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What's new

This version contains a security fix and other bug fixes and improvments. All are encouraged to update. See CHANGELOG for details.

Please see CHANGELOG below for list of changes.

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Security fixes

• Fix security vulnerability with broken access control to settings
• Fix security vulnerability with the Optimize Image metafile.

New features

• Add setting to ignore query parameter on page cache

Bug fixes

• [HIGH] Full compatibility with Windows broken.
• [MEDIUM] Recache didn't work on some servers.

Release notes

What's new

This version is a major update containing a few new features and improvements. Notable additions are a Recache function to crawl the site and optimize and cache pages before users visit. See CHANGELOG for details.

Please see CHANGELOG below for list of changes.

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New features

• Added Bulk Settings Operations feature to export, reset, import settings.
• Added Recache feature.
• Added separate icon on Dashboard to load WEBP images.

Changes

• Modified the JavaScript exclude settings to make them more user-friendly.
• Rearranged some settings on the Configurations tab to make them more intuitive

Miscellaneous changes

• Major rewrite of substantial parts of the codes for better performance.
• Minimum PHP version is now PHP 7.4.
• Numerous bug fixes and improvements.

Release notes

What's new

This version contains a security vulnerability bug fix, including other minor bug fixes and improvements. All are recommended to upgrade immediately.

Please see CHANGELOG below for list of changes.

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Changes

• Remove loading="lazy" attribute from excluded images in Lazy-load feature.

Bug fixes

• [HIGH] Fix Cross Site Scripting security vulnerability in Configuration tab.
• [MEDIUM] Fix conflict with XML sitemaps when using the Optimize fonts feature.

Release notes

What's new

This version contains a few improvements and bug fixes since the last release. All are advised to upgrade.

Please see CHANGELOG below for list of changes.

Changelog

Bug fixes

• [HIGH] Fix PHP error with function utf8_strlen on some sites.
• [LOW] Fix PHP error when Clean Cache is accessed from admin menu on some sites.

Release notes

What's new

This version contains a few improvements and bug fixes since the last release. All are advised to upgrade.

Please see CHANGELOG below for list of changes.

Changelog

New features

• Added setting to optionally disable deletion of expired cache.
• Added settings for excluding critical modules in Reduce Unused JavaScript

Bug fixes

• [MEDIUM] Imported Google fonts were not being handled properly.
• [MEDIUM] Reduce Unused JavaScript wasn't working properly on some sites.
• [MEDIUM] Some external domains were not being preconnected when Optimize Fonts is enabled.

Release notes

What's new

This is a major update with several improvements, added features and bug fixes. All are recommended to upgrade.

Please see CHANGELOG below for list of changes.

Changelog

New features

• Added setting to Lazy-load background images defined in the CSS files to the Lazy-Load feature.
• Added setting to change existing font-display policy to swap. Previously this was only added of font-display was absent.
• Added setting to preload JavaScript Modules in the Http/2 Preload feature.

Changes

• Modules are now also being loaded dynamically in the Reduce Unused Javascript feature.
• The HTTP/2 tab on the Options page was changed to Preloads and the Optimize Fonts feature moved to this tab.
• The Optimize Google Fonts feature was expanded to optimize all fonts.

Bug fixes

• [MEDIUM] Fixed bug with lazy loading audio/video set to autoplay.
• [MEDIUM] images in elements were not converted to WEBP

Miscellaneous changes

• Improve cache management to reduce cache build up on some sites.
• Improve method to generate cache key for Optimize CSS Delivery feature to prevent excess generating of cache.

Release notes

What's new

This is a major update with several improvements, added features and bug fixes. All are recommended to upgrade.

Please see CHANGELOG below for list of changes.

Changelog

New features

• Added 'Remove Unused Javascript' feature [Pro Version]
• Added support for different cache storage types (APCu, Memcached, Redis, WinCache) [Pro version]
• New page cache feature to serve static content via HTTP Request without calling PHP to significantly improve server load time. [Pro Version]

Changes

• Added new tab in admin for Page Cache so individual files can be viewed and deleted.
• Added support for Brotli compression in .htaccess optimization.
• Minimum required PHP version is now 7.3

Release notes

What's new

This is an upgrade with a few improvements and bux fixes affecting some sites.

Please see CHANGELOG below for list of changes.

