Smart Speed Cache Accelerator™

Changelog

1.9.9

• Clarified the WooCommerce product-page optimization control so its label and description now match its actual job: removing known unused payment/express-checkout assets only when no matching visible payment control is present.
• Connected Detect above-the-fold content to a real early-page component detector.
• Connected Inline safe critical CSS to a real critical CSS builder and head injector.
• Critical CSS is now generated only for detected structural components and inserted once with a duplicate guard.
• Kept the critical CSS layer intentionally conservative so it does not copy or override theme appearance, WooCommerce layout, colors, typography, or grid sizing.

1.9.8

• Added Smart Responsive Image Delivery using existing WordPress responsive image candidates and safer size hints.
• Added optional WooCommerce product-grid responsive sizing and LCP/hero responsive delivery controls.
• Image delivery changes are non-destructive and do not resize or replace Media Library files.

1.9.7

• Added a universal local CSS optimization cache with safe URL rebasing, exclusions, and automatic cache invalidation.
• Consolidated duplicate request cleanup and external preconnect controls into Smart Asset Delivery.
• Kept JavaScript delay conservative and separate from CSS optimization.

1.9.6

• Refined the single render-blocking CSS manager without adding a new optimization system.
• Recommended CSS deferral now targets only low-risk non-critical styles while preserving theme layout, navigation, WooCommerce core, checkout, payment, gallery, variation, and other critical styling.
• Added conservative media/integrity/high-priority guards so stylesheets that should remain untouched are not rewritten.
• Expanded low-risk recognition for common social-sharing styles that do not need to block the first paint.
• Removed the unused legacy render_inline_above_fold_css optimizer setting.

1.9.5

• Consolidated overlapping CSS, JavaScript, LCP image, and resource-hint systems.
• Removed duplicate CSS deferral controls so Safe Render-Blocking Controls is the single CSS delivery setting.
• Removed duplicate third-party and render-blocking JavaScript defer settings; JavaScript Optimization is now the single delay control.
• Removed the duplicate CSS preload delivery option and the separate Asset Intelligence JavaScript exclusion box.
• Prevented a second full-document CSS deferral pass after WordPress stylesheet handling.
• Reduced repeated LCP image processing to one winner pipeline per request.
• Centralized external preconnect handling in Smart Asset Intelligence.

1.9.4

• Improved Smart Asset Intelligence preconnect handling.
• Automatically removes redundant same-origin preconnect hints for the site’s own origin.
• Keeps preconnect hints limited to detected external asset origins and avoids duplicate hints.
• Clarified the recommended external-origin preconnect setting in the dashboard.

1.9.3

• Added Smart Asset Intelligence™ as a universal WordPress asset optimization section.
• Added recommended duplicate CSS/JavaScript request cleanup.
• Added conservative external asset preconnect hints for enqueued third-party origins.
• Added optional advanced third-party JavaScript deferral with custom exclusions and built-in critical asset protections.
• Added clear Recommended ON/OFF guidance, restore controls, and testing instructions.

1.9.2

• Improved Speed Optimization Settings so each collapsible group clearly tells users to click to open its settings.
• Added visible open/close guidance to every optimization settings group.
• Improved dashboard usability without changing optimization behavior.

1.9.0

• Redesigned the cache controls with clear explanations and recommended ON/OFF guidance.
• Added cache lifetime presets with a connected custom lifetime option.
• Added user controls for content-update invalidation, WooCommerce-related invalidation, logged-in users, query strings, and 404 caching.
• Added custom cache exclusions with one path or URL fragment per line.
• Added correct cached 404 status preservation and query-string cache support when explicitly enabled.
• Expanded targeted cache clearing to related taxonomy and archive URLs.
• Renamed the optimization area for clearer separation between page caching and speed optimizations.
• Added Save Cache Settings, Clear Cache, and Test Cache controls beside the cache configuration.

