September 5, 2026

New Features

  • Added a Font Loading Mode setting with Optional, Swap, and Block options.
  • Added the optimazz_skiplink_guard_css developer filter to customize accessibility skip-link protection.
  • Added automatic aspect-ratio handling for images and iframes with known dimensions to help prevent layout shifts.

Improved

  • Improved bulk image compression and WebP/AVIF conversion reliability for large media libraries.
  • Improved image-processing safety by calculating maximum processable image sizes based on available server memory.
  • Improved font loading control for Google Fonts, including URLs with hard-coded display=swap.
  • Improved Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) prevention by reserving space for images and iframes without overriding explicitly defined CSS heights.
  • Improved accessibility by keeping skip links and screen-reader utility elements hidden until keyboard focus.

Fixed

  • Fixed accessibility skip links, such as “Skip to content,” briefly appearing in the header during page load when CSS optimization is enabled.
  • Fixed bulk image optimization jobs terminating because of isolated image-processing failures.
  • Fixed critical errors caused by oversized images exceeding available server memory.
  • Fixed inconsistent dropdown styling in the Optimazz settings interface, including missing borders and duplicate arrows.

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