WP Performance Toolkit

A WordPress plugin for monitoring and diagnosing performance issues. It profiles database queries, analyzes enqueued assets, tracks object cache efficiency, manages WP-Cron events, and provides toggleable optimizations -- all from an admin dashboard and WP-CLI.

Features

Performance Monitoring

• Per-request tracking of page generation time, peak memory usage, database query count/time, hooks fired, TTFB, and external HTTP requests
• Request log stored in a custom database table (auto-pruned to 500 rows)
• Slowest-hooks ranking by cumulative execution time
• Hourly trend data and query-count distribution for historical analysis

Database Query Profiler

• Slow query detection with configurable threshold (default 0.05s, stored in wppt_slow_query_threshold option)
• Duplicate query detection
• N+1 query pattern identification
• Per-table and per-caller query breakdowns
• Index suggestions for slow queries
• Requires SAVEQUERIES to be enabled in wp-config.php for full analysis

Asset Analyzer

• Lists all enqueued scripts and styles with file sizes
• Identifies render-blocking resources
• Suggests defer/async candidates
• Maps each asset to its source (core, plugin, theme, or external)
• Builds dependency trees

Object Cache Analyzer

• Detects the active cache backend (Redis, Memcached, APCu, Relay, or default)
• Tracks cache hit/miss rates
• Reports per-group memory usage
• Provides actionable suggestions based on cache state

WP-Cron Manager

• Lists all scheduled cron events with source identification
• Detects orphaned events (hooks with no registered callbacks)
• Supports manual execution, deletion, and rescheduling of events
• Logs cron execution times

Optimizations Individually toggleable optimizations organized by category:

Key	Category	Description
disable_emojis	Frontend	Remove emoji detection script and styles
remove_query_strings	Frontend	Strip ver query strings from CSS/JS URLs
lazy_load_iframes	Frontend	Add loading="lazy" to iframes
dns_prefetch	Frontend	Add preconnect/dns-prefetch hints for common third-party domains
disable_oembed	Frontend	Remove oEmbed discovery links and endpoints
remove_shortlink	Frontend	Remove shortlink from headers and HTML head
defer_js	Frontend	Add defer to front-end scripts (excludes jQuery by default)
critical_css	Frontend	Inline critical CSS and defer remaining stylesheets
heartbeat_throttle	Backend	Reduce Heartbeat API interval to 60 seconds
heartbeat_disable	Backend	Deregister Heartbeat script (except on post editor)
disable_xmlrpc	Security	Disable XML-RPC and remove X-Pingback header
clean_revisions	Database	Delete all post revisions (one-shot)
clean_auto_drafts	Database	Delete all auto-draft posts (one-shot)
clean_trash	Database	Permanently delete trashed posts (one-shot)
clean_spam_comments	Database	Delete spam and trashed comments (one-shot)
clean_transients	Database	Delete expired transients (one-shot)
limit_revisions	Database	Cap post revisions at 5 per post

Admin Bar Widget

• Color-coded performance indicator in the admin bar (green < 200ms, yellow < 500ms, red >= 500ms)
• Shows page load time, memory usage, and query count
• Links to the dashboard

Admin Dashboard

• Multi-tab interface: Overview, Queries, Assets, Cron, Object Cache, Optimizations, Settings
• AJAX-powered optimization toggles
• Export performance reports as JSON

Requirements

• WordPress 6.0 or later
• PHP 8.0 or later

Installation

1. Upload the wp-performance-toolkit directory to /wp-content/plugins/.
2. Activate through Plugins > Installed Plugins.
3. Access the dashboard under Performance in the admin menu.

For full query profiling, add the following to wp-config.php:

define( 'SAVEQUERIES', true );

Note: SAVEQUERIES adds overhead. Enable it only when actively debugging.

WP-CLI Commands

All commands are registered under the wp perf namespace.

wp perf stats

Display aggregate performance statistics.

wp perf stats
wp perf stats --hours=48

Options:

• --hours=<number> -- Look-back window in hours. Default: 24.

wp perf log

Show recent request log entries.

wp perf log
wp perf log --limit=50

Options:

• --limit=<number> -- Number of entries to display. Default: 20.

wp perf queries

Analyze database queries from the current request. Requires SAVEQUERIES.

wp perf queries
wp perf queries --slow-only

Options:

• --slow-only -- Show only queries exceeding the slow-query threshold.

