Accelerator

WordPress performance · not another cache plugin

Your WordPress site loads every plugin
on every request. We fix that.

Accelerator inspects each incoming request and only boots the plugins it actually needs. WooCommerce doesn't run on your About page. Wordfence doesn't wake for a JSON feed. A 5-minute setup wizard turns plugin-heavy WordPress sites into ones that feel light again.

Get AcceleratorSee the numbers
Free tier — no license required
2-minute install
66 auto-rules per scan

Lifetime license — one payment

Pay once. Keep forever.

One lifetime payment unlocks every premium module and every future update — free, forever. No yearly bills, no renewals, no surprise invoices in the mailbox three years later.

Solo

1 site

$99/ lifetime

Pay once. Keep forever. No renewals.

For your own site or a single client.

  • All free-tier modules
  • All premium modules
  • Lifetime updates
  • Email support
Claim Solo seat
Most chosen

Agency

10 sites

$199/ lifetime

Pay once. Keep forever. No renewals.

For freelancers and small studios maintaining a client roster.

  • Everything in Solo
  • 10 client sites
  • Site swaps included
  • Priority email support
Claim Agency seat

Studio

50 sites

$399/ lifetime

Pay once. Keep forever. No renewals.

For agencies with a portfolio of WP-heavy clients.

  • Everything in Agency
  • 50 client sites
  • Onboarding session
  • Direct line to the founder
Claim Studio seat

14-day money back

No questions, no hold-up

Lifetime updates

Every release, free, forever

No renewals

One payment, ever

Real customers · production sites · own measurements

Two real sites. Two segments. Same plugin.

No cherry-picked benchmarks, no lab fixtures. Numbers below come from beta testers' own production sites, used with written permission.

Developer case study

Custom React admin UI on a 50-plugin install

Edmunds Priede builds React-style admin panels on top of WordPress. Every filter click, search, and quick-edit fires an admin-ajax call — and with 50+ plugins active, each call paid the full plugin-boot cost. Isolate Mode keeps only the action's owning plugin loaded for that one request.
10–12×faster admin-ajax
Before1,850ms
After Accelerator170ms

Isolate in action, so cool. Without it it is 1.7–2.0 sec. I was doing this on a very plugin-heavy site… I am surprised this was not possible earlier.

— Edmunds Priede, developer · April 2026
Small business case study

WooCommerce + Bookly site, page-builder-heavy homepage

A real small-business homepage was loading 90 requests and 3 MB — neither WooCommerce nor the booking widget were used on that page, but both plugins booted everywhere. Two manual per-page rules scoped to the homepage pulled the plugin cost down to where it belonged: nowhere.
18×faster homepage LCP
Before15.0s
After Accelerator0.8s

Test results with the new version show a massive improvement. The new descriptions and setup wizard is much better, especially the scan progress.

— Beta tester · April 2026 (full attribution on request)

Both sites measured by their own owners. Your numbers depend on plugin stack, site structure, and hosting — Accelerator is structural, not magical.

How it works

What it actually does.

No cache, no server tweaks, no minification. Accelerator changes how WordPress loads itself on each request — three steps, five minutes, and a soak window before anything goes live.

1

Install & activate

  • Upload the zip, click activate.
  • Self-deploys into the mu-plugins layer so it can hook in before every other plugin.
  • No core edits, no server config, no database schema changes.
2

Run the Setup Wizard

  • Five minutes, end to end.
  • Scans your active plugins, benchmarks slow pages, cross-references a 312-entry rule library.
  • Proposes a safe rule set tailored to your site type — review, approve, done.
3

Measure, then flip live

  • Every rule starts in shadow mode — observed but not applied.
  • After a clean 15-minute or 24-hour soak, one click flips it live.
  • Telemetry dashboard shows before / after p50, p95, p99 in your own data.

Built the boring way

Every feature ships with a kill switch.

A shadow-observation window, a self-test, and a one-click rollback for everything we touch. Nothing changes behavior on your site without your explicit flip.

Plugin Skipper

The core module. Evaluates every request against a rule map and tells WordPress which plugins to skip — at the mu-plugin layer, before the load cycle starts.

312-plugin Rule Library

A curated database of which WordPress plugins are safe to skip on which request types. WooCommerce, Elementor, Yoast, WPML, Jetpack, and 300+ more.

