Speed My A$$ Up (SMAU) 🏎️⚡

Zero-Bloat, Security-Aware Web Performance & Core Web Vitals Hyper-Optimizer for WordPress
The 4th Pillar of the Whole A$$ Security Suite by securemyass.com.
Direct open architecture alternative to WP Rocket.

⚡ Key Highlights

• Sub-0.5ms Pre-Boot Page Caching: Generates static flat HTML & GZIP caches on disk, served directly via advanced-cache.php before database connections or heavy WordPress core loads.
• W3C Speculation Rules API Native: Injects native browser pre-rendering rules for modern Chromium engines, delivering sub-50ms instantaneous page transitions.
• LCP Turbo Priority Elevation: Automatically identifies the primary above-the-fold viewport hero image, excludes it from LazyLoad, injects <link rel="preload" as="image" fetchpriority="high"> into <head>, and applies native fetchpriority="high".
• CLS Zero-Shift Armor: Parses HTML for images and iframes lacking dimension attributes, calculates native aspect ratios, and injects width, height, and inline CSS aspect-ratio to eliminate Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS = 0.000).
• Smart Delay & Defer Script Scheduler: Defers non-critical JavaScript until user interaction (pointerdown, keydown, scroll, wheel) with zero-break safelists for Divi 5, WooCommerce, and Stripe.
• Zero SaaS Dependencies: 100% on-server pure PHP and native browser standards. No external cloud SaaS queues, no quota throttles, and no recurring API fees.
• Security-Aware Cache Shield: Integrates with Guard My A$$ (GMA) Shannon entropy engine to detect and reject query-string cache poisoning and exploit payloads.
• YouTube & Vimeo Video Facades: Replaces heavy iframe video embeds with lightweight preview posters and responsive SVG play buttons, saving ~1.2MB of JS per embed.
• Full WP-CLI Operations: Comprehensive command-line control via wp smau status, wp smau cache_clear, wp smau preload, wp smau optimize_db, and wp smau benchmark.

🏗️ Architecture Overview

                     Incoming HTTP(S) Request
                                │
                                ▼
        ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
        │        Traefik v3 Edge Reverse Proxy        │ ── Static File Cache Hit (<0.2ms)
        └──────────────────────┬──────────────────────┘
                               │ Cache Miss
                               ▼
        ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
        │   GMA Pre-Boot Shield (Shannon Entropy)     │ ── Block / Poison Drop (403)
        └──────────────────────┬──────────────────────┘
                               │ Clean
                               ▼
        ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
        │  SMAU Pre-Boot Fast Path (advanced-cache.php)│ ── Disk HTML Cache Hit (<0.5ms)
        └──────────────────────┬──────────────────────┘
                               │ Cache Miss
                               ▼
        ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
        │           WordPress Core Bootstrap          │
        │                                             │
        │  ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐  │
        │  │     SMAU Core Engine Pipeline         │  │
        │  │  - LCP Turbo Priority & CLS Armor     │  │
        │  │  - Speculation Rules API Generator    │  │
        │  │  - Smart Delay & Defer JS Scheduler   │  │
        │  │  - Pure-PHP Local CSS/HTML Minifier   │  │
        │  │  - Responsive Facade Lazy-Loader      │  │
        │  └───────────────────────────────────────┘  │
        │                                             │
        │  ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐  │
        │  │  Output Buffer Capture & Compress     │  │
        │  │  Write to /wp-content/cache/smau/     │  │
        │  └───────────────────────────────────────┘  │
        └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

🥊 Head-to-Head: Speed My A$$ Up vs. WP Rocket

🚀 Installation & Setup

1. Clone or Copy: Place the speed-my-ass-up directory into your WordPress plugins folder:

   cd /path/to/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/
   git clone git@github.com:cynthiaschomp/speed-my-ass-up.git

2. Activate via WP-CLI:

   wp plugin activate speed-my-ass-up --allow-root

3. Verify Status & Pre-Boot Engine:

   wp smau status --allow-root

💻 WP-CLI Command Reference

🔒 Whole A$$ Security Suite Interoperability

Speed My A$$ Up coordinates natively with companion products in the Whole A$$ Security Suite:

• Guard My A$$: Pre-boot entropy filtering prevents cache-poisoning attacks from being stored on disk.
• Back My A$$ Up: Automatically excludes temporary cache files from backup archives to preserve cloud storage headroom.
• Secure My A$$: Enforces execution barriers (.htaccess, .user.ini, index.php) inside cache directories to eliminate PHP execution vectors.
• Compress My A$$: Natively prioritizes CMA WebP and AVIF assets as high-priority LCP targets.
• Doc My A$$: High-velocity developer documentation system, Cmd+K search, Docs-as-Code, and zero-bloat standalone reader.

📄 License

Distributed under the GPLv3 License. Developed by Cynthia Schomp.