Output includes total query count, total time, slow queries, duplicate queries, N+1 patterns, per-table breakdown, and index suggestions.

wp perf assets

List enqueued scripts and styles with sizes and sources.

wp perf assets

Reports render-blocking resources when detected.

wp perf optimize

View and toggle performance optimizations.

wp perf optimize --list
wp perf optimize --enable=disable_emojis
wp perf optimize --disable=heartbeat_throttle

Options:

• --list -- Show all optimizations and their current status.
• --enable=<name> -- Enable an optimization by key.
• --disable=<name> -- Disable an optimization by key.

wp perf cron

Manage WP-Cron events.

wp perf cron list
wp perf cron orphaned
wp perf cron cleanup

Subcommands:

• list -- Display all scheduled cron events with next-run time, schedule, source, and overdue status.
• orphaned -- List cron events whose hooks have no registered callbacks.
• cleanup -- Remove all orphaned cron events.

wp perf benchmark

Run a page-load benchmark by issuing HTTP requests to a URL.

wp perf benchmark
wp perf benchmark --iterations=20 --url=/sample-page/

Options:

• --iterations=<number> -- Number of requests. Default: 10.
• --url=<url> -- URL to benchmark. Default: site home URL.

Reports average, median, min, max, and P95 response times.

Hooks and Filters

wppt_preconnect_domains

Filter the list of domains used for dns-prefetch and preconnect hints when the dns_prefetch optimization is enabled.

add_filter( 'wppt_preconnect_domains', function ( array $domains ): array {
    $domains[] = 'https://cdn.example.com';
    return $domains;
} );

Default domains: fonts.googleapis.com, fonts.gstatic.com, www.google-analytics.com, www.googletagmanager.com, cdn.jsdelivr.net.

wppt_defer_exclude_handles

Filter the list of script handles excluded from deferral when the defer_js optimization is enabled.

add_filter( 'wppt_defer_exclude_handles', function ( array $handles ): array {
    $handles[] = 'my-critical-script';
    return $handles;
} );

Default exclusions: jquery, jquery-core, jquery-migrate, wp-polyfill.

wppt_critical_css

Filter the critical CSS string inlined in <head> when the critical_css optimization is enabled. Return a non-empty string to replace the default.

add_filter( 'wppt_critical_css', function (): string {
    return 'body { margin: 0; } .hero { min-height: 100vh; }';
} );

Settings

Settings are accessible from the dashboard's Settings tab or managed via WP options:

Option	Type	Default	Description
wppt_slow_query_threshold	float	0.05	Slow query threshold in seconds
wppt_optimizations	array	[]	Enabled optimizations (key => bool)

Uninstall

On uninstall, the plugin removes:

• The wppt_request_log database table
• The wppt_optimizations option
• The wppt_cron_log option
• The wppt_slow_query_threshold option

Changelog

2.0.0

• Added WP-CLI commands (wp perf)
• Added asset analyzer with render-blocking detection
• Added object cache analyzer with backend detection
• Added WP-Cron manager with orphan detection and cleanup
• Added page-load benchmarking
• Added hook execution time tracking
• Added external HTTP request tracking
• Added TTFB measurement
• Added DNS prefetch/preconnect optimization
• Added oEmbed disable, shortlink removal, revision limiting
• Added defer JS and critical CSS inlining optimizations
• Added N+1 query pattern detection
• Added index suggestions for slow queries
• Added hourly trend and query distribution data
• Added admin bar color-coded performance widget

1.0.0

• Initial release
• Database query profiler with slow query detection
• Performance monitoring (page time, memory, query count)
• Toggleable optimizations (emoji removal, query string stripping, XML-RPC disable, iframe lazy loading, Heartbeat control, database cleanup)
• Admin dashboard
• JSON report export

License

GPL-2.0-or-later