WordPress Performance- make your site SIZZLE! – Summary

Summary of the 3 WordPress Performance posts

Part 1– WordPress Performance.

  • Introduction.
  • Introduction Part 2.
  • Fastest WordPress Theme.
  • Good Host
  • CDN- Content delivery network
  • What Speed should I aim for?
  • How do I start?

Part 2– WordPress Performance.

  • Upgrade to PHP7.
  • Change to secure “HTTPS”.
  • Stop WordPress Virtual CRON Jobs and change to REAL CRON jobs.
  • Important: TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT YOUR SITE AND SPECIFICALLY YOUR HOME PAGE.

Part 3– WordPress Performance.

  • Disable hotlinking on CPanel.
  • Use one statistics package on your site.
  • Sliders- think carefully.
  • Fonts- be aware.
  • Comments plugins- which one?
  • Remove most external loading items (3rd party items) from your home page… e.g. google ads on your home page.
  • Social media sharing/ buttons.
  • DNS Prefetching.
  • Asset Queue Manager plugin
  • EWWW Image Optimizer plugin
  • WP Optimize
  • Autoptimize
  • Caching plugin
  • Gzip and Leverage Browser caching
  • Disable the use of Gravatars.
  • Heartbeat Control.
  • WP YouTube Lyte.
  • Removing query Strings; Removing Emojis; Async JavaScript.
  • Tools used for Webpage speed tests.
  • Conclusion.

That is now that for my WordPress performance post, enjoy and I hope it helps you.

Kenny

WordPress Performance- make your site SIZZLE! – Summary was last modified: March 9th, 2018 by Kenny Williamson

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