Improving Mobile Load Times with Plugin Organizer: A Step-by-Step Guide

Mobile optimization is crucial for improving the load times of your WordPress site. With over 50% of website visitors accessing sites through their mobile phones, it’s essential to ensure that your site performs well on mobile devices. One factor that can contribute to slow load times on mobile is the number of active plugins. In this comprehensive guide, we will show you how to efficiently disable specific WordPress plugins on mobile devices, resulting in faster load times.

The Impact of WordPress Plugins on Mobile Performance

When a user visits your WordPress website, the platform loads all active plugins, along with the necessary scripts and stylesheets. Inactive plugins are not loaded. While good plugins should only load when necessary, some authors choose to load essential files to be prepared for any potential need.

To optimize mobile performance, many site owners choose to disable certain plugins for mobile devices. By doing so, you can reduce the number of scripts and stylesheets being loaded, ultimately resulting in faster load times.

Disabling Specific Plugins on Mobile Devices with Plugin Organizer

To disable specific WordPress plugins on mobile devices, we recommend using the popular Plugin Organizer plugin. Follow these simple steps to get started:

1. First, install and activate the Plugin Organizer plugin. If you need any assistance, you can refer to our detailed guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
2. Once the plugin is activated, go to the Plugin Organizer » Settings page to configure the plugin.
3. Enable the “Permalink Filtering” option.
4. Enable the “Content Filter” option.
5. Enable the “Custom Post Type Support” option.
6. Lastly, enable the “Multisite Support” option.
7. Don’t forget to click on “Save Settings” at the bottom of the page to save your changes.

Checking for Automatic Creation of the Must-Use Plugin

The Plugin Organizer plugin requires a must-use (MU) plugin to function effectively. Here’s how you can check if the MU plugin was created automatically:

1. Go to the “Plugins » Installed Plugins” page within your WordPress dashboard.
2. Look for the “Must-Use” link and click on it.
3. If you see the “Plugin Organizer MU” plugin or the “Must-Use” link, it means that the MU plugin was created automatically.

Manually Creating the Must-Use Plugin (if Necessary)

If the must-use plugin was not created automatically, follow these steps to create it manually:

1. Connect to your website using an FTP client or the File Manager app in cPanel.
2. Navigate to the /wp-content/plugins/plugin-organizer/lib/ folder.
3. Download the file named PluginOrganizerMU.class.php to your computer.
4. Go to the /wp-content/mu-plugins/ folder. If the folder doesn’t exist, create it.
5. Upload the PluginOrganizerMU.class.php file from your computer to the /wp-content/mu-plugins/ folder.

Disabling Plugins on Mobile Devices using Plugin Organizer

Once you have set up the must-use plugin, follow these steps to disable plugins on mobile devices:

1. Go to the Plugin Organizer » Global Plugins page within your WordPress dashboard.
2. On this page, you will find a list of color-coded plugins:
3. Green: Enabled and active plugins
4. Gray: Enabled but inactive plugins
5. Red: Deactivated plugins
6. Above the list, you will see a drop-down menu labeled “Platform”. Select “Mobile” from the options.
7. To disable plugins on mobile devices, click on the respective plugins to turn them red.
8. If you make a mistake, click on the plugin again until it is the desired color.
9. Finally, click on “Save” to apply your changes.

By following these straightforward steps, you can easily optimize your WordPress site for mobile devices by selectively disabling unnecessary plugins. The Plugin Organizer plugin also provides additional features to disable plugins for specific posts, pages, user roles, and more. For a comprehensive tutorial on how to use Plugin Organizer to speed up your WordPress site, please refer to our in-depth guide.

We hope this guide has helped you improve your site’s mobile performance by disabling unnecessary plugins on mobile devices. For more valuable WordPress tips and tutorials, subscribe to our YouTube Channel and follow us on Twitter and Facebook.