1.8.9

• Standardized plugin branding as Smart Speed Cache Accelerator™.
• Added a clear Page Cache control card at the top of the dashboard with direct ON/OFF actions.
• Replaced confusing “Not Recording” cache states with clearer cache status wording.
• Removed decorative emoji labels from dashboard controls to prevent broken emoji-image artifacts.
• Cache-Control headers now honor the configured cache lifetime.
• Search crawlers can use the same public cache as visitors; live inspection requests still bypass cache.
• Reduced unnecessary full-cache purges by using targeted post/product invalidation where practical.
• Removed full-site cache clearing on every new WooCommerce order.
• Fixed uninstall cleanup to remove the real Smart Speed Cache directory.
• Added clearer image-optimization warnings about resizing/compression and snapshot restore protection.
• Strengthened inactive-plugin deletion confirmation.
• Made new-install optimization defaults more conservative for render-blocking CSS/JS changes.

1.8.8

Fixed WordPress.org text domain issue by correcting duplicate text domain references to match the plugin slug.
Minor code cleanup and WordPress.org compliance improvements.

1.8.7

Improved WordPress.org compatibility.
Updated plugin internationalization.
Minor code cleanup and stability improvements.

1.8.6

Fixed output buffering handling for improved WordPress.org coding standards compliance.
Updated the plugin text domain to match the WordPress.org plugin slug.
Minor code cleanup.

1.8.5

Improved Logo LCP Helper™.
Replaced the single 200×250 logo copy with two Google PageSpeed-focused logo sizes:
Desktop Logo Copy (325×100)
Mobile Logo Copy (184×61)
Added separate download buttons for Desktop and Mobile logo copies.
Updated instructions explaining how both logo sizes help resolve Google PageSpeed logo sizing warnings.
Added guidance to upload both optimized logo copies to the WordPress Media Library.
Added instructions to manually replace the desktop logo in:
Appearance → Customize → Site Identity → Replace Logo
Confirmed the plugin never replaces or modifies the live logo automatically.
UI and usability improvements only. No changes to cache, optimization engines, settings, or existing functionality.

1.8.4

Removed duplicate WooCommerce @font-face injection.
Prevented Smart Speed Cache Accelerator PRO™ from creating a second WooCommerce font declaration.
Eliminated duplicate WooCommerce font loading on product pages.
Reduced unnecessary font-related requests and render overhead.
Improved compatibility with WooCommerce’s native icon font handling.
Minor performance and code cleanup improvements.

1.8.3

Reviewed Smart Speed Quick Wins™ connections and feature integration.
Verified Oversized Image Fixer™ is connected and functioning.
Verified Snapshot Vault™ creation, storage, download, and cleanup actions are connected.
Verified Inactive Plugin Cleanup™ scan and delete actions are connected.
Verified Heavy Plugin Analyzer™ scan and reporting are connected.
Verified Quick Wins Scan™ is connected and saving results correctly.
Confirmed Smart Speed Quick Wins™ does not interfere with cache generation.
Confirmed Smart Speed Quick Wins™ does not modify cache files, cache counters, cache diagnostics, or cache preload functions.
No changes to Cache Engine™.
No changes to CSS Optimization™.
No changes to JavaScript Optimization™.
No changes to Image Optimization™.
Quick Wins™ review and connection verification only.

1.8.2

Removed dependency on internal homepage preload requests for cache status validation.
Fixed cache engine to rely on real frontend visitor page loads for cache creation.
Improved cache startup timing and frontend cache initialization flow.
Fixed dashboard cache diagnostics reporting when preload requests fail.
Improved cache status accuracy for sites with redirects, security layers, or loopback request restrictions.
Added better diagnostics for first cache generation and cache write attempts.
Improved cache engine detection of public cacheable page visits.
No changes to CSS optimization.
No changes to JavaScript optimization.
No changes to image optimization or LCP features.
Focused on cache generation, cache recording, and cache diagnostics only.

1.8.1

Fixed cache engine file writing and cache directory validation.
Added real-time cache diagnostics for cache creation and write failures.
Fixed cache statistics refresh after cache generation.
Fixed cache counter detection for cached pages and cache size.
Replaced hardcoded/frozen cache status indicators with real cache health checks.
Added dashboard cache diagnostics showing last result, reason, file path, and bytes written.
Improved cache engine startup validation and cache folder readiness checks.
Improved cache file counting and cache size calculation reliability.
No layout changes.
No license changes.
No CSS defer changes.
Focused on cache recording, cache counters, and cache health reporting only.

