Perfmatters Lightweight WordPress Performance Plugin

Perfmatters is a premium WordPress performance plugin built by forgemedia LLC, the brain behind Novashare. The company is run by two brothers, Brian and Brett Jackson.

Just like Novashare, this plugin is built around a single philosophy: clean, lightweight code engineered exclusively to speed up your website and crush your Google Core Web Vitals scores.

Here is a closer look at what Perfmatters is and how it actually works.

What is Perfmatters?

Perfmatters is a premium performance optimization tool for WordPress. But don’t mistake it for a caching plugin like WP Rocket or LiteSpeed Cache. Instead of caching your pages, Perfmatters works as a system tweaker and asset manager.

It acts as a digital broom, sweeping away background clutter and disabling native WordPress features you don’t even use. The goal? To trim down your page sizes and make your site load noticeably faster.

Key Features of Perfmatters

• Script Manager (The Killer Feature): Many plugins—like contact forms or review widgets—force their JavaScript and CSS files onto every single page of your site, even if that form only lives on your Contact page. With Script Manager, you can stop these plugins from loading on pages where they aren’t needed, cutting down unnecessary HTTP requests in seconds.
• Quick Toggles for Bloatware: Out of the box, WordPress loads tons of tiny code snippets you probably don’t need. With a single click, Perfmatters lets you turn off core emojis (which trigger extra JS scripts), Dashicons, Global Styles, embeds, RSS feeds, and XML-RPC.
• Database Optimization: Over time, your WordPress database accumulates junk like auto-drafts, endless post revisions, spam comments, and expired transients. Perfmatters cleans this up and lets you limit future post revisions so your database stays lean and responsive.
• Smart Lazy Loading: This feature keeps your initial page load fast by holding back images, iframes, and YouTube videos until a user scrolls down to them.
• Font and Google Fonts Tweaks: You can host your Google Fonts locally and apply font-display: swap. This prevents that annoying glitch where text becomes invisible while the page is still loading (Flash of Unseen Text).
• Custom WordPress Login URL: Move your default login page away from /wp-admin to a custom path. Beyond the obvious security boost, it stops automated bots from pounding your server with brute-force attacks.

Can Perfmatters Replace Caching Plugins?

No, and it isn’t supposed to. Perfmatters is designed to run side-by-side with caching heavyweights like WP Rocket, LiteSpeed Cache, or Autoptimize. While Perfmatters fine-tunes your internal code and scripts, your caching plugin handles static page delivery. Combining both is the exact strategy web professionals use to hit a perfect 100 score on Google PageSpeed Insights.

Pricing

Just like Novashare, Perfmatters is a strictly premium plugin with no free version in the WordPress repository. Plans start at $29.95 per year for a single site license.

How to Download

1. Log in to your GPLShare account
2. Go to your download history
3. Download Perfmatters v2.6.8 from the list provided
4. Or download directly from this page if you have a premium membership
5. That’s it! Enjoy the full version of Perfmatters.

How to Install Plugin

1. Please ensure that you download the .zip file from GPLShare
2. Before installing, you must first unzip the perfmatters-2.6.8-pack.zip file
3. Go to WordPress Admin → Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin
4. Choose the .zip installer file and click Install Now
5. After installation, click Activate Plugin
6. Done! Perfmatters is now active on your site

How to Activate License

Basically, the license credentials are not required, as they are only needed to receive updates. However, if you wish to activate the license, here are the instructions

1. Once installed, navigate to the License section.
2. Enter the required license credentials. (The license credentials can be found inside the package file you downloaded.)
3. Done.