Whatever the reason for your addiction, you’ve come to the right place. I’m not going to judge you. Or call you OCD about speed. I’m gonna show you the pro tactics that I cleverly thought up in a time lonnnngggggg before WordPress speed-up was a trend. (I’ll also warn you about dumb ones that only…
Need to reduce your total blocking time in WordPress? Total blocking time is caused by long tasks (over 50ms) that block the main thread. For WordPress sites, total blocking time is usually caused by unoptimized JavaScript and CSS (often from plugins, page builders, or third-party code) as well as fonts, animations, and images. Optimizing JavaScript is a good…
We get emails every day from website owners, telling us their site is fast but slow on mobile. Nine time out of ten they’ve tested their site on Google PageSpeed Insights (PSI) and the mobile score is low. Long story short, a low PageSpeed Score in mobile does not mean your site is slow on…
Let’s settle this “best cache plugin” thing once and for all. Your WordPress cache plugin depends on which host you use. On a LiteSpeed server, LiteSpeed Cache is the way to go. On SiteGround, use SG Optimizer. In most other instances, I recommend WP Rocket. Otherwise, if you’re not willing to spend money on WP…
Let’s talk about enormous network payloads in PageSpeed Insights. This is triggered when the total page size is above 1,600 KiB. To pass this test, you need to reduce page size. Large page size is often caused by unoptimized images, videos, third-party code, or heavy CSS and JavaScript files. It can also be from slow page builders (specifically Elementor…
Understanding Load Testing | Browser Load Testing | Stress Test of Website What is load testing? Load testing is bench-marking a website to see how it performs under various loads. For example, a test may simulate an increasing number of concurrent visitors landing on your site. It will also record how your site handles them…
On the hunt for the fastest WordPress hosting provider to serve up your WordPress site? You’ve probably heard about the importance of making your website load fast. It makes your visitors happier; it helps with SEO…it’s just generally really important. And while yeah, there are all kinds of WordPress performance tips you can implement to…
In order to create great User Experience (UX), websites should always load fast. I mean immediately! It’s really tough to achieve instant results. AMP is one of the ways Google is trying to speed up the entire internet. But there’re simply so many steps we need to achieve in order to achieve speed. For every…
To be blunt, most articles on the web written about reducing waiting TTFB are complete garbage and written by content writers who have no technical or speed optimization experience and are simply parroting what everyone else says online. In this article, we’ll share the troubleshooting steps and recommendations we’ve created after optimizing 100’s of WordPress…
WebP is a modern format for serving images faster than ever. If you are using WordPress, you can easily serve all images in WebP with some basic tweaks. Most Browsers support WebP According to Caniuse data, WebP is currently supported in 91% browsers include Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Opera, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Android browsers. You can still serve JPEG/PNG as…
Web and browsers are evolving fast! Many optimizations we did a few years are ago now outdated or not recommended. Delivering Google Fonts to get maximum performance has also changed recently as browsers implemented new features. This post is specifically on why you should self-host Google Fonts. Outdated Performance Arguments Argument: Browsers will already have…
Seeing “Use cookie-free domains” error at GTmetrix Yslow or Pingdom for your site? GTmetrix report Why use Cookie Free Domains? When the browser requests a static element and sends cookies with the request, the server ignores the cookies. These cookies are unnecessary network traffic. It increases page load time. Therefore, it is better to avoid…
Performance is not just about “my site loads under x seconds”. There are several other factors you need to look into. Here is a list of tools and services I use to audit or test the performance of a WordPress site. Not just WordPress, these can be used for any site. 1. Your Eyes –…
If you’re reading this article, chances are you’ve run into an “Avoid an excessive DOM size” warning from Google Lighthouse. Part of selecting a good theme choice in WordPress is to avoid an excessive DOM size. Before you install the theme on your website, do some research on other websites that utilize it. Verify the…
In early 2019, Google announced that they would evaluate a website’s speed ranking by focusing on two performance metrics: First Contentful Paint (FCP) and First Input Delay (FID). Over time, the performance scenario has evolved. For instance, Google announced the three Core Web Vitals: Largest Contentful Paint (LCP), Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS), and First Input…
In this post, we’re going to break down and share how we optimize the WordPress database connection and database queries when working on site speed.A slow WordPress database connection or slow queries will typically manifest in areas in WordPress that aren’t cached like the WordPress backend, checkout pages in WooCommerce, or membership pages on a…