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New features

• Added options to optimize images with Lossy/Lossless settings as well as to save metadata

Changes

• Improved compatibility with AMP pages

Release notes

What's new

This is an upgrade with a few improvements and bux fixes affecting some sites.

Please see CHANGELOG below for list of changes.

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Critical bugs and important changes

• [HIGH] Fixed bug with PHP errors when basedir restriction in effect
• [MEDIUM] Fixed bug with excluding urls

New features

• Added Poland translation
• Added setting to select which HTML sections are loaded asynchronously in the Reduce DOM feature

Changes

• Modified list for Number of elements in the Optimize CSS Delivery feature, setting 800 as default

Release notes

What's new

This is an upgrade with a bux fix affecting some sites.

Please see CHANGELOG below for list of changes.

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Critical bugs and important changes

• [MEDIUM] Fixed bug with exclude javascript settings

New features

• Added setting to disable plugin for logged in users

Release notes

What's new

This is an upgrade with a bux fix affecting some sites.

Please see CHANGELOG below for list of changes.

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Critical bugs and important changes

• [HIGH] Fixed issue affecting sites using FTP to install/upgrade

Release notes

What's new

This is an upgrade that fixes a PHP error when using Page Cache on some sites in the previous release.

Please see CHANGELOG below for list of changes.

Changelog

Critical bugs and important changes

• [HIGH] Fix PHP error when using Page Cache

Release notes

What's new

This is a major upgrade and complete rewrite of plugin codes from the previous version to make the plugin more efficient and maintainable. The url to the settings page has also changed. On upgrade, depending on which method is used, the links to the settings page may not work initially until the admin page is refreshed.

Please see CHANGELOG below for list of changes.

Changelog

New features

• Added Reduce DOM feature [Pro version only]
• Added Remove javascript/Remove CSS setting
• Added Smart Combine feature [Pro version only]
• Added Utility feature to generate new cache hash

Changes

• Complete redo of Admin Configuration page to be more user-friendly and aesthetic

Miscellaneous changes

• Using icon images instead of font icons on action buttons on dashboard

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• New Feature: Added Admin Menu item to delete cache.
• Improvement: Added support for older browsers that don't use WEBP images.
• Improvement: Recursing into subfolders while using the Manual Optimize Image section is now optional.
• Improvement: Urls in srcsets are now being processed when using Automatic Optimize Image option and are also now being converted to WEBP images where necessary.
• Improvement: When Lazyload image is enabled, hidden images are also only loaded when they become visible.
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

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• New Feature: Support for webp images in the Optimize Image feature. Pro Version
• New Feature: Utility options to restore optimized images and to delete folder with backkup images.
• Improvements: Improved implementation of http/2 feature with support for TTF font files.
• Improvements: Improved implementation of Optimize CSS Delivery to determine HTML above the fold particularly with large number of menu items.
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

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• Bug Fix: Resolved PHP error on some multisites.

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• New Feature: Basic settings for Http2 feature now available in Free Version.
• New Feature: Optimize Google Fonts feature to speed up loading of Google Fonts Pro Version
• New Feature: Ability to add files to the Http2 Push if critical files are being loaded dynamically so cannot normally be accessed by the plugin. Pro Version
• New Feature: Added preconnect resource hints settings for CDN domains.
• Improvements: Improved method to generate key hash for Optimize CSS Delivery to avoid incorrect critical CSS being loaded on page, so improving Cumulative layout shift across pages.
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

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• Improvements: Dynamic CSS Selectors will add CSS to critical CSS even if Remove Unused CSS is disabled.
• Improvements: In the Http/2 push feature, the plugin will now only push woff files or woff2 files instead if present. This avoids pushing font files that are not being used.
• New Feature: Added settings to Lazy-load background images and Audio and Video elements. Pro version
• New Feature: Added settings to add files loaded over CDN to the Link header, and to exclude files in the Http/2 Push feature. Pro version
• New Feature: Added platform specific caching Pro version
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

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• Improvements: Optimize Htaccess button will update codes in .htaccess files if already exists rather than simple reporting code already existing.
• Improvements: Modified the implementation of Remove Unused CSS so as to obviate the need for configuring the Dynamic CSS setting.
• New Feature: Added 'beta' feature Reduce Dom to reduce size and loading time of large sites.
• New Feature: Added setting to remove unused javascript files.
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

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• Bug fix. Error in combined CSS files caused by media type in file being different to type in media attribute on the LINK tag.
• Bug Fix: Lazyloading images with srcset attributes broke W3C HTML validation.
• Big Fix: PHP Notice in profiler.php
• Improvements: Organized settings in fieldsets on Settings page.
• Improvements: Add Image Attributes will ignore images with both height and width attributes present. If one attribute is present the other will be added based on aspect ratio.
• Improvements: Page cache lifetime setting and handling separated from combined files.