1.8.0

Fixed WooCommerce cookie detection preventing normal visitor cache creation.
woocommerce_cart_hash no longer blocks cache generation during regular product/category browsing.
Cache now skips only for logged-in users, password-protected content, comments, or visitors with actual cart contents.
Improved cache refresh handling after cache clear operations.
Added safer cache stat refresh after internal cache rebuilds.
No changes to CSS optimization, JavaScript optimization, image optimization, LCP protection, license system, dashboard design, or PRO features.
Cache engine stability and cache creation fix only.

1.7.9

Fixed cache cookie detection blocking cache creation for normal WooCommerce visitors.
WooCommerce browsing/session cookies no longer prevent cache files from being generated.
Cache now only skips when there is actual cart/customer state that should not be cached.
Improved cache diagnostics so skipped-cache reasons are reported correctly.
No changes to optimization, CSS, JavaScript, image, font, license, or dashboard features.
Cache engine fix only.

1.7.8

Fixed WooCommerce session cookie exclusion logic preventing cache creation for normal visitors.
Cache now allows standard product/category/page browsing sessions to be cached.
Cart and personalized customer sessions remain excluded from cache.
Preserved protections for logged-in users, cart contents, cart hash cookies, password-protected pages, and comment cookies.
No changes to CSS optimization, JavaScript optimization, Stripe handling, dashboard UI, or cache counters.
Focused cache-engine fix to improve real cache file generation for guest visitors.

1.7.7

Fixed cache engine connection issue preventing cache files from being detected correctly.
Fixed dashboard cache counters not updating when valid cache files existed.
Improved cache statistics refresh and synchronization.
Improved cache directory validation and cache file detection.
No UI changes.
No license system changes.
No performance optimization changes.
Cache system stability improvements only.

1.7.6

Fixed homepage cache preload generation.
Added direct cache file creation during preload and cache warmup.
Improved cache file writing reliability on hosting environments that block loopback cache generation.
Improved cache rebuild process after clearing cache.
Improved cache statistics synchronization after preload operations.
Fixed cases where cache counters remained at 0 because cache files were never physically created.
Improved cache diagnostics reporting for preload and cache generation events.

1.7.5

Fixed dashboard cache statistics connection.
Dashboard now reads live cache data directly from the cache directory.
Improved Pages Cached counter reliability.
Improved Cache Size reporting accuracy.
Improved Last Cache Build detection.
Added automatic live cache status verification for dashboard widgets.
Fixed cases where cache files existed but dashboard counters remained at 0.
No changes to cache generation, optimization engine, CSS, JavaScript, images, fonts, licensing, or frontend functionality.

1.7.4

Fixed cache clear workflow connection.
Cache clear now triggers cache warmup/stat refresh.
Prevents dashboard cache counters from remaining at 0 after clearing cache.
Improved cache status synchronization after cache maintenance actions.
No changes to optimization engine behavior.
No changes to CSS, JavaScript, image, font, LCP, or render-blocking optimizations.
Cache Engine functionality preserved.

1.7.3

Fixed cache statistics rebuilding after cache clear.
Added automatic cache stats refresh when cache files are created or served.
Added homepage cache warmup after clearing cache.
Improved cache counter reliability for Pages Cached and Cache Size.
Fixed dashboard cache metrics staying at 0 after successful cache operations.
No changes to license system, activation, bridge, optimization engine, or frontend output.

1.7.2

Restored balanced CSS optimization logic.
Fixed stylesheet protection rules for WooCommerce product pages.
Prevented critical product layout CSS from being deferred.
Preserved safe deferral of non-critical plugin and widget styles.
Improved WooCommerce font handling and font-display behavior.
Reduced render-blocking regressions caused by previous CSS changes.
Maintained Stripe/Clover product-page asset cleanup.
Improved PageSpeed compatibility for product pages.
Code cleanup and optimization engine stability improvements.

1.7.1

Improved single product page CSS protection.
Prevented critical WooCommerce product layout CSS from being deferred.
Prevented product gallery and theme layout styles from loading too late.
Reduced product page flash of unstyled content (FOUC).
Improved initial mobile product page rendering stability.
Improved PageSpeed filmstrip consistency on product pages.
Added additional protection for Neve and WooCommerce product/gallery styles.
Maintained Stripe/Clover product-page cleanup from previous release.
Performance and compatibility improvements.

