Overview
Lightweight and high-powered, Hummingbird caches, minifies, combines, defers script loading, compresses, and makes your site a lean, mean speed machine.
It packs a punch, making optimizations in line with Google PageSpeed Insights and finding new ways to make it load faster, because when it comes to page speed – and especially Google – every millisecond counts.
Hummingbird: WordPress on Speed
We built Hummingbird to give you simple and intuitive tools to get your page speed well and truly cranking.
How many times have you run your site through Google PageSpeed Insights and stared at the results, wondering how exactly to follow up the vague suggestions? Things like “leverage browser caching” or “minify CSS” and even “optimize images.”
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve googled “eliminate render-blocking JavaScript.” Yes, I can see render-blocking JavaScript is a problem on your site, but how do I actually fix it?
We designed Hummingbird in a way that not only directly fixes many of the these issues slowing down your site, but also provides clear and easy to follow instructions on how you can further improve your PageSpeed Insights score, right down to the specific files you need to edit or move to the footer of your site, and even the images you need to compress.
Hummingbird communicates directly with our Performance Service, which we custom built to power The Hub for our members, effectively turning your site into an awesome experimental speed platform. This lets you tweak your configurations and immediately see in-dashboard what effect the updates you make have on your page speed.
Performance Report
Scan your site and get an in-depth report on just how well it’s performing.
Hummingbird examines the same vital components of your website as Google PageSpeed Insights and gives you an overall score out of 100 so you can quickly determine whether you need to make performance improvements to your site.
The performance report also provides scores out of 100 for aspects of your site that you may want to consider fixing, including render blocking resources, server response time, image optimization, and magnification.
What's included
- The full pluginEvery file from the developer's release, in one zip.
- Unlimited sitesInstall it on your own and your clients' sites.
- GPL licensedFree to use, study and modify.
- No paymentFree to download, no card needed.
How to install
- 1Download the zip file from this page.
- 2In WordPress, go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
- 3Choose the zip, click Install Now, then Activate.
Questions
Is this the developer's own release?
Yes. It is the release published by the original developer, redistributed under the GNU General Public License. The GPL allows anyone to share and resell the code.
Do I get a license key or automatic updates?
No. License keys, one-click updates and support come from the developer's own paid plans. To update, download the newer version here when it is listed and install it over the old one.
Can I use it on more than one site?
Yes. The GPL puts no limit on the number of sites, including client sites.
Why is it free?
During our launch every download that is available on GPL Store is free. Nothing is charged and no card is asked for.
