LWS Optimize – All-in-One Speed Booster & Cache Tools

Changelog

3.3.21

  • Fixed broken link in plugin topbar

3.3.20

  • Changed way external URLs are managed by the minification/combinaison to fix issues where CSS would get deleted
  • Added warning if LWSCache is activated
  • Added a new URL parameter, “?do_not_cache_lwsoptimize=1”, that bypass Optimize cache
  • Fix security issue where it was possible to use the generated cache for arbitrary file-read

3.3.19

  • Fixed issue where DataTable would not be loaded for the “Image” tab and cause JS errors
  • Changed Preload UserAgent to allow HTTP/2 and simplify it

3.3.18

  • Fixed issue with Cloudflare on rare cases
  • Fixed issue with the checksums of the plugin not matching with SVN (which causes issues with wp verify-checksums, notably)

3.3.17

  • Only options in “Front-End” now clear cache when changed (instead of all options)
  • Cache is emptied less often now (removed on update, on preload start and on temporary deactivation cleaning)
  • Updated sitemap fetching to prevent issues when WordPress can’t find the original sitemap (due to plugins) ; will now check sitemap_index.xml and wp-sitemap.xml more reliably
    Fixed issue with the cache-cleaning cron that would be executed too soon and too often, preventing cache creation

3.3.16

  • Fixed issues where directories/files could not be created during page caching, resulting in CSS/JS not being loaded and white page appearing

3.3.15

  • If an image cannot be converted, then it is now removed from the queue, fixing issues where cron would run forever

3.3.14

  • Fixed “Warning : Deprecated” showing when WP_DEBUG is active
  • Fixed incompatibilities when using JS Minifier/Combine
  • Added FluentBooking “app.js” file to the exclusions
  • CSS and JS Combine and Minify are now completely separate (Combining does not Minify by default unless selected)

3.3.13

  • Updated logs to add a refresh button
  • Fixed missing translations
  • Added a Feedback button

3.3.12

  • Fixed an issue with the preload, where the cron would go over and over without stopping, repeating the same urls indefinitely

3.3.10.5

  • Very minor update to get rid of the “load_textdomain” warning

3.3.10

  • Fixed Fatal Error on comment purge
  • Fixed comment purge not actually purging anything
  • Removed HTML Minification from default configuration due to too many issues
  • HTML Minification now not recommended and with warning

3.3.9

  • Clear cache after any changes have been made in the “Customize” page
  • Added back a filter to clear all cache : lws_optimize_clear_all_filebased_cache
  • In the same vein, the filter lws_optimize_clear_filebased_cache, taking an url as argument, clear the cache of said url
  • Changed image conversion to prevent cron from failling to start, forcing users to start it multiple times
  • Fixed bug where deactivating/activating plugin would fail with a 403 at the end
  • Fixed issue where files already minified (i.e. : .min.js | .min.css) would get re-minified, causing potential issues
  • Changed Min/Combine files from .css|.js to .min.css|.min.css
  • Minor changes to the HTML Minification

3.3.8

  • Dynamic Cache now removed when deactivating plugin
  • Fixed issue where “Clear all” button would not empty dynamic cache
  • Fixed typos
  • Image warnings (if librairy is too old) now moved to the modale
  • Autopurge will now purge related pages (like /blog, tags and categories pages)

3.3.7

  • Fixed issue where Filecache could not be deactivated
  • Fixed Memcached (and others) errors not being reported when updating in advanced mode
  • Fixed Memcached getting checked even if in error

3.3.6

  • CSS changes
  • Added a -15% promotional code to the page
  • Fixed issue where Image conversion (standard) never stopped
  • Automatic purge modified to fix error where cache would be deleted entirely

3.3.5

  • Now allows WebP to be converted using the API, resulting in either compressed WebP or AVIF
  • Thumbnails should now correctly use their optimized format
  • Some options were still updating instantly in the option page and should now be updated with the new button
  • CSS ajustments
  • Added a counter to know how many options will be changed

3.3.4

  • Added more logs for images and htaccess in wp-content/uploads/lwsoptimize/debug.log
  • Fixed an issue where sometimes the API would fail to get the correct site_url() (http instead of https) and fails to convert
  • Updated .htaccess to add missing Brotli rules
  • Updated the way the htaccess is managed to remove unecessary spaces and breaking
  • WebP are now convertable with the API (either to compressed WebP or AVIF)
  • Fixed “Purge all” button not working properly
  • Fixed missing translations
  • Fixed issue when reactivating plugin

3.3.3.1

  • Fixed issue where new Cloudflare option would cause errors when trying to create/modify a page with the autopurge activated

3.3.3

  • New page for easier access to the configurations and more simple interface
  • Fixed a few issues
  • Updated some error messages, especially Memcached
  • Fixed CDN integration which did not work anymore
  • CLI commands are available to manage most of the plugin

