ZenPress vs BoltAudit – Site Speed Audit and Performance Insights

BoltAudit is a read-only speed audit for WordPress. It scans your site, names the specific plugin, query, asset or database table making it slow, and gives you the measured evidence and the ordered steps to resolve each one. Most speed plugins hand you a score and a checklist. BoltAudit names the thing responsible: a plugin not updated since 2019, 41 images above the fold adding up to 4.2 MB, 12,438 post revisions in your database. It estimates what each costs you in visitors and orders them by what you win back. What BoltAudit does, and what it does not BoltAudit finds the work and ranks it. It does not change your site. Every audit is read-only. You get the finding, the evidence behind it, and ordered steps you can follow or hand to a developer. What happens to your site stays your decision. What the free Local Audit checks The Local Audit runs inside your WordPress admin. Nothing leaves your site, and there is no account, setup or credit card. Plugins, database, server environment and assets, scanned in one pass Mobile and desktop scores, measured separately Estimated visitor loss, with the research behind it published publicly Health Score out of 100, tracked audit over audit Plugin Audit flagging inactive, outdated and abandoned plugins Database Overview: table sizes, row counts, autoloaded options, transients and bloat Post type analysis including orphaned metadata and orphaned post records WooCommerce checks: checkout timing, cart fragments, oversized images, stuck jobs Environment checks with pass and fail states JSON export of every result Unlimited sites AI Audit, optional and account-based The AI Audit runs on the BoltAudit cloud service. It ranks findings by estimated visitors recovered and attaches the evidence behind each one. This feature sends diagnostic data from your site to a third-party service that we operate. Nothing is transmitted until you connect an account and start an audit, and the exact payload is shown to you first. See External services below. Every plan reloads AI credits weekly, including the free one. Works alongside your cache plugin BoltAudit detects WP Rocket, LiteSpeed Cache, W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache, WP Fastest Cache and Autoptimize, and accounts for what you already have. Where the numbers come from Every visitor-loss figure is an estimate, derived from published abandonment research mapped against your measured load times, and labelled as one everywhere it appears. BoltAudit never reads your analytics. When the engine cannot produce a defensible number it says estimate unavailable rather than inventing one. When a firewall blocks a measurement, it names the blocked check and lowers the report confidence. Privacy and safety Read only. No audit modifies your site, your files or your database. Local audits stay local. Nothing leaves your site unless you run a cloud audit. You see the payload first. The exact list of what will be transmitted is shown before the first AI Audit. No frontend overhead. Audits run on demand in the admin. Nothing loads on your public site. Plans The Local Audit is free, on unlimited sites, with no time limit. Paid plans add more weekly AI credits, scheduled audits and multi-site switching. See boltaudit.com/pricing Roadmap An SEO and AEO visibility audit is in development and is not part of this release. Progress: boltaudit.com/roadmap. Development Methodology behind every estimate: boltaudit.com/methodology External services This plugin connects to an external service that we operate. The free Local Audit does not use it. The service is used only for the AI Audit and for account, plan and credit-balance features. BoltAudit cloud service (app.boltaudit.com) What it is: the hosted audit service operated by BetterDots the same company that publishes this plugin. What it is used for: running an AI Audit, authenticating your account, and reporting your remaining AI credit balance. When data is sent: When you connect your site to a BoltAudit account from the AI Audit screen. Each time you start an AI Audit. When the plugin refreshes your plan status and credit balance while you are on a BoltAudit admin screen. What is sent: your site URL, the WordPress and PHP versions, the active theme, the list of active plugins with their versions, server environment values, database table and option metrics, and the timings collected by the audit. Your account token is sent for authentication. What is not sent: post or page content, media files, user records, customer records, orders, or analytics data. Service: https://app.boltaudit.com Terms of service: https://boltaudit.com/terms Privacy policy: https://boltaudit.com/privacy

ZenPress disables unused WordPress and WooCommerce features, blocks security vulnerabilities, and configures cache plugins from a single settings page. Combined with Cache Enabler, Autoptimize and SQLite Object Cache, ZenPress replaces the need for premium performance plugins. Settings integrate directly into the WordPress core interface, without requiring a custom dashboard. Why choose ZenPress? Use curated settings presets to configure your site quickly. Integrates with the WordPress core interface for a familiar experience. A free alternative to premium performance plugins. Disable unused features to reduce page load and remove unnecessary code. Block security vulnerabilities by disabling unused features. Remove unnecessary third-party plugin code. Lightweight codebase with no external dependencies. Features ZenPress includes the following features: Dashboard Settings Navigate between categories using a tabbed interface. Features are grouped by Performance, Security, and User Interface. Select from three presets: Corporate, Blog, or E-commerce. Each setting includes a description of what it does and what side effects to expect. ARIA-compliant tabs with full keyboard navigation. Design matches the WordPress core interface. Core Settings Block user enumeration. Clean up the admin bar. Disable “WordPress” spelling correction. Disable all feeds (RSS, Atom, comments). Disable application passwords. Disable author archives. Disable autosave (classic editor). Disable Dashicons (admin icons). Disable default lazy loading for images. Disable DNS prefetch. Disable jQuery Migrate script. Disable login language selector. Disable oEmbed. Disable password strength meter. Disable PDF thumbnails. Disable pingbacks and trackbacks. Disable prev/next post links in head. Disable shortlink. Disable Windows Live Writer link. Disable WordPress emoji scripts and styles. Disable XML-RPC and RSD link. Hide WordPress version. Limit post revisions to 10. Limit REST API to logged-in users. Remove “Thanks for using WordPress” from footer. Remove Help tab. Remove REST API links from page source. Remove WordPress logo from admin bar. Gutenberg Settings Disable default pattern categories in Site Editor. Load block styles separately. Remove WordPress default block patterns. WooCommerce Settings Disable Stripe scripts on product and cart pages. Disable WooCommerce cart fragments. Disable WooCommerce scripts and styles on non-shop pages. Disable WooCommerce widgets. Hide WooCommerce version. Remove WooCommerce default block patterns. Ads-blocker Settings Clean up the Dashboard. Tools Settings Protect login from brute force. Show cache actions in admin bar. Integrations ZenPress integrates with Cache Enabler, Autoptimize, and SQLite Object Cache. When any of these plugins is active, the Tools tab shows integration status and one-click autoconfig actions. Admin bar: Adds a ZenPress menu to the admin bar with “Clear all caches” and options for each active cache (page, static files, object cache). Only appears when Cache Enabler, Autoptimize, or SQLite Object Cache is active. Hides those plugins’ own admin bar buttons. Autoptimize: Minify JS and CSS, combine CSS, static file caching, 404 fallbacks. Cache Enabler: Clear cache on content changes, WebP, compression, minify HTML. SQLite Object Cache: Enable “Use APCu” in the plugin if available. Presets Corporate website: For business sites and portfolios. Disables RSS, author archives, and other features typically unused on company sites. Blog: For content-focused sites. Keeps RSS and other blog-related features while disabling unnecessary assets. E-commerce: For WooCommerce stores. Disables non-essential WooCommerce features and removes unused WordPress functionality. Accessibility Navigate the dashboard using a keyboard: Tab, Arrow keys, Home, End, and Enter for all interactions. Tab panels activate immediately when focus moves between sections. Visible focus indicators on every interactive element. ARIA labels provide context for screen readers and assistive technologies. Privacy Statement ZenPress does not store, collect, or transmit any data. It does not send data to any third party and does not include third-party resources. Accessibility Statement ZenPress aims to be accessible to all users.