Featherweight

Changelog

2.2.3

  • Visual refresh: the Featherweight dashboard now uses the same hero-card treatment as Cache by Folium.
  • Folium suite overview now includes the live Cache by Folium plugin with its WordPress.org link.

2.2.2

  • Fixed: “headers already sent” warning on REST, AJAX and feed requests when the DNS-prefetch option was enabled — the prefetch tags now print in the page head instead of at plugin load.
  • WordPress.org compliance pass: tightened escaping, i18n domains, file deletion, feed query handling, uninstall naming, script versioning, and Plugin Check warnings.
  • Spam-comment cleanup now uses WordPress core comment APIs instead of direct database deletion.
  • Removed the placeholder “Folium Images” card from the Folium suite overview.

2.2.1

  • Tested up to WordPress 7.0.
  • The Folium suite menu now uses a leaf icon (fitting — “Folium” is Latin for leaf).
  • Sitewise now shows as “Coming soon” in the Folium overview until it’s publicly released, rather than linking out.

2.2.0

  • WP Disable is now Featherweight — a new name and look as part of the Folium Studio suite. Nothing else changes: same plugin, same slug, same settings (everything you’ve configured carries over automatically on update).
  • New plugin icon and banner.
  • Refreshed the readme and FAQ.
  • Coming soon: Rank Math support, alongside the existing Yoast SEO helpers.
  • Housekeeping: removed the unused pre-Folium dashboard, the old cross-plugin add-on installer, and their assets — a smaller, lighter download. No change to any optimisation feature or setting.

2.1.0

  • New admin experience: WP Disable now opens inside the shared “Folium” menu with a redesigned, tabbed settings screen (dashboard, live optimisation count, instant search). All existing settings and their behaviour are unchanged.
  • Settings are saved over ajax using the same validation as before — no change to what gets stored.

2.0.2

  • Hardening: block direct access to all plugin PHP files.
  • The SEO tab now only appears when a supported SEO plugin (Yoast SEO) is active, and fixed a settings message typo. Props @JeroenSormani.
  • Refreshed the plugin description.

2.0.1

  • Housekeeping: corrected the Contributors field to a valid WordPress.org username and shortened the short description to meet the 150-character directory limit.

2.0.0

  • Major modernization for current WordPress (6.x) and PHP 7.4+ / 8.x.
  • Removed the obsolete “local Google Analytics” offload (Universal Analytics was sunset by Google in July 2023). Existing GA settings, cron and cache are cleaned up automatically on upgrade.
  • Fixed: spam-comment cleaner now deletes correctly; “remove links from comments” no longer blanks comment text; Google Fonts / Font Awesome saved-request counters corrected.
  • Fixed: jQuery Migrate removal no longer downgrades core jQuery on modern WordPress.
  • Security: output escaping, input sanitization, safe redirects, and sanitized server variables throughout.
  • Compliance: unified text domain to “wp-disable”, added Requires PHP / Requires at least headers, refreshed branding.
  • Removed legacy duplicate/dead code and updated the plugin name per WordPress.org guidelines.

1.5.14

  • Started on Documentation
  • Added donation button – help us make this the best optimisation suite available on the repo. Every $ donated helps.
  • Added SEO Tab
  • Added ability to remove Duplicate names in breadcrumbs
  • Added Remove Yoast SEO comments
  • Tested on Gutenberg
  • Tested on WP 4.9
  • Remove Dequeue from some functions
  • Disabled Dashicons in Customizer
  • Minor bug fixes as per support forum

1.5.13

  • Added Settings link on main Installed Plugin view
  • General code tidy up
  • PHP 7.1 compatabile
  • WP 4.8.2 tested

1.5.12

  • WooCommerce bugs fixed
  • Syntax error fixed
  • General improvements to GA Offload (Some cases GA code may still not work, does not appear to be a fix for this, if this happens on yours, please ignore the feature)

1.5.11

  • WooCommerce tab not displaying fixed

1.5.1

  • More visual cleanups
  • Removed all webfonts
  • Minor bug fix on reporting on dashboard
  • Plugin is now under 240kb

1.5.0

  • Finished redesign of plugin
  • All stats now in one central dashboard
  • Removed sidebar navigation completely
  • Remobed Freemius
  • Added check for WooCommerce, so Woo related stuff only shows if Woo is installed
  • Much tighter integration between the 3 optimisation plugins
  • Removed old/excess files

1.4.5

  • More visual fixes/general tidy up
  • Added exception to Google Maps so can be enabled per page
  • Minor code fixes
  • Moved Google Analytics to sidebar/addons

1.4.4

  • Added ability to stop (disable) admin notices from showing
  • removed the stats sub menu item, so everything is now at the top level
  • “local-ga.js” file was created on activation, changed the way this works so it will work now independent of when adding the GA code

1.4.3

More dashboard visual tweaks.
No new features, but this is a stepping stone.

1.4.2

  • General tidy up on dashboard

1.4.1

  • removed third party errors out of our dashboard to the top of the page where they belong
  • cleaned out redundant data in GA cache file

1.4.0

  • New Dashboard Design (Work in progress)
  • Added Average load time of pages to stats
  • Remove Comments navigation when comments disabled
  • Added the ability to block referrer spam (using Piwik Database)
  • Updated Import/Export settings to now include settings for Image Compression and Cache plugins (if active)
  • General code improvements

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Author
jody nesbitt
Version:
2.2.3
Last Updated
June 13, 2026
Active Installs
10000
Requires
WordPress 6.4
Tested Up To
WordPress 7.0
Requires PHP
7.4

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