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.

If there was a sixth star available, I'd give it. My experience was very similar to reviewers before me: for a very low upgrade cost, I received courteous and expert response from the developer and my site's speed has improved dramatically. A billion thanks.
Yes, I´ve been amazed by the professional treatment I received from the support JCH Optimize.



I purchased the plugin (only $5 paid version) and I had a few small issues. All due to my website was a mess.

And every time I´ve been given an OUTSTANDING support. Explaining step by step, where my web failures were and how I had to fix it.

Honestly, I've been very pleased with the purchase and with the friendly and expert attention I received.



I give 5 stars because there was no more!

Works out-of-the box



Posted on 18 May 2014
RokBooster wont work in my server, but this tool works instantly. Google PageSpeed Insights rating gets from 65 --> 96. Consider to donate or buy paid version only for five dollars :). Thanks alot!
We have been using this plugin without any problems for about a year now across 5 different websites.

It really is amazing the performance boost you get.



I highly recommend this plugin for all Joomla administrators.



Thank you Samuel for the effort you have put in.

Just Perfect !



Posted on 14 May 2014
In our Web agency we used to install JCH optimize on sites we done for years.

So we were happy to buy Pro version and test it. And really it worth every cents we put in it.

Pro Automatic settings work like a charm and it is now much more easy to get a very optimized joomla website !

Thank you for so nice work. Keep going.
Provides a great way to help speed up a Joomla website. After installing and configuring JCH Optimize, initially, we had most results at "A" when using YSlow testing tool, and other tools.



Though being a UK-based site, we had to install an EU Cookies law script. This was tricky to get to work with JCH Optimize, but the support the provider gave was incredible, helpful, and fixed our minor problem.



A superb result. If you want to save time, I suggest, choose the Pro version.

Amazing



Posted on 12 May 2014
Fantastic plugin, deserves a 5 Star Rating for its simple setup and powerful speed boost!! Thumbs up for it!

I would like to say, the support is absolutely incredible. Whenever you post a ticket the support is just there to help you.

Thanks to the team of JCH OPTIMIZE, you rock.

My advice is, do buy the PRO-version and you won't regret it.
I took the paid version for just $5 and after a few tweaks with the technical support, my website scores 10 more points in google page speed!



And I only am using it with the "average" setting, as I have many extensions that had to be excluded.



But the result is really awesome and my page loads way faster!



I really have to add that the technical support is top notch and very responsive!



Thanks to them for that and keep up the good work!

Best $5 I Ever Spent!



Posted on 11 April 2014
Forget the free version. Just jump straight to the Pro version for a measly $5. It's worth every penny. The Google PageSpeed Insights rated the site as a 68 before and a 90 after. GTMetrix went from 54 to 98. It's a massive difference in user experience, as well. Joomla should include this as a native plugin.
JHC Optimize is one of the most useful plugins I have on my site.



Gives your site great speed boost. My site scores 25% more points on GTMetrix if JHC Optimize is enabled.



Samuel offers top notch support, he answered every ticked within a couple of hours.



I suggest PRO version, it has more features.

JCH Optimize

Version:
9.0.2
Developer:
Samuel Marshall
Last updated:
Feb 05 2025
4 months ago
Date added:
Nov 18 2014
License:
GPLv2 or later
Type:
Free download
Includes:
c m p
Compatibility:
J4 J5
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Uses Joomla! Update System

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