Description
Erfika Optimizer 3.4 is built around an adaptive Optimization Lab rather than a fixed list of generic optimization switches.
The Lab creates a local site profile, measures cleanup opportunities, estimates autoloaded option data through WordPress APIs, generates site-specific recommendations, stores a local baseline, and lets administrators compare later scans against that baseline.
Key features:
- Explainable Opportunity Map: each finding answers what it means, what was measured, and what a non-technical administrator should do next.
- Impact Passport: records Optimizer actions with before/after local measurements so administrators can see what actually changed.
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Read-only heavy-autoload view: surfaces the largest always-loaded options without automatically deleting or disabling unknown data.
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Local Optimization Lab with an on-demand site scan.
- Site-specific recommendation engine based on measured local conditions.
- Baseline and before/after comparison.
- Local scan history (last 10 scans).
- Conservative one-click optimization profile with settings rollback.
- Approximate autoload footprint measurement using WordPress-loaded options.
- Revision, expired transient, auto-draft, trash and junk-comment opportunity detection.
- Cleanup of revisions, expired transients, auto drafts, trash, and spam/trash comments.
- Configurable revision retention.
- Database table optimization.
- Advanced CSS and JavaScript handle controls for experienced administrators.
- Heartbeat controls for dashboard, editor, and front end.
- Optional removal of common WordPress front-end overhead.
- No cloud account and no automatic telemetry.
The Lab Score is an internal prioritization indicator based only on the local conditions the plugin measures. It is not PageSpeed, Core Web Vitals, a hosting benchmark, or a guarantee of performance improvement.
The conservative profile changes only Erfika Optimizer settings and stores the previous plugin settings so they can be restored. Destructive database cleanup remains a separate manual action and is never run by the conservative profile.
Privacy
Erfika Optimizer performs its Optimization Lab scans locally. It does not automatically send site, user, administrator, scan, or performance data to erfika.com or another external service.
Installation
- Upload and activate Erfika Optimizer.
- Open Settings > Erfika Optimizer.
- Run “Scan Site” in Optimization Lab.
- Review the site-specific findings before changing settings.
- Use the conservative profile only if its changes fit your site.
- Create a current backup before destructive database cleanup.
FAQ
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What makes Optimization Lab different from a normal optimization checklist?
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The Lab first profiles the current site and then shows recommendations only when its measured local conditions trigger them. It also stores a baseline and local scan history so later scans can be compared.
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Does the Lab Score represent real-world page speed?
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No. It is an internal prioritization score for the local conditions measured by the plugin. It is not a replacement for browser-based performance testing or Core Web Vitals.
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Does the plugin send scan data to Erfika?
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No. The WordPress.org edition performs these scans locally and does not automatically transmit the results.
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What does the conservative profile change?
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It changes only selected Erfika Optimizer settings, such as conservative revision retention and low-risk WordPress overhead controls. The previous plugin settings are stored for rollback. It does not automatically delete database content.
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Can cleanup actions be undone?
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Destructive cleanup actions cannot be undone by the plugin. Use a current backup before cleanup. The rollback feature applies to the conservative settings profile, not deleted database content.
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Can disabling CSS or JavaScript handles break a site?
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Yes. Asset handle controls are advanced tools and are not part of the automatic conservative profile.
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Changelog
3.4.0
- Added Performance Engine Center with server, persistent object-cache, drop-in, OPcache and image-engine awareness.
- Added Compatibility Guard guidance to avoid stacking a second page-cache or object-cache engine blindly.
- Hardened public Cache-Control so logged-in users and common WooCommerce-sensitive routes are excluded.
- Hardened script defer and HTML minification on sensitive/personalized requests.
- Improved non-destructive action UX so scan buttons no longer show database-deletion warnings.
- Preserved Optimization Lab, Opportunity Map, Impact Passport, Plugin Intelligence, cleanup, lazy media and frontend controls.
3.3.0
- Added local Plugin Intelligence for installed/active plugin and update visibility.
- Added heuristic overlap detection for cache, minification, image, database and object-cache plugins.
- Added plain-language conflict guidance without automatically disabling other plugins.
- Added optional script defer with protected core jQuery handles.
- Added optional short public Cache-Control response header.
- Added optional asset version query-string removal for advanced compatibility cases.
- Preserved Optimization Lab, Opportunity Map, Impact Passport, autoload inspection, cleanup, lazy media and frontend controls.
- All aggressive front-end options remain opt-in.
3.2.0
- Added opt-in native lazy loading for images and content iframes.
- Added optional width/height completion for WordPress attachment images.
- Added conservative HTML minification.
- Added same-origin intent-based link prefetching.
- Added optional Google Fonts connection hints.
- Kept all new front-end transformations disabled by default.
- Continued Optimization Lab, Explainable Opportunity Map, Impact Passport, cleanup and advanced handle controls.
3.1.0
- Added the Explainable Opportunity Map for non-technical administrators.
- Added Impact Passport with before/after records for Optimizer actions.
- Added a read-only list of the heaviest autoloaded options.
- Expanded the local environment profile.
- Rewrote panel explanations in plain Persian, including risk and reversibility guidance.
- Refined the administration UI and improved hero readability.
- Kept automatic optimization conservative; unknown autoload data is never deleted automatically.
3.0.0
- Introduced Optimization Lab with local site profiling.
- Added site-specific recommendation generation.
- Added baseline and before/after comparison.
- Added local scan history.
- Added a conservative settings profile with rollback.
- Added autoload footprint estimation using WordPress-loaded options.
- Kept destructive cleanup separate from automatic optimization.
- Clarified that the Lab Score is not a speed benchmark.
2.0.0
- Added the redesigned Persian administration dashboard.
- Added database cleanup, revision management, asset controls, Heartbeat controls, and local diagnostics.