3.3.2.5

  • Added possibility to use our API to convert images faster than with PHP
  • Delayed preload reloading when updating plugin options to reduce lag
  • Reduce to 2 pages per minute by default
  • Few bugs fixes

3.3.2.1

  • Removed combine JS/CSS from recommended settings to improve compatibility

3.3.2

  • Optimized preloading settings: inactive by default, reduced to 5 pages/minutes initially
  • Cache for logged-in users now active by default for better user experience
  • Enhanced autopurge functionality to include home page
  • Extended default cache duration for improved performance
  • Removed potentially problematic functions for greater stability

3.3.1.1

  • Fixed critical issue where log_file could not be accessed, preventing errors
  • Resolved warning messages when activating the plugin via WP-CLI
  • Various minor bug fixes for improved reliability

3.3.1

  • Critical hotfix for autopurge function that occasionally purged entire cache instead of targeted pages

3.3

  • Major feature update: Added Unused CSS removal and Critical CSS generation
  • Implemented Deferred and Delayed JavaScript loading options
  • Added automatic width/height attributes for images to prevent layout shifts
  • Enhanced image conversion system for better performance

3.2.4.3

  • Improved Edge-Cache-Platform header implementation
  • Enhanced CSS combination to handle edge cases more effectively
  • Optimized combination algorithm for better performance

3.2.4.2

  • Fixed dynamic cache purging issue
  • Resolved remaining autopurge problems
  • Improved “cache dynamic url” functionality
  • Fixed cache exclusion system with proper “*” wildcard support

3.2.4.1

  • Fixed autopurge issue with Varnish Cache integration
  • Resolved potential fatal error on update when LWSCache is activated

3.2.4

  • Significant preloading improvements for better stability and performance
  • Restructured autopurge trigger mechanism to prevent unwanted cache clearing
  • Enhanced logging capabilities for better troubleshooting

3.2.3

  • User interface improvements for cache deletion confirmation
  • Fixed topbar-menu redirection issue
  • Improved .htaccess handling when plugin is temporarily disabled
  • Fixed dynamic page caching behavior
  • Corrected URLs exclusion saving functionality

3.2.2.3

  • Fixed warning when modifying inaccessible .htaccess files
  • Resolved preloading issue with unavailable URLs (404, 500 errors)

3.2.2.2

  • Added comprehensive documentation
  • Various minor bug fixes

3.2.2.1

  • Updated user interface elements
  • Improved clarity in option descriptions
  • Fixed potential preloading issues on certain website configurations

3.2.2

  • Now using .htaccess for managing cache and redirections, resulting in better performances
  • More strict caching, refusing to cache empty pages and pages with code != 200
  • Bug fixes
  • More options

3.2.1.5

  • Fixed issue where cache would not get created if SSL plugins were on

3.2.1.4

  • Better compatibility with Varnish/LiteSpeed for the dynamic cache
  • Changed default state of the plugin to “OFF”
  • Actions on (de)activation fixed
  • Added expiration headers
  • fix preload counter not being accurate
  • fixed pre-load cron stopping
  • added a way to manage dynamic pages (with parameters such as ?param=1)

3.2.1.3

  • Fix minor issues with image convertion

3.2.1.2

  • Fixed image conversion gained size
  • Removed AVIF as it caused too many issues
  • Minor changes to the Images tab
  • Tab order rearranged
  • Few bug fixes

3.2.1.1

  • Updated the way images are changed on your website to make it less prone to bugs and easily deactivable by removing the plugin
  • Fixed bugs
  • Added mobile cache preloading

3.2.1

  • New design for the “Images” page
  • Bugfixes for the image conversion, especially the autoconvert and restoration
  • Fixed mobile cache not getting created on cPanel with Varnish
  • Better warnings when your website cannot use Image Conversion
  • Updated for WordPress 6.7

3.2.0.6

  • Few bug fixes
  • Varnish can now be deleted
  • Cache is now deleted more often when doing actions on the plugin

3.2.0.4

  • Optimizations of the plugin to be more reactive
  • Fix issue where CSS optimizations would not ignore fonts, deactivating them
  • Fix issue with lazy-loading where images would not load up
  • Some websites had an incorrect counter for preloaded pages that has now been fixed
  • Caching stats should be more accurate

3.2.0.3

  • Readded Memcached
  • Fixed an issue with the database weekly maintenance where an SQL request could potentially remove all “pages” elements from the DB
  • Minor CSS ameliorations

3.2

  • Image convertion greatly improved and changed to BETA
  • Lazy-loading changed : now an active solution greatly improving performances
  • Some change to the mobile cache, now activated by default
  • Fixed issue with the GZIP deactivating
  • Improved notification popup to take less space and be less intruive
  • Code optimization
  • Bug fixes

3.1.7.6

  • Show stats for image convertion
  • Fix revert convertion that was not working
  • Added button to refresh data (preload, convertion)

