Introduction

Site Performance, Core Enhancements, SEO & Metadata, Performance, Site speed

JCH Optimize improves the performance of your website by performing several optimizations to the HTML page aimed at improving the Web Vitals measured by PageSpeed Insights, such as First Contentful Paint (FCP), Largest Contentful Paint (LCP), Speed Index (SI), Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS), Time to Interactive (TTI), and Total Blocking Time (TBT). These metrics attempt to quantify the quality of the user experience. JCH Optimize can improve these metrics to provide a better user experience and improve your PageSpeed scores.


Optimizations Performed By JCH Optimize

JCH Optimize optimizes your pages by automatically performing some recommended strategies offered by PageSpeed, which include:

  • Minify CSS and JavaScript files and the HTML. Unnecessary whitespaces and other characters are removed to reduce network payload sizes and script parse times.
  • Eliminate Render-Blocking Resources. Inline critical JavaScript and CSS and defer all non-critical resources to prevent resources from blocking the first paint of your page.
  • Defer offscreen images. Offscreen and hidden images are lazy-loaded after all critical resources have finished loading to lower Time To Interactive (TTI).
  • Add Width and Height attributes to images. Set an explicit width and height on image elements to reduce layout shifts and improve CLS.
  • Enable text compression. Boilerplate codes are placed in the .htaccess files at the site's directory root to instruct the server to serve text-based resources with compression (deflate or brotli) to minimize total network bytes.
  • Preload critical resources. Automatically analyzes each page to identify critical resources to load with a high priority by HTTP/2 enabled servers to improve LCP time.
  • Reduce initial server response. A Page Cache plugin is included in the package that integrates well with the JCH Optimize component and significantly reduces time-to-first-byte.

… and more.

Benefits of Using JCH Optimize

Research has confirmed that 40% of visitors will leave a website if it takes more than 4 seconds to download. Also, Google and other search engines have indicated that their ranking algorithm increasingly factors website download speed. The benefits of using JCH Optimize then include the following:

  • Improved user experience. Your users will have a pleasant experience as they browse your site.
  • Improved SEO. Your rankings in Google search pages can increase and improve organic visibility in internet searches.
  • Improved conversions. Your website revenue also increases with increased traffic volume and visitor retention.
Pro Version Available

A paid version is available on our website with more optimization options, advanced features, and premium support to resolve issues and assist with optimizing your site.

The worst



Posted on 12 January 2016
Functionality
It improved the performance but made the funtionality of my page a complete mess
Ease of use
easy
Support
i didnt use it
Documentation
i didnt check
I used this to: improve the performance but is not worth it.
Functionality
Replaced jbetolo & increased PageSpeed/ySlow scores from 94/90 to 98/96. Can't do better without removing some third-party modules.
Ease of use
Couldn't have been simpler to install & configure.
Support
Didn't need it.
Documentation
Didn't really need it, though I browsed through it to see if I had missed anything while configuring the plugin.
I used this to: Business website.

Excellent tool



Posted on 17 December 2015
Functionality
The page speed increased sharply once we installed the plugin. From 38 increased to 57.
Ease of use
Very easy. Just install and enable. Click on automatic setup and that's all.
Support
Excellent. The team responds immediately and efficiently.
Documentation
It is OK. The developer could add a chapter for the image optimization. But the support is very good so there is no problem.
I used this to: We use this plugin for our news blog intelligent-news.com.
Functionality
Nothing missed. Got my website from poor to excellent performance.
Ease of use
Though translation is not optimal - the plugin is easy to use and self explaining.
I used this to: A website running J 3.4 with Jomsocial and EasyBlog.

Nickel



Posted on 07 December 2015
Functionality
Plugin réglé sur OPTIMUM, sans aucun conflit sauf google recaptcha (qui passait en anglais) et addthis (qui n'apparaissait plus).
Ease of use
Vraiment plus facile que je ne l'imaginais :)
Support
Pas eu besoin !
Documentation
Pas énorme, mais le développeur est parait-il très réactif si on le consulte (version payante).
I used this to: Améliorer le temps de chargement, et les notes Google Pagespeed insights, GTmetrix. Amélioration très sensible du temps de chargement, pour mon site qui est un peu trop riche en extensions, qui comprend moult fichiers css et js. Vraiment très satisfaite :)
Functionality
When this works it works very well. But a word of warning, if you are using other extensions that use jQuery there can be some issues.
Ease of use
Fine
Support
They do respond but if you give access to your site ensure you have a back up of the database first.
Documentation
Comprehensive
I used this to: I have the Pro version which I use on a couple of my websites and it certainly does a lot to improve the Pagespeed score. The previous version reordering plugins was optional. I soon learnt that this nearly always caused disaster. The new version 5 just reorders the plugins.
Ease of use
Complicated to use. Lots of options that are anything but intuitive.
Support
Developer provided help a few times but was unable to solve the problems.
Documentation
Complicated, not intuitive.
I used this to: Trying to optimize site. Not sure why the reviews on this extension are so high as it has only caused problems on my website.
Owner's reply: "Not sure why the reviews on this extension are so high" Obviously everybody's experience was different from yours.

"Lots of options that are anything but intuitive." That is why there are six Automatic Settings that configure these settings for you automatically. In fact you are advised not to try and configure the granular settings manually unless you know what you are doing. They are actually hidden away in a collapsed section for this reason. You clearly have not read the documentation or instructions on how to use the plugin. That is why your experience is different from everyone else.

"Developer provided help a few times but was unable to solve the problems." I could find no support request from you. In any event, I have never received a support request that I was not able to resolve or indicate the reason for the trouble as long as the user provides the required information so I really doubt the veracity of this claim. Most support requests are due to improper use of the plugin or errors on the user's website.

"Documentation - Complicated, not intuitive." Well the other reviewers certainly don't agree so I don't think the problem here is the documentation.

the best tool for seo



Posted on 04 November 2015
Functionality
good
Ease of use
very easy and very simple
Support
good
Documentation
I used this to: SEO

Fantastic!



Posted on 20 October 2015
Functionality
Works in secund.
Ease of use
Everything works on click.
Support
Very kind, very fast.
Documentation
Very very detail and excellent.
I used this to: J 3.4.4.

Works perfect



Posted on 09 October 2015
Functionality
as explained
Ease of use
options are well explained
I used this to: optimizing website speed

JCH Optimize

Version:
8.1.0
Developer:
Samuel Marshall
Last updated:
Oct 21 2023
6 months ago
Date added:
Nov 18 2014
License:
GPLv2 or later
Type:
Free download
Includes:
c p
Compatibility:
J4 J5
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Uses Joomla! Update System

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