1.7.0

Improved WooCommerce product page performance optimization.
Added detection for real Express Checkout buttons before loading payment assets.
Removed unused Stripe/Clover scripts from product pages when Express Checkout is disabled.
Removed unused payment-related preconnect and DNS-prefetch requests on product pages.
Added additional cleanup for Stripe/Clover scripts and styles at enqueue level.
Checkout, Cart, Account, and Payment pages remain fully protected and unaffected.
Reduced unnecessary JavaScript loading on product pages to help improve PageSpeed Insights scores.
Performance and compatibility improvements.

1.6.9

Improved product page performance optimization.
Added smart delay for Stripe and Clover payment scripts on product pages when Express Checkout is disabled.
Preserves normal checkout, cart, and payment page functionality.
Prevents unused payment assets from loading during initial product page render.
Reduced product page network dependency chain and render-blocking resources.
Performance and stability improvements.

1.6.8

Added Product Gallery LCP Paint Fix™ for WooCommerce product pages.
Injected lightweight critical CSS to force the first visible product gallery image to render immediately.
Forces the active FlexSlider product image to remain visible during gallery initialization.
Helps reduce product image render delay when the image is already downloaded but waiting on gallery rendering.
Only runs on single product pages when LCP Image Protection™ is enabled.
No changes to cache, JavaScript optimization, image optimization, licensing, dashboard settings, or other optimization centers.

1.6.7

Improved LCP Image Protection™ for WooCommerce product pages.
Main product image is now forced as the single high-priority LCP image.
Product gallery thumbnails are automatically set to low priority.
Added stronger preload targeting the exact main product image.
Prevented logo image priority from competing with the product image on product pages.
Performance-focused update with no changes to cache, license, dashboard, or other optimization systems.

1.6.6

Fixed Inactive Plugin Cleanup™ not displaying inactive plugins even when the inactive plugin counter detected them.
Added live inactive plugin detection as a fallback when saved scan data is missing or incomplete.
Fixed Quick Wins scan data so inactive plugin lists are properly saved and retained.
Inactive Plugin Cleanup™ now correctly displays inactive plugins with selection checkboxes and cleanup actions when inactive plugins are found.
Improved dashboard reliability between Quick Wins Scanner™ results and Inactive Plugin Cleanup™ display.

1.6.5

Added live logo preview to Logo LCP Helper™
Displays current website logo directly in the helper card
Added current logo dimensions display
Added current logo file size display
Added current logo format display (WebP, PNG, JPG, etc.)
Added Download Current Logo button
Preserved existing Create 200×250 Logo Copy functionality
Preserved existing Download 200×250 Logo Copy functionality
No changes to optimization engine, caching, CSS, JavaScript, LCP logic, license system, or database structure
Dashboard UI enhancement only for Logo LCP Helper™ section

1.6.4

Improved Smart Font Speed Fix™ font handling.
Added WooCommerce font preload support for faster icon/font discovery.
Improved Smart JavaScript Delay Engine™ targeting.
Added safe delay support for SourceBuster, Order Attribution, Popup Overlay, and HoverIntent scripts.
Added extra protection to prevent Stripe, Clover, PayPal, and payment-related scripts from being delayed.
Performance and compatibility improvements for WooCommerce product pages.
No license, bridge, activation, or dashboard changes.

1.6.3

Improved Smart LCP Priority Detection™ logic.
Added visible logo LCP preload support when Google PageSpeed selects the logo as the LCP element.
Added automatic fetchpriority=”high” handling for detected LCP logo images.
Added logo image preload injection in the document head for faster discovery.
Improved image discovery timing for LCP-related assets.
Reduced PageSpeed Insights LCP request discovery warnings for logo-based LCP cases.
Improved compatibility with Neve theme logo rendering.
Performance and stability improvements.
No cache engine changes.
No license system changes.
No bridge or activation code changes.