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• Bug Fix: Combined files delivery using PHP files were broken.

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• New feature: Option to remove unused CSS. This is added as an additional setting in the Optimize CSS Delivery feature.

  Pro Version
• New feature: Setting to disable plugin for logged in users in Miscellaneous Settings on Combine CSS/JS tab.
• Improvement: Will now generate different hash for multiple combined files. This will help to reduce build-up of cache.
• Improvement: All excluded and combined javascript files are placed at bottom of page with Premium/Optimum setting.
• Improvement: Add Image Attributes feature now ignores img elements with existing width and height attributes. If one attribute is found the other will be added using aspect ratio of image.

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Changelog:

• Bug fix: Add image attributes will use the same type of delimiter for width/height as that used around the url to avoid potential issues
• Bug Fix: Validate HTML before processing to avoid problems.

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• Bug fix: PHP error in html.php page
• Bug fix: Occasionally shows blank page while using Page Cache

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• Changes in the settings page.
• Added setting to Remove Unused CSS [Pro Version].

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• Added option to autosize images in Lazy-load images feature.
• Load CSS file asynchronously using the preload attribute rather than with javascript in Optimize CSS Delivery feature.
• Fixed bug in Optimize Image not working on Safari.
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

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Changelog:

• Fixed bug in HTML minifier library.
• Fixed bug in Lazy-load feature.
• Fixed bug with fonts not showing correctly on some sites.
• Improved compatibility with Page Cache plugin and other third party plugins.

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Changelog:

• Added http/2 push feature.
• Added capability to handle responsive images and iframes to the Lazy-load feature.
• Improved efficiency of caching policy of static assets.
• Removed font-face from combined CSS file when Optimize CSS Delivery is enabled.
• Other minor bug fixes and improvement.

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Changelog:

• Fixed issue with plugin not running on some sites with last version.
• Added ability to mark and skip images already optimized in subfolders [PRO VERSION]
• Fixed issue with autoupdate of PRO version reverting to FREE version [PRO VERSION]

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Changelog:

• Fixed issue with PHP error on some site with the new Page Cache feature.

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• New page cache feature.
• Improved support for LiteSpeed cache.
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

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• New Lazy Load Images library.
• Other bug fixes and improvements.

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• Improved caching to reduce instances of excess cache.
• Fixed issue with xml sitemaps when 'Debug plugin' is enabled.
• Fixed issue with deprecating PHP error using the 'each' function.
• Added minifier for json
• Other bug fixes and improvements.

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• Fixed bug with exclude options not being saved.

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• Major improvement in the Optimize Image feature, handling a much higher number of images more effectively and quickly.
• Codes are added to .htaccess file to gzip compress static files.
• Expired cache are flushed automatically once daily.
• Other bug fixes and improvements.

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Changelog:

• Ability to exclude files while maintaining original execution order for all Automatic Settings added.
• 'Exclude javascript dynamically' setting removed.
• Ability to select static files for combined css and js files added.
• Cache lifetime hardcoded to 1 day and setting removed.
• Compliant with Amp pages.
• Ability to select file type for each CDN domain added.
• CDN feature will use base element to determine the base url for relative urls.
• Automatically exclude images above the fold from Lazy-load feature to avoid css render-blocking issues.
• Improvements in the Optimize CSS Delivery feature.
• Various bug fixes and improvements.

