GTmetrix plugin for Craft CMS 3.x

GTmetrix gives you insight on how well your entries load and provides actionable recommendations on how to optimise them.

Requirements

This plugin requires Craft CMS 3.0.0 or later.

Installation

To install the plugin, follow these instructions.

1. Open your terminal and go to your Craft project:

    cd /path/to/project
   

2. Then tell Composer to load the plugin:

    composer require lukeyouell/craft-gtmetrix
   

3. In the Control Panel, go to Settings → Plugins and click the “Install” button for GTmetrix.

Configuring GTmetrix

Upon successful installation you will be required to supply valid credentials to successfully communicate with the GTmetrix API.

A GTmetrix account is required, if you don't already have one click here to create one.

Free & paid plans are available.

Using GTmetrix

Once you have provided valid credentials you will be able to make GTmetrix test requests.

Making a Request

• Click the "New test" button
• Select an entry, location, browser and connection type
• Set additional conditions such as HTTP authentication, cookies, AdBlock and resource whitelisting/blacklisting
• Submit the request

Test states

Once a test has been successfully submitted, there are five possible states:

1. Requested

The request is waiting for a response.

2. Queued

The request has been accepted and placed in a queue.

3. Started

Testing has been initiated.

4. Error

There was a problem with the test, a description of the error will be provided.

5. Completed

The test has been completed and is now available for you to view.

GTmetrix Roadmap

Some things to do, and ideas for potential features:

• Ability to re-test entry
• Restrict abilities if API credentials are missing
• Delete records
• Make test resources available

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