{"id":100572,"date":"2026-10-15T07:49:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T11:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/overcentral.com\/en\/?p=100572"},"modified":"2026-10-15T07:49:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T11:49:59","slug":"coywolf-pack-emdas-pagespeed-100-scores-100572","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/overcentral.com\/en\/coywolf-pack-emdas-pagespeed-100-scores-100572\/","title":{"rendered":"EmDash Sites Now Hit Perfect 100 PageSpeed With Coywolf Pack"},"content":{"rendered":"

EmDash sites running the new Coywolf Pack<\/a> are now posting perfect 100 PageSpeed Insights scores \u2014 not just on a carefully tuned homepage, but across category pages, articles, and pages with embedded video. The plugin, created by veteran SEO developer Jon Henshaw, layers publishing, search, and performance tools onto EmDash without the heavy footprint that usually accompanies feature-rich CMS plugins. Henshaw describes the result as “absurdly fast,” and the test results back him up.<\/p>\n

Perfect 100 PageSpeed Scores Across Real Pages<\/h2>\n

Henshaw’s EmDash site, configured with the Coywolf Pack, was put through PageSpeed Insights testing on several distinct page types. The homepage scored a perfect 100. So did inner web pages, the category page for videos, and a page displaying an embedded video. What makes those results meaningful is their consistency: the perfect scores are not confined to a bare template or a content-light landing page. The testing covered pages with real editorial content, video embeds, and category-level navigation, and every one of them came back at 100.<\/p>\n

For publishers, the practical implication is clear. A full-featured EmDash site no longer has to choose between added functionality and fast load times. Part of that performance comes from the caching layer: cached page responses are served in 60\u201390 milliseconds instead of the 1\u20132 seconds typical of uncached generation. When search visibility, Core Web Vitals, and user retention all reward faster pages, that margin is strategically important.<\/p>\n

What Is the Coywolf Pack for EmDash?<\/h2>\n

The Coywolf Pack is a free, modular plugin for the EmDash content management system, developed by Jon Henshaw. It adds publishing, website management, SEO, and performance capabilities that EmDash does not include natively, and its modular architecture allows publishers to enable only the modules they need. The performance component contains eight specific enhancements, from automated cache warming and reduced database round trips to server-side rendering of common page elements.<\/p>\n

Because the plugin is modular, a publisher focused purely on speed can activate only the performance modules, while a news organization migrating from WordPress<\/a> can enable the migration, discovery, and structured data tools. Nothing compels every feature to run on every site, which is a large part of why the expanded feature set does not translate into script and stylesheet bloat.<\/p>\n

Why the Plugin’s Creator Matters<\/h2>\n

The plugin market is currently full of AI-generated extensions of varying quality, which makes the developer behind a tool more important than ever. The Coywolf Pack is not an automated code dump. It was built by Jon Henshaw, an SEO professional with more than 30 years of experience who currently serves as Director of Audience Management at Yahoo. His background includes roles as Head of SEO at CNET and Vimeo, and leadership of global SEO for Paramount+, Pluto TV, and Showtime. He also developed the Raven Tools SEO platform, which was acquired in 2017.<\/p>\n

That history is visible in the plugin’s priorities: preserving URL structures during migration, honoring redirects, generating structured data, and protecting page speed. These are the concerns of someone who has managed search visibility for large publishers, not just a developer shipping a list of features.<\/p>\n

Three Categories of Improvements in One Plugin<\/h2>\n

The Coywolf Pack organizes its additions into three areas:<\/p>\n