Preparing (for) Autoptimize 2.0.3 or 2.1.0

It’s that time of the year again where I humbly ask Autoptimize’s users to download and test the “beta”-version of the upcoming release. I’m not entirely sure whether this should be 2.0.3 (a minor release) or 2.1.0 (a major one), but I’ll let you guys & girls decide, OK?
Anyway, the following changes are in said new release;

  • Autoptimize now adds a small menu to the admin-toolbar (can be disabled with a filter) that shows the cache size and provides the possibility to purge the cache. A big thanks to Pablo Custo for his hard work on this nice feature!
  • If the cache size becomes too big, a mail will be sent to the site admin (pass `false` to `autoptimize_filter_cachecheck_sendmail` filter to disable or pass alternative email to the `autoptimize_filter_cachecheck_mailto` filter)
  • An extra tab is shown (can be hidden with a filter) with information about my upcoming premium power-ups and other optimization tools- and services.
  • Misc. bugfixes & small improvements (see the commit-log on GitHub)

So, if you’re curious about Pablo’s beautiful menu or if you just want to help Autoptimize out, download the beta and provide me with your feedback. If all goes well, we’ll be able to push it (2.1.0?) out in the first half of August!

Saying goodbye to 2012.FFWD

Earlier today I updated my performance-centric TwentyTwelve child theme to fix a problem with the mobile navigation (due to the fact that TwentyTwelve changed the menu-button from a h3 to a button, which required the navigation JS which 2012.FFWD inlines to be updated as well). You can download the update here.
This update “officially” marks the end-of-life of this child-theme. Although a lot of optimizations can be done on a theme-level, I prefer focusing on tools like my own Autoptimize, which not only optimize code spit out by the theme but also any CSS/ JS introduced by plugins or widgets.