Mustang WPO – See Your Performance Clearly vs Servebolt Optimizer

Mustang WPO (Web Performance Optimization) helps you audit, view, and manage your site’s performance without leaving WordPress. IMPORTANT: This plugin requires a valid Google Cloud API Key with the PageSpeed Insights API enabled to function. The plugin will not work without this API key. Key Features Dashboard Widget – At-a-glance performance overview on your WordPress dashboard showing Mobile and Desktop scores PageSpeed Performance Scores in List Tables – View mobile and desktop PageSpeed Performance scores directly in your post/page list tables Block Editor Integration – Run PageSpeed audits and view results in the Gutenberg editor sidebar Performance Budgets – Set performance budgets per post type Global Audit – Audit all your content at once with batched processing How It Works Install and Activate – Install the plugin and activate it Configure API Key – Add your valid Google Cloud API Key with the PageSpeed Insights API enabled in Mustang WPO > Integrations Set Budgets – Configure performance budgets for different content types Run Audits – Use the editor sidebar or global audit to measure performance Monitor Results – View scores in list tables Performance Budgets Set performance budgets for each content type: * Max Load Time (LCP) – Largest Contentful Paint in seconds * Max CLS – Cumulative Layout Shift (unitless) * Max INP – Interaction to Next Paint in milliseconds * Max Page Weight – Total page size in MB API Integration Mustang WPO integrates with Google PageSpeed Insights API v5: * Required API Key – A valid Google PageSpeed Insights API key is mandatory * Supports both mobile and desktop strategies * Handles API quotas and rate limiting (240 requests/minute) * Graceful error handling for network issues * Secure API key storage with encryption Support For support, feature requests, or bug reports, please visit the WordPress.org support forums. Privacy Policy Data Collection and Usage: Mustang WPO requires a Google API key to function. Here’s what data is collected and how it’s used: Data Sent to Google: * URLs of your website pages (for performance analysis) * No personal data, user information, or content is transmitted * API requests include your website URL and strategy (mobile/desktop) Data Stored Locally: * PageSpeed audit results are stored in your WordPress database * Your API key is encrypted and stored securely in your database * No data is sent to third parties other than Google PageSpeed Insights API Google’s Privacy Policy: This plugin uses Google PageSpeed Insights API. Google’s collection and use of information is governed by Google’s Privacy Policy. API Key Security: * Your API key is encrypted using WordPress security salts * The full API key is never displayed in plain text * API key is stored in your WordPress database, not transmitted to external servers Rate Limiting: The plugin enforces a rate limit of 240 requests per minute to prevent abuse and comply with Google’s API terms.

The Servebolt Optimizer plugin adds functionality to implement Servebolt’s best practices for WordPress. This includes database optimizations, errorlog review, automatic cache purging, automatic image optimization and resizing, performance recommendations, and support for down stream HTML caching. Specifically, Servebolt Optimizer does two things for your site: It connects your WordPress hosted or WooCommerce hosted Servebolt site to your Servebolt Admin Panel. Its features implement Servebolt’s best practices for performance. These best practizes include database optimizations, error log review, automatic cache purging, automatic image optimization/resizing, performance recommendations and support for down stream HTML caching. This project is maintained on Github. Features Configures HTML caching to speed up your site (Servebolt clients only) Integrates with Accelerated Domains (Servebolt clients only) Rewrite headers to allow down stream HTML caching (Servebolt clients only) View Apache/PHP error log (Servebolt clients only) Database optimization – Convert tables to InnoDB Database optimization – Add performance improving indexes Automatic cache purge for Cloudflare and Accelerated Domains Recommendations on additional performance improvements Multi-site support WP CLI support Cloudflare Image Resize-support (beta feature) WP Rocket compatability (Servebolt clients only) Read more about the plugin and all its features in our Help Center. Accelerated Domains The integration with our revolutionairy add-on performance and security enhancing service Accelerated Domains is made possible by Servebolt Optimizer. Installing the Servebolt Optimizer will provide the required HTTP headers to make use of Accelerated Domains. Automatic purge of Cloudflare cache Servebolt Optimizer supports the most complete solution for Cloudflare cache purging. The HTML Cache is automatically purged when any post type or term has been updated. You can also purge directly from the admin bar. This Cloudflare integration supports both the use of API key and API token authentication when communicating with the Cloudflare API. HTML Caching This plugin rewrites HTTP headers of HTML to allow for HTML Caching, and for the browser to cache HTML. HTML Caching may introduce all sorts of problems for end users, so installation and testing should be performed by a professional. Configuration This plugin can be controlled via the WordPress Dashboard or WP CLI. Additionally there are various filters and PHP constants at your disposal. Filter and constant reference The plugin has various filters and PHP constants that allows third-party developers to alter the behaviour of the plugin. Please read the article Filters and PHP constants in our help center to learn more. Testing We test against the current production version of WordPress and the next beta/development version