Get Performance Settings Ability: Read All Performance Feature States in WordPress

Updated On : May 29, 2026By : Reading Time : 1 minute

Key Takeaways

  • nexter/get-performance-settings ability reads the current state of every Nexter Extension performance feature, including heartbeat control and lazy loading.
  • The ability returns a features object with enabled flags and feature-specific settings, allowing for programmatic audits of performance configurations.
  • nexter/update-performance-settings is used to change individual feature states after retrieving current values with nexter/get-performance-settings.
Table of Contents

The nexter/get-performance-settings ability reads the current state of every Nexter Extension performance feature. It returns enabled status and configuration values for heartbeat control, image upload optimization, emoji removal, lazy loading, and more. Use this ability to audit or display current performance settings programmatically.

Key Takeaways

This ability takes no input parameters.

It returns a features object containing one key per performance feature.

Each feature entry includes an enabled flag and a values object with feature-specific settings.

This ability is read-only. It never modifies any settings.

Use nexter/update-performance-settings to change individual feature states.

Required Setup

This ability ships with Nexter Extension (Free). If you do not have it installed, follow the guide on how to install and activate Nexter Extension first.

What It Returns

The ability returns a features object. Each key is a feature identifier. Each value contains enabled (boolean) and values (object with feature-specific config). Features returned include: heartbeat-control, image-upload-optimize, disable-emojis, lazy-load, disable-rsd-link, disable-wlw-link, disable-feed, disable-self-ping, google-font-cache, css-combine, js-combine, defer-js, move-js-footer, and more.

When to Use This Ability

Audit which performance features are currently active on a site.

Read current values before calling nexter/update-performance-settings to avoid overwriting existing config.

Display a summary of performance configuration in a dashboard or reporting tool.

Related Documentation

Update Performance Settings Ability: nexter/update-performance-settings

Get Security Settings Ability: nexter/get-security-settings

List Extensions Ability: nexter/list-extensions

About the Author

sandip patel

WordPress Developer at POSIMYTH Innovations I am a passionate WordPress Developer at POSIMYTH Innovations, where I focus on building high-performance products and cutting-edge web experiences. Currently, I contribute to the development of major projects including The Plus Addons for Elementor, Sticky Header for Elementor, RankReady AI (LLM & SEO), and the SproutOS MCP server integration. I love bridging the gap between WordPress core functionality and modern AI capabilities. Beyond standard development.

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