Site Speed Test – SpeedGuard vs ZenPress

Track Core Web Vitals for the entire website and for individual URLs. Mobile and Desktop. Every day. Automatically. For free. No need to guess whether your website performance needs your attention or not – you will get the definite answer in your WordPress Dashboard in a few minutes. With SpeedGuard you get: Core Web Vitals (LCP, CLS, INP) testing for individual URLs of your website PageSpeed Insights (LCP, CLS) for the cases if your website doesn’t have Core Web Vitals yet automatic everyday monitoring both desktop and mobile testing links to the Google PageSpeed Insights reports (that include CWV on top as well) which you can pass to the performance engineer to improve your site speed tests are completely automated — you don’t need to do anything easy to use — just pick pages of your website that you would like to monitor It’s free 🙂 Test performance of any content in WordPress : Posts Pages Events WooCommerce Products any other Custom Post Type Archives Categories Tags any other Custom Taxonomy Idea Behind There is no need to say that performance IS very important. What’s also important — is to understand whether you have to worry about your website performance or it’s doing fine. Google Core Web Vitals are the metrics that Google uses to measure the user experience on the web (real user experience!). If your website passes CWV assessment for Origin — it means that your website is fast enough for the majority of users. If it doesn’t pass — it means that you have to fix this. If it does pass but quite a few specific URLs are not passing — it’s a good time to look into those URLs and improve them to prevent the entrire webstie to be marked as failing CWV. I wanted a simple easy-to-use tool to warn me in case my clients’ websites performance has a bad tendency and needs my attention. I wanted a native WordPress solution, with all information available from the dashboard, simple but still informative, a guard who will do the monitoring every day and ping me, in case something goes wrong. I have not found one and that’s why I’ve built this plugin. I’ll be happy to know that you find it useful as well — please, leave a review. P.S. Note about PageSpeed Insights: you SHOULD always use CWV data in case it is available for your website. In case it is not available (when the website is new and/or doesn’t have enough traffic yet) — use PageSpeed Insights. But you have to remember, that PSI — are lab tests, it’s just an emulation of real users experience. It’s better than nothing, of course. Watch my talk here if you want to understand Core Web Vitals Mystery better.

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.