Premium

Per-Page Overrides

Skip WooCommerce on /about but keep it on /shop. Granular URL-pattern and post-ID scoping with Frontend / REST / Admin-ajax applicability. The wizard generates wildcard rules automatically — no hand editing needed.

Premium

Admin-ajax Isolate

Mark a custom admin-ajax action as isolated and Accelerator strips every non-essential plugin from that one request. Auth and nonces stay intact.

New

Action Browser

Lists every admin-ajax action registered on your site, grouped by owning plugin, with a one-click 'use this' to prefill the per-page rule form.

Shadow Mode + Soak

Every new rule runs in observe-only mode first. After a clean 15-minute or 24-hour soak with no anomalies, Telemetry offers a one-click flip to live.

Dependency Safety

Won't skip a plugin if another active plugin declares it a required dependency. Automatic cascade detection — you can't break functionality by accident.

Kill Switch

File-based emergency off — works even with the database down. One click in admin, or drop a single file on the server and Accelerator steps aside.

Telemetry Dashboard

Per-request p50 / p95 / p99 latency, class breakdown, per-plugin offload counts, admin-ajax activity log. Your own proof, not ours.

All nine modules ship in the free tier. Premium unlocks per-page targeting and admin-ajax isolation.

For developers

Fast admin-ajax is a first-class feature.

Every Gutenberg Interactivity API block, every React-powered admin page, every custom filter, search, and quick-edit you build runs through admin-ajax.php. WordPress loads every plugin on every call. With Isolate Mode, one declaration turns that into a direct path from the request to your handler.

  • Core preserved, plugins dropped

    WordPress auth, nonces, current user — all intact. Accelerator drops plugins, never core.

  • Opt-in per action

    Your normal admin-ajax traffic is untouched. Only actions you explicitly mark go through Isolate Mode.

  • Keep dependencies you need

    Wordfence for the firewall, your rate limiter, a sibling plugin — declare a short keep-list and Accelerator preserves them for that one request.

  • Telemetry proves it worked

    Every isolation records kept and dropped counts to the dashboard. Show your team the runtime numbers, not your guesses.

Request timeline

Real numbers
Per-Page Rule · Developer Moderule.yml
# Isolate one admin-ajax action

url_pattern:   /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
plugin:        my-react-admin/plugin.php
action:        skip
scope:         admin_ajax
action_names:  react_admin_filter_products
ajax_mode:     isolate
keep_plugins:  []  # owner only

# Result
→ React filter call = 170 ms
→ Everything else = untouched

Where we sit in your stack

We don't replace your cache or asset plugin.

Accelerator works at a layer no other plugin touches — the plugin-loader itself, before any plugin code runs. Cache and asset optimizers stay valuable; the gains compound.

One WordPress request, six lanes

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WP RocketWP Super CacheLiteSpeed Cache

vs Cache plugins

What they do

Replay stored HTML for repeat visitors. They shine on static pages and fail on dynamic ones — cart, checkout, admin, logged-in sessions, REST, admin-ajax.

Where Accelerator differs

Speeds up the work WordPress actually has to do every request — including the cases cache can't help: first hits, logged-in users, and every dynamic call.

Use both — they compound
PerfmattersAutoptimizeFlyingPress

vs Asset optimizers

What they do

Dequeue CSS and JS from the rendered output. They never change whether a plugin boots — every plugin still runs on every PHP request.

Where Accelerator differs

Removes the PHP-side boot cost. Plugins you don't need on a page never load. Asset optimizers stay useful on top — they trim what's left.

Different layer — both stay valuable
Plugin OrganizerAsset CleanUp

vs Manual organizers

What they do

Require you to write per-URL rules for every plugin by hand. No library, no scanner — your own guesses, page by page.

Where Accelerator differs

Ships a 312-entry curated library, a guided wizard, and confidence ratings. What used to take a weekend takes five minutes.

Replaces them with a guided workflow

Side by side

Honest comparison. Different layers.

We don't cache, minify, or compress images — and we don't pretend to. The other plugins listed here don't skip plugin boot. The fastest WordPress sites combine both.

