caching to prevent duplicate checks for WooCommerce pages and post-specific meta options.
* Added support to various General class functions to respect ?perfmattersoff.
* Added filters back to turn off WordPress' lazy loading and auto sizing styles when Perfmatters lazy loading is turned on.
* Added built-in JS and CSS exclusions for Woocommerce's dynamically added woocommerce-js body class.
* Refactored LazyLoad class into multiple subclasses for better maintainability.
* Removed duplicate list normalization step before replacement across LazyLoad classes to reduce loop overhead.
* Renamed previous Images class to ImageDimensions to make room for new Images lazy loading subclass.
* Fixed an issue where certain lazy loaded tags were getting replaced globally in the document instead of only at the specific tag match instance.
* Translation updates.
update this plugin
Please, we want update 2.3.3
A new version of Perfmatters 2.1.6 has been released.
If possible, update it.