by jody nesbitt 4.1 (45 reviews)

Featherweight

Name: Featherweight
Rating: 4.1 (45 reviews)
Author: jody nesbitt

Speed up WordPress by disabling unused features — emojis, embeds, query strings, XML-RPC, RSS and more — for fewer requests and faster pages.

Featherweight ranks #2,107 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, is #73 of 1,658 in the Performance category, a 4.1/5 rating from 45 reviews, and was last updated Jun 13, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1.4)

v2.2.3 Current Version v2.2.3

Updated 4 months ago Last Update on 13 Jun, 2026

Refreshed 2 days ago Last Refreshed on

#73 of 1,658 in Performance Top 5% by installs Downloads -30% this week

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Rank

#2,107

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Active Installs

10K+

-13.1%

KW Avg Position

57.8

0.6 worse

Downloads

310K

+7 today

Support Resolved

100%

— No change

Rating

82%

Review 4.1 out of 5

4.1 (45 reviews)

Next Milestone 20K

Total Progress 14%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.1

45 reviews

Overall 82%

34 (76%)

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9 (20%)

Support Threads Overview

Resolved

Unresolved

Total Threads

Resolved

Unresolved

100%

Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Jul 18, 2023

Featherweight [wp-disable] < 1.5.0

CVE-2023-33999 · Fixed in v1.5.0

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.2.3
Last Updated: Jun 13, 2026
Requires WP: 6.4+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: jody nesbitt

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.1
Reviews: 45
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

Keywords

Disable Embeds Disable Emoji optimization performance remove query strings

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Featherweight is for WordPress site owners who want to trim unused features to speed up their pages. It solves front-end bloat by letting users selectively disable things like emojis, embeds, query strings, XML-RPC, and RSS to cut requests and improve load times.