I had serious issues with CPU overages on my WordPress site. All this means is we need to reduce the amount of resources consumed by high CPU plugins, images, wp-cron, databases, external requests (usually generated by plugins), comment spam, and prevent spammy bots from crawling your website using the Blackhole For Bad Bots plugin. We […]
17 Ways To Fix A Slow WordPress Admin Panel (Dashboard): High CPU Plugins, PHP 7+, CDNs, Block Bad Bots, And More
Slow WordPress dashboard? A slow WordPress admin panel is usually caused by one of these high CPU plugins. You can also use the Query Monitor plugin and GTmetrix Waterfall to see your slowest loading plugins. It could also be your server – run your site through PageSpeed Insights to see if reduce server response time is in […]
How I Optimized My Slow WordPress Site To Load In <1s With 100% GTmetrix + Pingdom Scores: A Comprehensive List Of 36 WordPress Speed Optimization Tips (2020 Guide)
Slow WordPress site? I’ll show you how to take your GTmetrix, Pingdom, and PageSpeed Insights report and use them to make WordPress-specific optimizations that improve grades/load times. I’ve already written popular tutorials for WP Rocket, high CPU plugins to avoid, and image optimization. This guide combines everything I’ve done to get 100% scores on my homepage as well […]
23 WordPress Speed Optimization Plugins To Make Your Website Run Blazing Fast (Mine Loads In Under 1 Second)
Need a solid list of WordPress speed optimization plugins? Boy do I have the list for you. Cache plugins, image optimization, lazy load, AMP, Gravatar cache, load time monitoring, and plugins that fix Google Font + Analytics errors in GTmetrix and Pingdom. I use many of these speed plugins on my own site and have 100% GTmetrix […]
The Ideal WP Rocket Settings With Cloudflare/StackPath CDN Instructions (Updated 1/9/2020, Latest Version 3.4.4)
If you chose WP Rocket as your cache plugin, you made the best choice considering it was rated #1 in numerous Facebook polls. WP Rocket comes with many features most cache plugins don’t (see below). That means if you were to use other cache plugins, you would need to install about 6 extra plugins to […]
How To Optimize Images In WordPress: The Art Of Creating Perfectly Optimized Images (20 Image Optimizations, 2020)
When it comes to image optimization, you’ve probably heard enough about alt text. There are actually 20 different ways to optimize images (if you include both SEO and speed optimization). These will give you better scores in GTmetrix/Pingdom, potentially rank you higher in search, and make your content load much faster. I’ve managed to get […]
The Ideal Swift Performance Settings With Cloudflare + StackPath CDN Setup Instructions (2019, Version 2.0.5)
Swift Performance is the new cache plugin on the block, which has been getting raving reviews in the WordPress Speed Up Facebook Group. I’ve been using WP Rocket and already had 100% GTmetrix scores with a 1s load time (hard to beat), but Swift gave me near identical results. I stuck with WP Rocket, but […]
The Ideal Autoptimize Settings With StackPath CDN + Cloudflare Setup Instructions (2020, Latest Version 2.6.1)
Autoptimize is a great plugin, but for caching, WP Rocket is usually #1 in Facebook polls. So why would you use it? Because some hosts like GoDaddy and WP Engine blacklist most cache plugins (since they have their own built-in caching system) but they don’t do things like optimize HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Google Fonts, or […]
The Ideal WP Fastest Cache Settings With Cloudflare + StackPath CDN Instructions (2020, Latest Version 1.5.6)
WP Fastest Cache is usually rated the #1 free cache plugin in Facebook polls. I was able to get .5s load times in Pingdom after configuring the WP Fastest Cache settings. They’re easy to setup and have options for both Cloudflare and StackPath’s CDN which can further improve grades/load times (I use both since more […]
SiteGround StartUp Review – #1 Rated Web Hosting (But Lacks Many Features That Come With GrowBig + GoGeek)
SiteGround’s StartUp plan is only good for hosting 1 single low-traffic website. If you get decent traffic or are running any high CPU plugins, StartUp probably won’t have enough server resources and you could end up getting CPU overages. But if it’s a small site using lightweight plugins, and you don’t need the features that […]