This feature is available in the Pro version starting from v1.2.6.4, and the Lite version starting from v1.4.0.3. Overview The Announcements feature in Asset CleanUp is designed to keep you informed about important updates, new features, tips, and exclusive offers that enhance your experience and ensure the smooth operation of the plugin. This feature empowers […]
Category: Plugin Settings
Early Homepage Detection: Optimization and Best Practices
This feature is available in the Pro version starting from v1.2.6.4. Overview Asset CleanUp Pro includes a feature called “Unload on the Homepage” when unloading plugins in the front-end view, as well as load a plugin on the homepage as an exception (from an already set unload rule), which allows you to prevent specific plugins […]
Optimizing CSS and JS: To Combine or Not to Combine?
Overview Combining CSS and JavaScript files is a popular optimization technique used to reduce the number of HTTP requests made by browsers, potentially improving webpage loading speed. This feature is available in Asset CleanUp under: Settings → Optimize JavaScript → “Combine loaded JS (JavaScript) into fewer files.” For CSS combination, similar options are available under […]
How are the assets retrieved and which method of retrieval should I use?
There are various ways in using the CSS/JS manager for unloading assets. You can manage it within the Dashboard (which is the most used way and preferred by many as the most effective option) from “CSS & JS Manager” — “Manage CSS/JS” or in the front-end view by enabling “Manage in the Front-end” in “Settings” […]
How to unload or only load whole plugins if the logged-in user has a certain role?
This feature is available in the Pro version starting from v1.2.3.8. There are situations when you might want to unload specific plugins in the front-end view if the logged-in visitor has a certain role (e.g. administrator, subscriber, editor, etc.). Some plugins might unload unnecessary CSS/JS files for the ‘administrator’ role, but necessary for the ‘subscriber’ […]
How to unload or only load whole plugins on all pages of Search, Date, Author post type archives?
This feature is available in the Pro version starting from v1.2.3.5. WordPress comes with built-in pages such as search results, list of posts/articles that are published on a specific date or belong to a specific author. Many WordPress websites have themes that are using the built-in search page. If there are many articles posted there […]
How to unload or only load whole plugins on all pages belonging to specific post types?
Many public pages in WordPress can be posts (e.g. the articles from the blog), pages (e.g. contact, about, terms), or custom post type pages such as the WooCommerce product pages which belong to the “product” post type. Sometimes, there are plugins that are loaded in these kind of pages, but they are not needed and […]
How to unload or only load whole plugins on all pages that have certain taxonomies (category, tag, etc.) set?
This feature is available in the Pro version starting from v1.2.3.4. This option is useful if you want to unload or load as an exception (from any unload rule already set) whole plugins on taxonomy pages. These include the built-in categories (“category”), tags (“post_tag”) and custom taxonomies which includes the popular WooCommerce product categories & […]
Page Options: How do they work?
For posts, pages, and custom post types, there’s a meta box whenever you edit a post/page that is called “Asset CleanUp Pro: Options”. Until v1.1.9.5 (Pro) this has been independent of the following meta box: “Asset CleanUp Pro: CSS & JavaScript Manager” that is listing the CSS/JS assets detected on a page. Starting from v1.1.9.6 […]
Hide “Asset CleanUp Pro” menu from the Dashboard (Left Sidebar)
This option is available starting from version 1.1.7.1 (Pro), released on May 10, 2020. If you are done with the optimization, you rarely use the plugin or you would like to hide it from the left side bar for any reason (e.g. have a cleaner sidebar menu area because of too many elements added up […]