3.1.7.4

  • Update to the image convertion system

3.1.7.2

  • Fixed issue with ImageOptimization already declared
  • Fixed issue with preloading not preloading every pages
  • Fixed issue with warning showing up on the admin

3.1.7.1

  • Fixed issue where converting images would do it 10 per 10 no matter what
  • Fixed issue with undefined properties if auto-convert has never been activated
  • Fixed issue where auto-convert would always be considered activated

3.1.7

  • Cache stats fixed and should now consume less resources
  • Added the possibility to convert images to the format of your choice between WebP, AVIF, PNG and JPEG
  • Fixed some issues

3.1.6.4

  • Autopurge has been fixed and now works as intended
  • The cache stats has been temporarily deactivated as it caused issues with a high volume of filecache

3.1.6.2

  • Fixed issue where Memcached file (object-cache) would be added even though Memcached is not on the server
  • Tuned the optimization to get more performances

3.1.6.1

  • Missing image added back
  • CDN documentation updated
  • Fixed CSS not loading properly on some website

3.1.6

  • Design change for the parameters
  • Fixed an issue where emptying cache from the adminbar on the site would not work

3.1.5

  • Added documentations for most of the options of the plugin
  • Fixed missing translations
  • Fixed texts
  • Fixed issue where configuration would get erased when changin to a different pre-configuration

3.1.4

  • Changed preloading (CSS/fonts) ; only preload given URLs instead of everything
  • Upgraded the emoji support deactivation
  • Now alert you if you use Cloudflare but do not have the integration activated
  • Fixed an issue with CDN Integration where cache wouldn’t get cleared

3.1.3

  • Fixed a visual bug with PageSpeed’s Device Select
  • Limited to 1 test/3 minutes for PageSpeed. Google keeps your last test result in cache for a few minutes,
    retrying a test in this time window will only return the same values.
  • Added disclaimer for PageSpeed tests
  • Fixed an issue where modifying Database options would erase configuration
  • Fixed an issue where auto-configuration the plugin would erase the PageSpeed history

3.1.2

  • Can now pre-configurate the plugin directly
  • Fixed issues with URLs containing queries other than ?ver and ?v
  • Added a button to refresh the cache stats without reloading
  • Cache stats now better calculated to fixed issue where amount of JS/CSS was overamplified
  • Fixed issue with autopurge with WooCommerce where the cache would get deleted each page refresh

3.1.1

  • Fixed issue where URLs with parameters (?XX=) different than ?ver or ?v would not be processed and cause bugs

3.1.0

  • Fixed issues with the “Front-End” optimisations creating bugs
  • Changed librairies and removed unused ones
  • Fixed bad localizations

3.0

  • New cache system
  • CSS/JS minification/combination updated
  • Cache stats now with CSS and JS

2.1.1

  • Fixed “is_plugin_active not found” Fatal Error

2.1

  • Cache updated
  • Memcached can once again be activated
  • New Cloudflare integration, to manage CF cache
  • New way of checking your website performances with PageSpeed
  • New weekly database optimisation

2.0

  • New design for the plugin
  • Front-End and Medias tabs have been entirely modified and fixed
  • Lots of bugs have been fixed, performances gain while using our plugins have been increased

1.9.1

  • Small fix with WPCLI

1.9

  • Optimised the CSS/JS minifier ; now minify and combine at the same time with better performances gains
  • Fixed bugs when minifying CSS, when remvoing Lazy Load globally and when using Memcached
  • Memcached has been added back. Now the SALT used is generated automatically instead of manually
  • Removed a few options that did no help with performances and caused issues (e.g. : JPG-ification)
  • Updated the webp converter, it should now work more reliably

1.8.6

*Removed Memcached for now. Cause site to break.

1.8.5

  • Fixed fatal error when minifying certain types of CSS
  • Fixed issues with preloading CSS

1.8

  • Compatibility check added
  • Can now deactivate the plugin
  • Some corrections to the actions

1.7

  • Fixes to the CSS/JS concatenation, it should now works better
  • Minor bugs fixes

1.6.5

  • Can ask for reviews
  • Minor bugs fixed

1.6

  • Fixing a problem where non-authorized users could access the options page

1.5

  • Fixing security issue
  • Another change to the button to make it easier to understand => now slider
  • Some bugs fixed
  • More security measures added

1.2

  • Important bug corrected concerning the lazy loading
  • WordPress crash when trying to deactivate lazy loading corrected
  • Clarified some button to better show their function

1.1

  • Bug corrected for the HTML Minification, making it unusable
  • Made it easier to apply modification in the first tab
  • Clarifications added on some elements in the media tab

1.0

  • Plugin created and published

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Version:
3.3.21
Last Updated
May 5, 2026
Active Installs
10000
Requires
WordPress 6.0
Tested Up To
WordPress 6.9.4
Requires PHP
7.4

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