Speed plugins break sites because they ask forty questions you can't answer. ZeroConfig asks none. Turn it on and the heavy work runs on our servers instead of your hosting. Then a real browser checks your pages and switches off anything that doesn't suit your theme.
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Most people running WP Rocket or LiteSpeed Cache are not developers, and the checkboxes don't come with a warning label.
One box, and the header jumps to the bottom of the page. Unticking it doesn't always bring it back.
The hero slider freezes on the first slide. Forms stop submitting.
Converting thousands of photos with PHP pushes a cheap host to 100 % CPU.
ZeroConfig removes the checkboxes. The engine decides. A real browser checks.
If a feature doesn't suit your theme, that one feature is switched off.
Install and press Turn on. The plugin confirms the site is yours, reads which theme and plugins you use and loads matching safety rules. No account, no form. The plugin tells you exactly what it sends before you press the button.
Pages are cached on your server and served before WordPress even loads. Image, CSS and JS addresses point to our servers, which convert images to WebP or AVIF in the sizes your pages ask for and minify CSS and JS. Your hosting does no image work.
A few minutes later, headless Chrome renders your pages with and without each feature. A new JavaScript error, a visible layout change or extra layout shift switches that one feature off.
The same speed techniques the big plugins use, minus the settings that break sites.
Pages are cached on your server and served before WordPress even loads. Cart, checkout and account pages are never cached.
Converted on our servers in the sizes your pages ask for. Your hosting does no image work and originals stay untouched.
CSS and JavaScript minified at the edge, with JavaScript deferral that skips what would break.
Generated for phone and desktop, then checked so the page doesn't jump when the full stylesheet arrives.
Tag Manager, Pixel and chat widgets wait until the visitor interacts, so they stop competing with your content.
A weekly PageSpeed check with an e-mail when your score drops, so a theme update doesn't quietly undo your work.
Other plugins hope their defaults suit your theme. ZeroConfig checks. A few minutes after you turn it on, and again after theme or plugin updates, our servers load your home page, a post, a page and a product in headless Chrome on a phone and a desktop, once with ZeroConfig off and once per feature:
Only the feature that caused the problem is turned off; everything else stays on, and the plugin tells you why. If something still looks wrong, the Something looks off? button runs a stricter check right away.
Press the button to replay a Safety Check on this example site.
The same speed techniques the big plugins use, minus the settings that break sites, plus a check that runs on your own pages.
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| Feature | ZeroConfig Free | ZeroConfig Pro | WP Fastest Cache Free / Premium | WP Rocket paid only | LiteSpeed Cache Free |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | |||||
| Page cache served without starting PHP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | LiteSpeed servers only |
| Gzip and browser caching | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Minify CSS and JavaScript | ✓ | ✓ | CSS free, JS Premium | ✓ | ✓ |
| Defer JavaScript | ✓ | ✓ | Premium | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lazy load images | ✓ | ✓ | Premium | ✓ | ✓ |
| Convert images to WebP and AVIF | 500 images / month | ✓ unlimited | WebP, Premium | separate plugin (Imagify) | QUIC.cloud quota |
| Delay Tag Manager, Pixel and chat widgets until the visitor interacts | — | ✓ | Premium | ✓ | ✓ |
| Critical CSS, generated for you | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | QUIC.cloud quota |
| Safety | |||||
| Settings you need to understand | 1 switch | 1 switch | ~35 | ~45 | ~180 |
| Loads your pages in a real browser and switches off what breaks | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Leaves out options that break layouts or data (combine files, database cleanup) | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Image conversion runs off your hosting | ✓ | ✓ | Premium credits | via Imagify | ✓ |
| Price | |||||
| One site | Free | $39 / year | Free; Premium $49 one-off | ≈ $60 / year, billed yearly | Free + QUIC.cloud credits |
Competitor features and prices from their public websites and WordPress.org pages, October 2026. Settings counts are approximate. Spotted something out of date? Tell us at hello@zeroconfigwp.com and we'll fix it.
The Agency plan covers 25 sites for $199 a year. Remove our name from your clients' WordPress admin with one line in wp-config.php and offer speed care under your own brand. Drag the sliders.
Every plan includes the Safety Check. Paid plans add the features that matter most on heavy themes and stores.
Paid plans open after our beta: leave your e-mail below and we'll tell you first. Plans are billed yearly through Polar.sh, our merchant of record, and renew automatically; cancel any time from your customer portal. Images are counted per source image: every size and format of one photo counts once. When a site reaches its monthly limit nothing breaks; new images come from your own server until the month resets.
Not happy within 30 days of your first payment? E-mail us and we refund it in full, no questions asked. A yearly renewal can be refunded within 14 days. Refund policy
ZeroConfig is on its way to the WordPress.org plugin directory. Once it's listed there, updates arrive like any other plugin.
Anything can break a site, which is why the engine checks itself. Features switch on as soon as you press Turn on. A few minutes later a real browser loads your home page, a post, a page and a product with each feature on and off and compares them. A feature that changes how your site looks or causes new JavaScript errors is switched off on its own, and the plugin shows you why. If you ever see something odd, press "Something looks off?" and a stricter check runs right away.
Nothing until you press Turn on. After that: your site address and name, WordPress and PHP versions, the names of your active theme and plugins, the web server type and the plugin's own settings. Our servers fetch your public images, CSS and JavaScript files to optimise them, and load a few public pages for the Safety Check. Visitor data, user accounts, orders, form entries and passwords are never sent. Your admin e-mail is only shared if you tick the box. Privacy policy
Originals stay on your server and are never changed. We keep optimised copies on our servers so the next visitor gets them straight away. Turn the engine off and every address points back to your own server.
Yes. Cart, checkout and account pages are never cached. Builders, sliders and payment scripts are on our known-safe list, which we update on our side without a plugin update. Divi and a few premium themes run with critical CSS off by default because they ship their own.
Image and file optimisation work everywhere. Managed hosts run their own page cache in front of WordPress; automatic detection of those caches is on our list for an upcoming release. Until then, e-mail us before installing on a managed host and we'll tell you what to expect.
Your pages keep loading from the page cache on your own server, and images switch back to your originals after a short check. Your site gets slower for a while; it doesn't go down because of us.
Yes. Running two optimisers is slower than running one and they fight over the same files. The plugin warns you if it sees one. Deactivate it, then turn on ZeroConfig.
30 days from your first payment: e-mail us and we refund it in full, no questions asked. A yearly renewal can be refunded within 14 days if you tell us you didn't want it. Refund policy
Speed is not a one-month project: themes update, plugins update, Google moves the goalposts. Yearly keeps the price low ($3.25 a month for Pro) and lets us run Score Guard every week instead of chasing card renewals.
Polar.sh is our merchant of record. You pay Polar, they handle the checkout, receipts and sales tax or VAT, and you manage or cancel your subscription from their customer portal.
Optional. Tick one box in the plugin and a small "⚡ Powered by ZeroConfig" tag appears in the bottom corner of your site. It is added after the page loads, so it costs nothing on Core Web Vitals, and it never shows on cart, checkout or account pages. In return your free limits double to 1,000 images and 10 GB a month. Untick it any time; paid plans never show a badge.
No. A lifetime deal means we'd eventually be paying for your traffic out of pocket, and the product would die. Agencies get the best per-site price instead.
Free for one site, no card. Setup takes about a minute; the Safety Check finishes in the background a few minutes later.