=== Rythzen Performance ===
Contributors: rythzen
Tags: performance, optimization, speed, heartbeat, script manager
Requires at least: 6.0
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 1.0.0
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

A lightweight, free WordPress performance toolkit by Rythzen.

== Description ==
Rythzen Performance gives site owners focused performance controls without bundling a page builder, CDN, analytics service, telemetry, advertising, or a paid-license system.

Features include:
* Disable WordPress emoji overhead
* Disable WordPress embeds/oEmbed front-end overhead
* Optionally unload Dashicons for logged-out visitors
* Optionally remove jQuery Migrate on the front end
* Remove several legacy WordPress head links
* Hide WordPress generator/version output where practical
* Disable self-pingbacks
* XML-RPC controls
* Heartbeat reduction/control
* Post revision limits
* Handle-based JavaScript and CSS Script Manager rules
* Full uninstall cleanup
* No telemetry
* No ads
* No license key

== Installation ==
1. In WordPress, go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin.
2. Upload the rythzen-performance.zip file.
3. Activate Rythzen Performance.
4. Open Settings > Rythzen Performance.
5. Enable only the optimizations appropriate for your site and test the front end after changes.

== Script Manager ==
The Script Manager disables registered WordPress assets by handle. It supports global, front-page, individual post/page, and post-type rules.

Incorrectly disabling a dependency may break site functionality. Always test checkout, forms, menus, sliders, and other interactive features after adding a rule.

== Privacy ==
Rythzen Performance does not collect or transmit telemetry. It makes no external API requests.

== Changelog ==

= 1.1.1 =
Fixed: WordPress's own "Check again" on the Updates screen now bypasses the plugin's
six-hour metadata cache, so a freshly published release shows up immediately.

= 1.1.0 =
Added: self-hosted automatic updates through the new Rythzen update service — enable
auto-updates on the Plugins screen and new releases install themselves.
Added: an Updates tab showing the installed and latest version, release channel and last check.
Fixed: the Script Manager and Tools tabs left their wrapper element unclosed, producing invalid markup.
Fixed: version query strings were stripped from any asset that happened to share the WordPress
core version, including third-party files that rely on them for cache busting. Only core assets
are touched now.

= 1.0.0 =
* Initial release.