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Feature
Us
Accelerator
plugin-loader layer
WP Rocket
page cache
FlyingPress
cache + assets
Perfmatters
asset trimmer
NitroPack
cache + CDN
Plugin-layer optimization
Skips plugin boot per request
Tells WordPress not to load specific plugins for a given URL or call
Per-page plugin rules (URL / post-ID)
Admin-ajax Isolate Mode
Only the action's owning plugin loads for that one call
Curated plugin rule library
312 plugins
Caching & output
Full-page cache
CDN integration
CSS / JS minify + defer
Image optimization
Safety & observability
Shadow / observe-only mode
Run a new rule in observation mode before applying it live
File-based emergency kill switch
Per-plugin telemetry (p50 / p95 / p99)
Self-test on every release
Pricing model
Lifetime license available
Pay once, no annual renewals
Free tier
Yes
Partial / add-on required
No

Comparison based on each vendor's public feature pages and our own testing as of April 2026. Vendor capabilities change — let us know if anything is out of date.

Built with beta testers

What early users say after running it.

Both quotes below come from real beta testers on production sites. Two segments, two installs, two unprompted reactions.

18+
Beta releases
312
Plugins benchmarked
2
Public case studies
100%
Production sites
Developer · 50+ plugins

“Isolate in action, so cool. Without it it is 1.7–2.0 sec. I was doing this on a very plugin-heavy site… I am surprised this was not possible earlier.”

EP
Edmunds Priede
WordPress developer · April 2026
Small business · WooCommerce + Bookly

“Test results with the new version show a massive improvement. The new descriptions and setup wizard is much better, especially the scan progress.”

BT
Beta tester
Site owner · April 2026 · attribution on request

We're early — these are all the public quotes we have so far. When the next batch ships, this page updates with them. No stock-photo testimonials, no rented endorsements.

Questions you might be asking

Honest answers, before you buy.

If your question isn't here, email sarp@for-wordpress.org — it goes straight to the founder.

Will Accelerator break my site?
Every rule starts in shadow mode — observed but not applied — for at least 15 minutes (or 24 hours, your pick). Telemetry watches for anomalies during that window. If anything looks off the rule is auto-paused, not flipped live. There is also a file-based kill switch that disables Accelerator even with the database down. Worst case: drop one file on the server and the plugin steps aside.
Does it work with WooCommerce, Elementor, page builders, etc?
Yes — the 312-entry rule library covers WooCommerce, Elementor, Divi, Bricks, Yoast, WPML, Jetpack, Bookly, LearnDash, and the long tail of common plugins. Each library entry includes a confidence rating (high / medium / low) so you know which rules are battle-tested and which need your eyes. The setup wizard scans your active plugins and only proposes rules that match.
What's the difference between Accelerator and a cache plugin?
Cache plugins replay stored HTML for repeat visitors. They fail on anything dynamic — cart, checkout, admin, logged-in users, REST, admin-ajax. Accelerator works one layer deeper: it changes which plugins boot in the first place, so the work WordPress has to do every request gets shorter. Use both — they compound.
What do I get with the lifetime license?
All free-tier modules and all premium modules, forever. Every future update — new rules added to the library, new modules, new features — included. No annual renewals, no surprise invoices three years from now.
WordPress and PHP version requirements?
WordPress 6.5 or newer, PHP 8.1 or newer. The plugin checks both at activation and on every load — if either is too old it refuses to boot rather than silently misbehave. MySQL / MariaDB whatever your WordPress install already uses; nothing extra.
Refund policy?
14-day money back, no questions, no forms. If Accelerator doesn't move your numbers — and Telemetry will tell you whether it does or not, in your own data — email and you get a full refund. We'd rather you only pay for the version that worked on your site.
Do I need to be technical to use it?
No. The setup wizard runs the full flow in five minutes — scan, benchmark, propose rules, review, save. Most users never write a rule by hand. If you are technical, the Per-Page Rules editor and Action Browser give you full per-URL control with Frontend / REST / Admin-ajax scoping.
Multisite, agency installs, swapping client sites?
Multisite supported (counts as one site). Agency and Studio licenses let you reassign installs between client sites at any time — buy 10 seats, use them on the 10 client projects you have today, swap them next year if your client list changes. Site swaps included, no per-swap fees.

Lifetime license · one payment

Pay once. Keep forever.

One lifetime payment unlocks every premium module and every future update — free, forever. No yearly bills, no renewals, no surprise invoices in the mailbox three years later.

Get AcceleratorRead the FAQ first
14-day money back
Lifetime updates
No renewals, ever