WP Rocket

Last Modified: March 30, 2020

WP Rocket plugin is used for site Caching, CSS and Javascript Minification and CDN set up

March 30, 2020

Owner: Wesley Seay

Installation

Log in to your WordPress admin panel and go to: Plugin > Add New and click on Upload Plugin.

Select the zip file and click onĀ Install Now. After clicking that link, you will be asked if you are sure you want to install the plugin. Click yes and WordPress will automatically complete the installation process.

General Settings

File Optimization

Options to Check

  • Minify HTML
  • Combine Google Fonts files
  • Remove query strings from static resources
  • Minify CSS Files
  • Combine CSS Files (Check website to make sure this does not break anything)
  • Optimize CSS Delivery (Check website to make sure this does not break anything)
  • Minify Javascript Files (Check website to make sure this does not break anything)
  • Combine Javascript Files (Check website to make sure this does not break anything)
  • Load Javascript Deferred (Check website to make sure this does not break anything)

Media

Options to Check

  • Enable or images
  • Enable for iframes and videos
    • Replace Youtube iframes with preview image
  • Disable emoji
  • Disable wordpress Embeds

Heartbeat

Options to Check

  • Control Heartbeat

For more information about WP Rocket, you can visit https://docs.wp-rocket.me