1.6.2

Added Smart LCP Priority Detection™.
Homepage hero images now receive priority over logos.
WooCommerce product images now receive priority over logos.
Featured images on posts/pages now receive priority over logos.
Logos remain eager-loaded but are assigned low priority when a larger LCP image exists.
Breadcrumbs, icons, thumbnails, ratings, avatars, and other small images are automatically kept at low priority.
Improved automatic LCP image selection to reduce Google PageSpeed Insights false LCP detection.
Enhanced image preload targeting so the correct hero/product/featured image is prioritized.
Performance and compatibility improvements.
No license system changes.
No bridge or activation code changes.

1.6.1

Improved Safe Render-Blocking Optimizer™ CSS handling on WooCommerce product pages.
Added lightweight critical product-page CSS safety layer before deferred styles load.
Reduced render-blocking CSS on product pages while keeping layouts stable.
Improved compatibility with WooCommerce galleries, pricing, ratings, add-to-cart, and product summaries.
Added additional safeguards to prevent optimization on checkout, cart, account, admin, and other critical pages.
Performance and stability improvements.

1.6.0

Improved Safe Render-Blocking Optimizer™ product page handling.
Fixed product pages incorrectly skipping render-blocking CSS optimization.
Improved detection of safe non-critical stylesheets on WooCommerce product pages.
Preserved protection for critical WooCommerce, cart, checkout, account, payment, navigation, and theme layout assets.
Improved Google Fonts optimization compatibility with Smart Font Speed Fix™.
Reduced unnecessary render-blocking requests on product pages while maintaining layout stability.
Performance and compatibility improvements.

1.5.9

Removed duplicate Inline Critical Above-the-Fold CSS optimization from Safe Render-Blocking Optimizer™.
Connected Safe Render-Blocking Optimizer™ settings to active optimization controls.
Added WooCommerce CSS protection handling.
Added payment gateway CSS protection handling.
Added header and navigation CSS protection handling.
Connected non-critical JavaScript defer setting to existing safe JavaScript engine.
Added jQuery and WooCommerce core protection handling.
Reduced overlap between Smart Critical CSS™ and Safe Render-Blocking Optimizer™.
Reduced overlap between Smart JavaScript Delay Engine™ and Safe Render-Blocking Optimizer™.
Improved optimization ownership separation between centers.
General optimization logic cleanup and stability improvements.

1.5.8

Added stay-in-place dashboard actions.
Page now returns to the same section after Save or Optimize actions.
Added light green glowing Success notification above action buttons.
Improved workflow when saving settings across optimization sections.
Reduced unnecessary scrolling during optimization tasks.
Improved dashboard usability and admin experience.
No changes to optimization engines or frontend performance logic.

1.5.7

Fixed optimizer table checkbox settings not saving correctly.
Checkbox selections now remain checked or unchecked after clicking Save Settings.
Corrected settings persistence across page refreshes.
Improved reliability of all optimizer section save actions.
No changes to optimization engines or performance logic.
Bug fix and settings stability release.

1.5.6

• Fixed home/shop/category product grid layout regression from CSS optimization.
• Protected WooCommerce, Neve/theme, block, shop, archive, product, and grid CSS globally.
• Added front page and blog home detection for WooCommerce product-grid safety.
• Disabled aggressive CSS deferral fallback so only explicitly safe CSS is deferred.
• Added final HTML safety guard for pages containing WooCommerce product loops.
• Prevented product images from becoming oversized 1–2 column rows on grid pages.

1.5.5

• Fixed WooCommerce shop/category product grid layout regression from CSS deferral.
• Added product listing/archive detection for safer CSS optimization.
• Prevented aggressive render-blocking CSS deferral on shop, category, tag, and product archive pages.
• Protected WooCommerce, theme, Neve, product grid, archive, and shop layout CSS on product listing pages.
• Kept product listing pages visually stable while still allowing explicitly safe CSS optimization.
• Reduced LCP priority competition on product archive/grid pages.

1.5.4

• Rebuilt Core LCP Manager logo handling.
• Protected header/site logos from lazy loading without giving every logo high priority.
• Added single-winner LCP ranking so product/hero images beat logos when both are present.
• Allowed logo to become the fallback LCP winner only when no stronger product/hero image exists.
• Kept one preload/fetchpriority-high image per page to prevent priority conflicts.
• Improved LCP stability for WooCommerce product pages and header-heavy layouts.

