Optimization

Removes unneeded WordPress head output and scripts.

Topics: Performance · Privacy

Highlights

Emojis, embeds, XML-RPC and dashicons
Version query strings on the frontend
Pingbacks and comment IPs

Not applicable.

Fewer requests and less data stored about visitors.

Live demo

Everything below is the real element, configured in Breakdance. Try it with your keyboard, zoom in, or open the page on your phone.

What is removed

Every switch can be turned on or off in the settings. Version query strings stay in the admin, so the settings page never runs on a stale cache.

Features removed by the Optimization extension
Feature	What it does	Why remove it
Emojis	Script and styles that turn text into emoji images	Every modern system renders emojis itself
Embeds	oEmbed discovery and the embed script	Breakdance renders embeds itself
XML-RPC	Remote publishing endpoint	A common target for brute force attacks
Dashicons	Admin icon font on the frontend	Only needed for the admin bar
Query strings	?ver= on CSS and JS files	Better caching on proxies and CDNs
Pingbacks	Notifications between blogs	Spam magnet with little use today
Comment IPs	IP addresses stored with comments	Data you do not need to keep

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