Active installations10K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.1 / 5 from 45 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org
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WP PlugIndex currently records Featherweight version 2.2.3 as active, updated 4mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.0.
Overview
About this plugin
Featherweight makes your site faster by switching off the features you don’t use. Every disabled item is one less HTTP request, one less script, or one less query — adding up to lighter pages and better Core Web Vitals. Pick only what you need; nothing is forced on.
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Formerly WP Disable. Same plugin, new name. Featherweight is part of the Folium Studio suite — your existing settings carry over untouched on update.
Reduce requests & strip front-end bloat
Disable emojis (removes the emoji detection script and styles)
Remove query strings from static assets (?ver=... ) for cleaner caching
Disable oEmbeds (the auto-embed script that loads site-wide)
Disable Gravatars
Remove jQuery Migrate on the front end
Combine and asynchronously load Google Fonts and Font Awesome
Add DNS-prefetch hints for external hosts
Remove the password-strength-meter script where it isn’t needed
Drop Dashicons on the front end when the admin toolbar is hidden
Clean up the page header
Remove the generator tag, shortlink, RSD, Windows Live Writer, and REST API link tags
Comments & discussion
Disable comments everywhere, or selectively per post type
Close comments on older posts and paginate long threads
Strip links from comments
Disable pingbacks and trackbacks
Schedule automatic spam-comment cleanup
Admin & performance controls
Limit or disable post revisions and autosave
Control the WordPress Heartbeat (frequency and where it runs)
Disable the REST/XML feeds (RSS), XML-RPC, author archive pages, and admin notices
SEO helpers
Remove the Yoast SEO HTML comment from the head
Remove duplicate names in Yoast breadcrumbs
Optional WooCommerce optimisations
When WooCommerce is active, you can stop its scripts and styles from loading on non-store pages, defer cart fragments, disable product reviews, and skip the password-strength meter on unrelated pages.
Good to know
Disabling emojis does not affect normal emoticons — it only removes the extra emoji-detection script.
Removing query strings can interfere with some CDNs that key cache on them; leave it off if unsure.
Everything is optional and reversible — toggle a setting off and the behaviour returns.
Have an idea or found a bug? The plugin is developed in the open — see the public GitHub repo to contribute or open an issue.
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
disable embeds
disable emoji
remove query strings
optimization
performance
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 7.0
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 7.0.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.4 · PHP 7.4
Update activity13 Jun 20264mo ago
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