1.5.3

Improved CSS optimization engine stability.
Refined CSS processing order to reduce render-blocking stylesheet conflicts.
Added safer handling for WooCommerce and theme-critical styles.
Reduced chances of duplicate CSS optimization passes.
Improved compatibility with Neve theme assets.
Improved exclusion handling for checkout, cart, account, and payment-related styles.
Reduced optimization conflicts with third-party WooCommerce extensions.
Internal code cleanup and optimization engine refinements.
Performance and stability improvements.
Minor bug fixes and code cleanup.

1.5.2

• Rebuilt Core CSS Manager to make one final defer/protect decision per stylesheet.
• Added direct style_loader_tag CSS defer pipeline so render-blocking styles are handled before output.
• Reduced over-protection that kept product-page CSS render-blocking.
• Preserved hard protection for admin, checkout, cart, account, and payment pages.
• Expanded safe above-the-fold critical CSS for product image, title, price, rating, add-to-cart, breadcrumb, header, and logo basics.

1.5.1

• Core CSS Manager rebuild: one final decision per stylesheet to prevent CSS optimization conflicts.
• Replaced layered CSS deferral with a single safe media=print/onload pipeline plus noscript fallback.
• Added centralized protected stylesheet logic for WooCommerce layout, Neve/header/menu, breadcrumbs, product gallery, ratings, cart, checkout, account, and forms.
• Added centralized deferable stylesheet logic for Google Fonts, Woo blocks, optional payment CSS, TranslatePress floating CSS, and lower-priority frontend styles.
• Reduced render-blocking CSS without duplicating critical CSS or touching protected product/cart/checkout layout CSS.
• Improved above-the-fold critical CSS safety for product image, title, price, ratings, add-to-cart, and breadcrumbs.

1.5.0

Core Engine Rebuild™

Rebuilt the optimization engine to reduce conflicts between optimization modules.
Removed duplicate Critical CSS injection paths.
Removed duplicate LCP preload paths.
Consolidated LCP image protection into a single optimization flow.
Consolidated third-party script delay logic into one central decision system.
Reduced unnecessary font preload and resource hint generation.
Improved Google Fonts preconnect handling to avoid excessive preconnect warnings.
Improved WooCommerce protection logic.
Improved Stripe, PayPal, hCaptcha, reCAPTCHA, and payment script protection.
Improved cart, checkout, account, order-pay, order-received, and add-payment-method protection.
Improved compatibility with WooCommerce product galleries and variation scripts.
Reduced optimizer overlap between:
Safe Above-the-Fold Optimizer™
Safe Render-Blocking Optimizer™
Smart Critical CSS™
Smart JavaScript Delay Engine™
Reduced duplicate optimization processing.
Improved optimization engine stability and consistency.
PHP validation completed.

1.4.5

• Fixed excessive preconnect conflicts by keeping product/content pages to only the most important safe preconnect origin.
• Fixed heavy third-party script delay conflict that allowed Stripe, Google Pay, and hCaptcha assets to run too early on normal product pages.
• Improved Total Blocking Time safety by delaying heavy payment/captcha SDKs until user interaction or late idle time, while keeping cart, checkout, account, order-pay, and payment endpoints protected.
• Removed duplicate above-the-fold CSS injection so critical CSS loads once instead of fighting itself.
• Kept WooCommerce product image LCP protection, title, rating stars, gallery, add-to-cart, cart, checkout, payment, and form safety protectio

1.4.4

Fixed duplicate Critical CSS loading conflicts
Fixed duplicate LCP preload conflicts
Improved LCP image protection logic
Improved script delay safety exclusions
Improved WooCommerce compatibility protections
Improved checkout, cart, payment, and form script protection
Improved optimization engine stability
Reduced optimizer conflicts between speed modules
Code cleanup and performance improvements
Minor dashboard cleanup
PHP validation and stability fixes

1.4.3

• Added safer above-the-fold render CSS for WooCommerce product pages.
• Tuned Safe Render-Blocking Optimizer to protect WooCommerce, payment, cart, checkout, account, gallery, ratings, header, menu, and breadcrumb CSS.
• Improved safe CSS deferral logic so only low-risk stylesheets are deferred.
• Kept product image LCP protection active while preventing breadcrumb/layout CSS conflicts.

