diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
index fb0c17c854..38ccfccb76 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
@@ -262,19 +262,6 @@ StringRef AsyncWebServerRequest::url_to(std::span<char, URL_BUF_SIZE> buffer) co
   return StringRef(buffer.data(), decoded_len);
 }
 
-void AsyncWebServerRequest::send(AsyncWebServerResponse *response) {
-  httpd_resp_send(*this, response->get_content_data(), response->get_content_size());
-}
-
-void AsyncWebServerRequest::send(int code, const char *content_type, const char *content) {
-  this->init_response_(nullptr, code, content_type);
-  if (content) {
-    httpd_resp_send(*this, content, HTTPD_RESP_USE_STRLEN);
-  } else {
-    httpd_resp_send(*this, nullptr, 0);
-  }
-}
-
 void AsyncWebServerRequest::redirect(const std::string &url) {
   httpd_resp_set_status(*this, "302 Found");
   httpd_resp_set_hdr(*this, "Location", url.c_str());
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.h b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.h
index 9d81d89ec7..81683e8d85 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.h
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.h
@@ -134,8 +134,17 @@ class AsyncWebServerRequest {
 
   void redirect(const std::string &url);
 
-  void send(AsyncWebServerResponse *response);
-  void send(int code, const char *content_type = nullptr, const char *content = nullptr);
+  inline void ESPHOME_ALWAYS_INLINE send(AsyncWebServerResponse *response) {
+    httpd_resp_send(*this, response->get_content_data(), response->get_content_size());
+  }
+  inline void ESPHOME_ALWAYS_INLINE send(int code, const char *content_type = nullptr, const char *content = nullptr) {
+    this->init_response_(nullptr, code, content_type);
+    if (content) {
+      httpd_resp_send(*this, content, HTTPD_RESP_USE_STRLEN);
+    } else {
+      httpd_resp_send(*this, nullptr, 0);
+    }
+  }
   // NOLINTNEXTLINE(readability-identifier-naming)
   AsyncWebServerResponse *beginResponse(int code, const char *content_type) {
     auto *res = new AsyncWebServerResponseEmpty(this);  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory)