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WP Head Optimizer

by gr8nilay · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.0.0 Tested up to WP 6.4.10

WP Head Optimizer has 200+ active installs on WordPress.org and 6,298 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on February 10, 2024, tested up to WordPress 6.4.10.

WP Head Optimizer at a glance

Active installs
200+
Total downloads
6,298
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is WP Head Optimizer well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.4.10, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Disable WP Emoji CSS & Script
  • Remove Canonical URL
  • Remove WordPress Version for security purpose
  • Remove Shortlink
  • Remove RSS Feed URL
  • Remove EditURI Link
  • Disable JSON API
  • Remove Style and Script Versions
  • Remove WLW Manifest
  • Remove Next/Previous Post URLs Links
  • Remove REST API link tag
  • Remove oEmbed Discovery Links

WP Head Optimizer reviews and ratings

5 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
5.0 out of 5

5 reviews

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  • Good!!

    5 start

    eighteen

  • Excellent Plugin

    Works great. Speeds up your website by removing unused scripts. Highly recommend!

    Gordon

  • Focused and simple

    Other similar plugins like this one were just too bloated. This one has a nice clean settings page and just covers WordPress itself. It doesn't try to clean up other plugins which I appreciate because it keeps this plugin focused.

    visionviper

  • Nice..!!

    Enjoy Plugin...

    gr8nilay

  • Easy to use.!

    Awesome! Increase speed of page loading by removing unnecessary HTTP requests and scripts.

    Dswt

Details

This plugin allow you to remove unnecessary tags, links, urls, scrips and many additional things from your WordPress header to speed up site loading t …

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • clean head
  • optimization
  • remove
  • wphead
  • wphead clean

More from gr8nilay

Version
1.0.0
Last updated
Feb 10, 2024
First published
Jul 6, 2017
Requires WordPress
3.0.1
Tested up to
6.4.10
Requires PHP
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Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

WP Head Optimizer FAQ

What does WP Head Optimizer do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, WP Head Optimizer offers Disable WP Emoji CSS & Script, Remove Canonical URL, Remove WordPress Version for security purpose, Remove Shortlink and Remove RSS Feed URL.

How many active installs does WP Head Optimizer have?

WordPress.org reports 200+ active installs for WP Head Optimizer as of September 7, 2026.

Is WP Head Optimizer still maintained?

The last release was on February 10, 2024, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is WP Head Optimizer free?

WP Head Optimizer is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.