1.4.2

Fixed Safe Above-the-Fold Optimizer™ protection logic.
Improved WooCommerce product page critical rendering detection.
Prevented aggressive optimization rules from affecting protected product content.
Refined breadcrumb handling to reduce LCP interference while preserving navigation visibility.
Improved product image prioritization and protected LCP image loading.
Added safer critical CSS loading behavior for product title, price, ratings, and add-to-cart sections.
Improved compatibility with Neve theme product layouts.
Reduced unnecessary render-blocking behavior on WooCommerce product pages.
Stability improvements for mobile PageSpeed optimization.
General performance and optimization engine refinements.

1.4.1

• Added Safe Above-the-Fold Optimizer™ for WooCommerce product pages.
• Protects product image, product title, price, add-to-cart layout, and rating stars above the fold.
• Keeps breadcrumbs visible but compact on mobile so long breadcrumb trails do not become the delayed LCP element.
• Preserves WooCommerce gallery, star icons, cart, checkout, account, and payment safety.
• Keeps optimizer checkbox persistence from version 1.4.0.

1.4.0

• Added safer above-the-fold render CSS for WooCommerce product pages.
• Tuned Safe Render-Blocking Optimizer to protect WooCommerce, payment, cart, checkout, account, gallery, ratings, header, menu, and breadcrumb CSS.
• Improved safe CSS deferral logic so only low-risk stylesheets are deferred.
• Kept product image LCP protection active while preventing breadcrumb/layout CSS conflicts.

1.3.9

• Added safer above-the-fold render CSS for WooCommerce product pages.
• Tuned Safe Render-Blocking Optimizer to protect WooCommerce, payment, cart, checkout, account, gallery, ratings, header, menu, and breadcrumb CSS.
• Improved safe CSS deferral logic so only low-risk stylesheets are deferred.
• Kept product image LCP protection active while preventing breadcrumb/layout CSS conflicts.

1.3.8

Balanced the LCP image protection with safer breadcrumb handling.
Kept product images optimized with:
eager loading
fetchpriority high
decoding async
width and height protection
Removed overly aggressive breadcrumb CSS behavior.
Prevented breadcrumb links from being hidden, clipped, or forced into risky layout rules.
Kept WooCommerce product gallery and image behavior protected.
Preserved cart, checkout, account, add-to-cart, reviews, and star rating safety.
No dashboard redesign.
No database changes.

1.3.7

• Tuned Safe Render-Blocking Optimizer™ to use safer media-print stylesheet deferral for non-critical CSS.
• Kept WooCommerce product, cart, checkout, account, payment, rating, gallery, variation, header, and menu assets protected.
• Reduced duplicate stylesheet rewriting and improved noscript fallback behavior.
• Preserved LCP image protection, WooCommerce star icon protection, and checkout/cart exclusions.

1.3.6

Added Safe Render-Blocking Optimizer™ dashboard table.
Added safer render-blocking CSS handling with protected WooCommerce, payment, header, menu, gallery, variation, and rating styles.
Added stylesheet preload/onload fallback handling for non-critical CSS.
Improved JavaScript defer behavior while protecting jQuery, WooCommerce core, checkout, cart, AJAX, reviews, and payment scripts.
Kept checkout, cart, account, and WooCommerce payment endpoints protected from aggressive optimization.

1.3.5

• Added above-the-fold render CSS protection for WooCommerce breadcrumbs, product titles, gallery wrappers, and product summary layout.
• Improved LCP handling when PageSpeed reports breadcrumb/layout text instead of the product image.
• Kept WooCommerce star/icon font protection active.
• Kept cart, checkout, account, and payment endpoints excluded from risky optimization.

1.3.3

• Fixed duplicate/mobile header display caused by overly aggressive CSS deferral and critical CSS display rules.
• Made Smart Critical CSS safer for header/menu/theme/WooCommerce first-screen layout.
• Kept LCP image protection active while preventing theme layout CSS from being delayed.