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Changelog:

• Fixed bug creating errors in JchOptimizeSettings
• Removed some exclusion settings
• Fix javascript error in options page
• Other minor bug fixes

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Changelog:

• Fix issue with the plugin conflicting with other plugins generating a Fatal Error.
• Remove lifetime setting. Lifetime now hardcoded to 1 day.
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

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Changelog:

• Fix issue with the plugin not running on some sites
• Now Compatible with Google AMP pages
• Added setting to exclude pages from the plugin that don't work well or you don't want optimized

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• Improved compatibility with PHP7.
• Improved support for Google font files
• Fixed issue with script that flushes expired cache daily
• Several minor bug fixes and improvements

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Changelog:

• Grouped settings related to the combine CSS/javascript feature together to make it more intuitive to configure and added setting to disable/enable this feature
• Added feature to add missing height and width attributes to img elements
• Added Polish and Hungarian translations
• Fixed bug with lazy-load feture that was affecting other javascript libraries
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements

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• Fixed issue with the CSS Optimize library that was causing some pages to load slowly

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• The settings in the backend are rearranged in a more logical and intuitive manner.
• Option to 'Leverage Browser Cache' for common resource files.
• Option to correct permissions of files/folders in plugin.
• Ability to remove files from loading on the page for eg., if you have more than one jQuery libraries or libraries you're not using like Mootools.
• Psuedo-cron script that flush expired cache daily to reduce the build up of excess cache
• Support for those pesky Google font files that are always blocking on PageSpeed
• Added translations for Spanish, French, German, Russian, and Hebrew
• Support for up to 3 CDN/Cookieless domains and the ability to select the file type to load over CDN (PRO VERSION)
• Exclude images from Lazy Load based on the folder (useful if you want to exclude all images from an extension), or by the CSS class defined on the image (PRO VERSION)
• Improved compatibility with slideshows and ajax content with the LazyLoad function and also support for non-javascript users (probably some mobile) (PRO VERSION)
• Developed our own API for optimizing images so we'll no longer be using Kraken.io (PRO VERSION)
• Added functionality to recursively optimize images in subfolders (PRO VERSION)
• Can scale images during optimization if image dimensions are larger than required. (PRO VERSION)
• Optimized/resized images will be automatically backed up in a folder. (PRO VERSION)
• Other improvements to existing features and various bug fixes.

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Changelog:

• Fix links to combined file to include scheme and domain for better compatibility with other plugins
• Improved code that manipulates urls in the plugins

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Changelog:

• Fixed bug in Autoloader function that conflicts with other plugins that have classes beginning with 'JCH'.
• Fixed bug with HTML Minify removing spaces from inside pre elements when it contains other HTML elements.
• Fixed compatibility issue with plugins using PHP internal buffering eg. CDN Linker, cache plugins, etc.
• Will delete plugin options on uninstall.
• Multisite supported.
• Fixed issue with Optimize Images not working with open_basedir setting (PRO VERSION)
• Now able to automatically update the Pro version when your download id is saved in the plugin (PRO VERSION)

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• Improved method of accessing HTML for optimization. considering levels of buffering.
• Corrected function used to access home url in backend so that exclude options lists can be populated.
• Fixed bug in and improved HTML minification library.
• Fixed bug with Sprite Generator.
• Fixed bug with CDN/Cookie-less domain feature (PRO VERSION)
• Improved Image Optimization feature (PRO VERSION)

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• Fixed issue with the setting 'Use url rewrite - Yes (Without Options+SynLinks)' not working properly.
• Fixed issue with combine javascript options sometimes creates javascript errors.
• Now using Kraken.io API to optimize images (PRO VERSION)

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• Fixed compatibility issue with XML sitemaps and feeds.
• Minor bug fixes and improvements.

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• Improved code running in admin section.
• Add Profiler menu item on Admin Bar to review the times taken for the plugin methods to run.
• Keep HTML comments in 'Basic' HTML Minification level. Required for some plugins to work eg. Nextgen gallery.
• Saving cache in non-PHP files to make it compatible with WP Engine platform.
• Minor bug fixes and improvements.

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• Added visual indicators to show which Automatic setting is enabled
• Added multiselect exclude options so it's easier to find files/plugins to exclude from combining if they cause problems
• Bug fixes and improvements in the HTML, CSS, and javascript minification libraries
• Added levels of HTML minification
• Added lazy load images feature

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• fixed bug with the HTML Minify library manifested on XHTMl templates
• Fails gracefully on PHP5.2

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• CDN Support now available
• Improvements in the Optimize Images feature
• Improvements in the Sprite generator
• Size of images in sprites restricted to 50px x 50px
• Fixed issue with plugin not working on some sites with outdated PCRE library

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