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ModPageSpeed 2.0: AVIF, WebP, and critical CSS — up to 69% less page weight on the live demo

Insert DNS prefetch

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Injects <link rel="dns-prefetch"> hints so the browser resolves DNS early.

Filter insert_dns_prefetch · Filter docs

A mod_pagespeed 1.15 filter. ModPageSpeed 2.0 applies it as part of one always-on pipeline, not as a separate switch.

Both frames render identically — that's the goal. The win is in the bytes and requests below, not the look. They're served live by mod_pagespeed 1.15 on demo-httpd-1.1.modpagespeed.com; the optimized frame applies only this filter. Right after a cache purge it may briefly match the original while the worker rewrites it — reload to see the result.

This optimization works at the HTTP response-header or document-head hint level, so it leaves no change in the page body to diff — see it live in the frames above (or in the response headers).

Run this on your own site

This is one of 47 filters mod_pagespeed 1.15 applies in place — self-hosted on Apache, nginx, and IIS. Install and run it: it optimizes right away and adds an X-PageSpeed-Warn: unlicensed header until you license it. A commercial license is required for production use.