# Autoptimize
> [!NOTE] Overview
> Autoptimize is a performance optimization plugin for WordPress that focuses on minifying and combining CSS, JavaScript, and HTML code to improve page load times.
## Key Features
1. Code Optimization
- CSS minification
- JavaScript minification
- HTML minification
- Code combination
2. Advanced Options
- Inline CSS
- Defer JavaScript
- Remove emojis
- Optimize Google Fonts
3. Cache Management
- Cache control
- Cache size limits
- Cache purging
- Cache info
## Usage Status
- **Recommendation Level**: Recommended
- **Pricing**: Free (Pro features via add-ons)
- **Installation Type**: Performance Plugin
## Configuration Guide
### 1. Basic Setup
1. CSS Options
- Optimize CSS
- Aggregate CSS
- Inline CSS
- Exclude files
2. JavaScript Options
- Optimize JavaScript
- Aggregate JS
- Force JavaScript
- Exclude scripts
### 2. Advanced Settings
1. HTML Options
- Optimize HTML
- Keep comments
- Remove emojis
- Optimize Google Fonts
2. Cache Settings
- Cache location
- Cache size
- Purge interval
- Fallback options
## Best Practices
1. Initial Setup
- Start conservative
- Test thoroughly
- Monitor conflicts
- Verify functionality
2. Maintenance
- Regular cache clear
- Monitor size
- Check performance
- Update settings
## Integration Notes
- Works with:
- [[WP Rocket]] (complementary)
- [[Asset Cleanup]]
- CDN services
- Most themes
## Common Issues & Solutions
1. CSS Problems
- Broken layouts
- Missing styles
- Mobile issues
- Font problems
2. JavaScript Issues
- Broken functionality
- Form issues
- Plugin conflicts
- jQuery problems
## Personal Experience
Reliable optimization plugin that works well alongside other performance tools. Best results when carefully configured and tested. Good for sites that need basic optimization without complexity.
## Alternatives
1. [[WP Rocket]]
2. W3 Total Cache
3. WP Fastest Cache
4. Swift Performance
## Best Use Cases
1. Basic Optimization
- Small sites
- Simple themes
- Static content
- Blog sites
2. Advanced Setup
- Custom configurations
- CDN integration
- Critical CSS
- Font optimization
## Performance Impact
1. Load Time
- Reduced file size
- Fewer requests
- Faster parsing
- Better caching
2. Resource Usage
- Lower bandwidth
- Reduced CPU
- Better cache hit
- Optimized delivery
## Configuration Tips
1. CSS Settings
- Test inline CSS
- Check aggregation
- Verify media queries
- Monitor fonts
2. JavaScript Settings
- Test defer loading
- Check dependencies
- Verify exclusions
- Monitor jQuery
## Resources
- [WordPress Repository](https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoptimize/)
- [Documentation](https://autoptimize.com/documentation/)
- [FAQ](https://autoptimize.com/faq/)
- [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/autoptimize/)