monorepo/native/wordpress/maple-performance-wp

Maple Performance WP 🍁

A lightweight, privacy-focused WordPress performance plugin. No external dependencies, no tracking, no upsells.

Built by Maple Open Tech for Canadian businesses who care about data sovereignty.

Features

Page Caching

• Static HTML file generation
• Gzip pre-compression
• Brotli pre-compression (if PHP extension installed)
• Smart cache invalidation on content updates
• Automatic exclusion for logged-in users

Asset Optimization

• HTML: Minification, comment removal
• CSS: Minification, aggregation, optional async loading
• JavaScript: Minification, aggregation (disabled by default for safety)
• Google Fonts: Combine multiple requests, add display:swap, optional deferred loading

Lazy Loading

• Native loading="lazy" for images
• Native loading="lazy" for iframes
• Exclude LCP/hero images from lazy loading

Extra Optimizations

• Remove WordPress emoji scripts
• Remove query strings from static resources
• DNS prefetch hints
• Preconnect to third-party domains

Smart Plugin Compatibility

Maple Performance automatically detects these plugins and applies safe exclusions:

Plugin	Automatic Protections
WooCommerce	Cart/checkout/account pages excluded from cache, WooCommerce cookies bypass cache, cart fragments and checkout scripts protected
LearnDash	Lesson/topic/quiz pages excluded, progress tracking AJAX protected, quiz scripts excluded from aggregation
WPForms	Form validation scripts excluded, AJAX submissions protected
Wordfence	Security scripts excluded, login pages not cached, firewall bypass cookies respected
Gravity Forms	Form scripts excluded from aggregation
Contact Form 7	Form scripts excluded from aggregation
Elementor	Builder scripts excluded from aggregation

Site Modes

Select your site type and Maple Performance automatically applies safe defaults:

Site Type	JS Aggregate	CSS Defer	Expected Score
Brochure/Blog	✅ Available	✅ Available	80-95
WooCommerce	❌ Disabled	❌ Disabled	70-85
LearnDash	❌ Disabled	❌ Disabled	70-85
WooCommerce + LearnDash	❌ Disabled	❌ Disabled	65-80

Installation

From GitHub

1. Download or clone this repository
2. Upload the maple-performance-wp folder to /wp-content/plugins/
3. Activate through WordPress admin
4. Go to Settings > Maple Performance
5. Select your site type and configure

From WordPress Admin

1. Go to Plugins > Add New
2. Upload the zip file
3. Activate and configure

Configuration

Brochure Sites (Maximum Performance)

Site Mode: Brochure
Cache: Enabled
HTML Minify: On
CSS Minify: On
CSS Aggregate: On
CSS Defer: On (optional)
JS Minify: On
JS Aggregate: On
Lazy Load: On

WooCommerce Sites (Safe Defaults)

Site Mode: WooCommerce
Cache: Enabled (cart/checkout excluded)
HTML Minify: On
CSS Minify: On
CSS Aggregate: On
CSS Defer: Off
JS Minify: On
JS Aggregate: Off (protects checkout)
Lazy Load: On

LearnDash Sites (Safe Defaults)

Site Mode: LearnDash
Cache: Enabled (lessons excluded for logged-in)
HTML Minify: On
CSS Minify: On
CSS Aggregate: On
CSS Defer: Off
JS Minify: On
JS Aggregate: Off (protects tracking)
Lazy Load: On

Privacy

This plugin:

• ✅ Processes everything locally on your server
• ✅ Makes zero external API calls
• ✅ Sends no data to third parties
• ✅ Has no tracking or analytics
• ✅ Has no premium upsells or nags
• ✅ Is fully open source (GPL-2.0)

Privacy & GDPR Compliance

Maple Performance WP is designed with privacy as a core principle:

Aspect	Status
Personal data collection	❌ None
Cookies set by plugin	❌ None
External connections	❌ None
Tracking/analytics	❌ None
Third-party services	❌ None

What the plugin stores

• Page cache: Static HTML copies of publicly-visible pages (same content any visitor sees)
• Asset cache: Aggregated/minified CSS and JS files
• Settings: Your plugin configuration (no personal data)

Cookie behavior

The plugin reads existing cookies (WordPress login, WooCommerce cart) only to determine whether to serve cached content. It never sets, modifies, or transmits cookie data.

Privacy Policy

The plugin automatically registers suggested privacy policy text with WordPress (Settings → Privacy) that you can include in your site's privacy policy.

Requirements

• WordPress 5.9+
• PHP 7.4+
• Write access to wp-content/cache/

Cache Location

Cached files are stored in:

wp-content/cache/maple-performance/
├── assets/           # Aggregated CSS/JS files
├── {domain}/         # Page cache by domain
│   └── {path}/       # Page cache by URL path
│       ├── https-index.html
│       ├── https-index.html.gz
│       └── https-index.html.br

Hooks & Filters

Actions

// Clear all cache
do_action( 'maple_performance_clear_cache' );

// After cache is cleared
do_action( 'maple_performance_cache_cleared' );

Filters

// Modify settings programmatically
add_filter( 'maple_performance_settings', function( $settings ) {
    $settings['cache_enabled'] = false;
    return $settings;
});

// Exclude specific URLs from caching
add_filter( 'maple_performance_exclude_url', function( $exclude, $url ) {
    if ( strpos( $url, '/members/' ) !== false ) {
        return true;
    }
    return $exclude;
}, 10, 2 );

Comparison

Feature	Maple Performance	Autoptimize	Cache Enabler	WP Rocket
Page Cache	✅	❌	✅	✅
CSS/JS Minify	✅	✅	❌	✅
CSS/JS Aggregate	✅	✅	❌	✅
Google Fonts Optimization	✅	✅	❌	✅
External Dependencies	❌ None	⚠️ Optional	⚠️ CDN promo	✅ Required
Tracking	❌ None	⚠️ News feed	❌ None	✅ License
Upsells	❌ None	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	N/A (paid)
WooCommerce Safe Mode	✅	❌	❌	✅
LearnDash Safe Mode	✅	❌	❌	❌
Price	Free	Free	Free	$59/year

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit issues and pull requests.

License

GPL-2.0-or-later - see LICENSE for details.

Credits

Built by Maple Open Tech 🍁

Inspired by the core concepts from Autoptimize and Cache Enabler, rebuilt from scratch with privacy and safety in mind.