1.3.2

• Strengthened universal LCP Image Protection for product, featured, hero, and first large content images.
• Improved LCP image scoring to avoid logos, icons, swatches, payment images, placeholders, and tiny graphics.
• Added dynamic preload for the exact detected LCP image in the final page HTML.
• Keeps only the true LCP candidate at fetchpriority high and removes competing high priority from non-LCP images.
• Preserves WooCommerce cart, checkout, account, and payment endpoint exclusions.

1.3.1

• Improved LCP Image Protection for WooCommerce product pages.
• Uses WooCommerce/product-sized image preload instead of forcing oversized full images.
• Adds stronger detection for the real product/hero LCP image.
• Keeps the selected LCP image eager, high priority, async decoded, and dimension protected.
• Stops giving high fetch priority to multiple early images so the true LCP image gets priority.
• Keeps cart, checkout, account, and payment endpoints protected from risky optimization.

1.2.7

Font loading optimization fix.

Fixed “Optimize font loading” checkbox not staying checked after optimization.
Fixed font loading setting persistence in Save Settings.
Fixed Optimize Fonts processing so checked font options are actually applied.
Improved font-display: swap handling for faster text rendering.
Improved font preload detection and application where safe.
Improved WooCommerce and theme font loading compatibility.
Preserved all existing checkout, cart, account, and payment endpoint exclusions.
No changes to frontend design or functionality.
Performance and PageSpeed font optimization improvements.

1.2.6

LCP boost + PageSpeed optimization fix.

1.2.4

No scroll jump fix + temporary green success bar by each Optimize button.

1.2.3

Added emergency checkout safety bypass.
Excluded cart, checkout, account, order-pay, order-received, add-payment-method, and payment endpoints.
Protected WooCommerce payment scripts from optimization.
Added stronger safe performance optimization for normal pages.
Preserved WooCommerce/cart/checkout functionality.

1.2.2

Fixed optimization settings persistence.
Fixed Save Settings button so it only saves checkbox selections.
Fixed Optimize buttons so they only run optimizations for checked items.
Fixed unchecked items being re-enabled after optimization.
Fixed optimization tables retaining user selections after page refresh.
Fixed WooCommerce checkout compatibility issue introduced during previous optimization updates.
Restored safe WooCommerce, Stripe, PayPal, Cart, Checkout, Account, Gallery, and Variation exclusions.
Fixed optimization execution flow to respect saved settings.
Reconnected optimization modules to use saved checkbox states.
Performance recovery improvements for LCP Image Protection™, Smart Critical CSS™, Smart JavaScript Delay Engine™, WooCommerce Product Speed Mode™, and Smart Font Speed Fix™.
Internal cleanup and optimization engine stability improvements.
Dashboard UI and settings handling improvements.

1.2.1

Fixed optimizer checkbox saving behavior.
Unchecked optimizer boxes now stay unchecked after saving.
Optimize buttons now only apply selected/checked optimizations.
Save buttons now only save settings and do not run optimization.
Improved One-Click Optimizers™ control behavior.
Improved dashboard settings reliability.

1.2.0

Fixed checkout/cart safety and optimizer checkbox behavior.

1.1.9

Set One-Click Optimizer checkboxes to be selected by default.
Users can still uncheck any optimizer items they do not want to apply.
Improved default optimization workflow for non-technical users.
Kept optimizer tables, buttons, and layout unchanged.

1.1.8

Fixed optimizer table text color so optimization names are readable.
Updated optimizer tables to use a wider horizontal layout.
Improved dashboard spacing so the right side is no longer wasted blank space.
Kept the existing optimization buttons and feature behavior unchanged.

1.1.7

Smart Speed Cache Accelerator™ for WordPress

🚀 Major One-Click Optimizer Upgrade

Rebuilt One-Click Optimizers section for improved usability and transparency.
Renamed “One-Click Free Optimizers” to “One-Click Optimizers™”.
Added detailed optimization tables showing exactly what each optimizer improves.
Added Select All functionality for faster optimization setup.
Added optimization descriptions and safety explanations for non-technical users.
Improved LCP Image Protection™ with above-the-fold image prioritization.
Added homepage hero image protection …