Machete vs WP Meteor Website Speed Optimization Addon

Machete is a simple suite of tools that solves common WordPress annoyances using as few resources as possible. Machete doesn’t cover every single use case, but there is a huge amount of sites that would require less plugins if they used Machete. All Machete tools have two things in common: they solve problems faced by many web developers and they do it using as few server resources as possible. So far, Machete includes the following tools: WordPress Optimization WordPress places a lot of code inside the tag just to keep backward compatibility or to enable optional features. You can disable most of it and save some time from each page request while making your installation safer. Cookies & GDPR Warning We know you hate cookie warning bars. Well, this is the least hateable cookie bar you’ll find. It is really light, doesn’t affect your PageSpeed score and plays well with static cache plugins. Analytics and custom code You don’t need a zillion plugins to perform easy tasks like inserting a verification meta tag (Google Search Console, Bing, Pinterest), a json-ld snippet or a custom stylesheet (Google Fonts, Print Styles, accessibility tweaks…). The Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager tracking codes are PageSpeed optimized, GPDR friendly. Maintenance mode The maintenance mode that ships with WordPress is just a basic lock-down that is activated whenever you do a major update. With machete Maintenance Mode you can hide your unfinished page from visitors and search engines, give your clients a secure temporary access and lock your site without affecting your SEO. Post & Page cloner Adds a “duplicate” link to post, page and most post types lists. Also adds “copy to new draft” function to the post editor. Social Sharing Buttons Social sharing done the Machete way. The icons are made as a custom webfont embedded in a minified CSS file that only weighs 5.8KB. The sharing actions use each platform’s native share URL. WooCommerce Utils WooCommerce was designed to work for every possible use case, but that often leads to unexpected behavior. These simple fixes can improve the WooCommerce user experience by making it behave as clients expect.

WP Meteor offers an original way to further optimize your website speed. With this plugin you can increase your PageSpeed score by up to 5x. The plugin is 100% free, it is compatible and works well with most popular caching plugins like: * Autoptimize * WP Rocket * WP Total Cache * WP Super Cache * Phastpress * LiteSpeed * Hummingbird * WP Fastest Cache * SiteGround Optimizer It also works well with website builders like Elementor or with image optimizers like ShortPixel. The few known incompatibilities are listed in the FAQ. BENEFITS WP Meteor can improve your Pagespeed results and the actual loading time of your website by up to 5x! After changing performance settings, use Watchero to capture and compare pages before and after optimization. And since the plugin is designed to leave no traces on your hard drive or database when deactivated and removed, there is no risk for you. HOW IT WORKS If the user does not interact with the page immediately, WP Meteor defers loading and firing scripts until the page is rendered, which increases the pagespeed metric, on average, by 2-5x. This delay in loading scripts greatly improves perceived load times for your visitors. It also significantly improves the following important SEO metrics: Page Speed Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) Time To Interactive (TTI) Total Blocking Time (TBT) VERIFY SITE CHANGES AFTER OPTIMIZATION Performance changes, WordPress core updates, and plugin or theme updates can affect pages you do not manually check. Watchero helps capture and compare screenshots across entire sites, so agencies, freelancers, and managed hosting providers can spot visual breakages before customers do.