UnclutterWP is a Core Web Vitals and PageSpeed optimization plugin for WordPress.
Its primary goal is to help site owners improve:
– LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)
– CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)
– INP (Interaction to Next Paint)
It does this by giving you optional controls to remove unnecessary frontend bloat, disable legacy WordPress features, and reduce unneeded requests.
Features
- Improve Core Web Vitals through optional frontend optimization controls
- Reduce render-blocking scripts and styles
- Remove unused WordPress assets and discovery links
- Disable unnecessary frontend features
- Reduce layout shift risk from non-essential scripts
- Optimize script loading behavior by removing unneeded runtime features
Existing feature controls include:
– Clean Head Metadata: Removes unnecessary elements from the <head> output.
– Disable JSON API Links: Removes JSON and oEmbed discovery output when not needed.
– Disable REST API: Disables REST API functionality for sites that do not require it.
– Disable Trackbacks: Disables legacy trackback behavior.
– Disable Pingback: Disables pingback headers and XML-RPC pingback behavior.
– Disable Emojis: Removes WordPress emoji scripts and styles.
– Remove Translations: Disables translation loading where multilingual support is not required.
– Remove wptexturize: Disables wptexturize processing.
– Disable Embeds: Disables embed functionality and wp-embed scripts.
– Remove Gutenberg Styles: Removes front-end block library styles.
– Remove XMLRPC Pingback Calls: Blocks XML-RPC pingback calls.
– Admin Cleanup Tools: Optional dashboard widget and admin menu cleanup controls.
Screenshots
Optimization Settings grouped by LCP, CLS, INP, and Advanced Optimization
Tools page for optional admin cleanup controls
