AEH Speed Optimization: Browser Cache, Optimized Minify, Lazy Loading & Image Optimization 3.1.0

Does "AEH Speed Optimization: Browser Cache, Optimized Minify, Lazy Loading & Image Optimization" work with WordPress 6.9.4 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
1PHP fatal errors
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 215.17 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

Environment
WordPress version6.9.4
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 2,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-expires-headers/
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Pages 5

AEH Speed Optimization ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: AEH Speed Optimization ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=aeh_pro_plugin_options
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=add-expires-headers%2Fadd-expires-headers.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=05bcb3e316
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.338 s
Memory usage 4.06 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

AEH Speed Optimization

Page screenshot: AEH Speed Optimization
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=aeh_pro_plugin_options
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.452 s
Memory usage 3.91 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

AEH Speed Optimization → Affiliation

Page screenshot: AEH Speed Optimization → Affiliation
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=aeh_pro_plugin_options-affiliation
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.524 s
Memory usage 4.08 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

AEH Speed Optimization → Upgrade  ➤

Page screenshot: AEH Speed Optimization → Upgrade  ➤
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=aeh_pro_plugin_options-pricing
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.416 s
Memory usage 3.89 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.455 s
Memory usage 4.47 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.491 s0.399 s-0.092 s3.78 MiB4.03 MiB+ 256.98 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.385 s0.392 s+0.007 s3.78 MiB4.02 MiB+ 238.07 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.823 s0.718 s-0.105 s6.31 MiB6.58 MiB+ 282.62 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.467 s0.448 s-0.019 s3.74 MiB3.91 MiB+ 179.52 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.349 s0.335 s-0.014 s3.71 MiB3.89 MiB+ 183.89 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.549 s0.575 s+0.026 s3.7 MiB3.89 MiB+ 192.09 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.337 s0.320 s-0.017 s3.72 MiB3.94 MiB+ 231.4 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.725 s0.730 s+0.005 s6.3 MiB6.54 MiB+ 249.47 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.342 s0.382 s+0.040 s3.71 MiB3.89 MiB+ 180.08 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.338 s0.352 s+0.014 s3.74 MiB3.96 MiB+ 231.87 KiB
/0.296 s0.226 s-0.070 s4.11 MiB4.25 MiB+ 140.89 KiB
Average 0.464 s0.443 s-0.020 s4.24 MiB4.45 MiB+ 215.17 KiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

PHP
CSS
JavaScript
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP83.3%3,9831,26529
CSS8.4%400102
JavaScript8.3%396165
Total 4,779 1,291 36

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 3,487
Total complexity 681
Median class complexity 18.5
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class AEH_Minify
Most complex function AEH_Lazy_Loading::aeh_add_lazyload_functionality()
Classes 18
Methods 154
Functions 3

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Options wp_options 6

PHP Error Log 12 lines

[13-Mar-2026 12:32:14 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Call to undefined method Freemius::is() in /wp-content/plugins/add-expires-headers/main/class-aeh-main.php:199
Stack trace:
#0 /wp-content/plugins/add-expires-headers/main/class-aeh-main.php(158): AEH_Main->getrules()
#1 /wp-content/plugins/add-expires-headers/inc/view/cache.php(11): AEH_Main->write_to_htaccess()
#2 /wp-content/plugins/add-expires-headers/inc/abstract-aeh-view.php(48): include('...')
#3 /wp-content/plugins/add-expires-headers/inc/class-aeh-admin-view.php(85): AEH_View->view()
#4 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(341): AEH_Admin_View->render()
#5 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(365): WP_Hook->apply_filters()
#6 /wp-includes/plugin.php(522): WP_Hook->do_action()
#7 /wp-admin/admin.php(264): do_action()
#8 {main}
  thrown in /wp-content/plugins/add-expires-headers/main/class-aeh-main.php on line 199
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide AEH Speed Optimization: Browser Cache, Optimized Minify, Lazy Loading & Image Optimization Admin Menus