Is your WooCommerce admin panel slow? A slow WooCommerce dashboard can usually be fixed by cleaning your database with WP-Optimize, disabling the WordPress heartbeat API, and eliminating high CPU plugins. It could also be because you have “object cache” enabled in W3 Total Cache, or that your cache plugin isn’t configured optimally. WP Rocket was […]
WordPress Speed Tips
Tutorials on how to optimize your WordPress site to load faster. This is probably why you're here: Why is WordPress So Slow And 15 Ways To Make It Faster
WooCommerce Speed Optimization: 24 Ways To Make Your Slow Store (And Website) Load Faster – 2019 Updated Guide
Have a slow WooCommerce site? I’ll show you how to make it faster by fixing items in GTmetrix/Pingdom (the same tips I used to get 100% GTmetrix scores). I’ll also show you how to optimize WooCommerce cart fragments, styles, scripts, product images, databases, CDNs, and other tips shown in the table of contents. Is my […]
How To Reduce CPU Usage In WordPress (AKA Bandwidth Limits) – That Annoying Restriction From Hosting Providers
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 (2019 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 almost every one of […]
20 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 […]
Cloudflare Settings (For WordPress) – How To Configure Every Single Tab To Maximize WordPress Speed + Security
This tutorial walks you through every single setting in Cloudflare. It’s specifically written for WordPress to make your site faster and more secure. It starts with adding your website, changing nameservers, and setting up basic Cloudflare settings. Then it walks you through the tabs (from Overview to Scrape Shield), followed by additional tips like whitelisting […]
How To Optimize Images In WordPress: The Art Of Creating Perfectly Optimized Images (20 Image Optimizations, 2019)
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 […]
How To Load Google Fonts Locally In WordPress – An Item Found In GTmetrix, Pingdom, And Google PageSpeed Insights
If your WordPress site has Google Font errors in GTmetrix/Pingdom, loading Google Fonts locally should fix them. You can’t control some external resources and scripts, which makes them impossible to compress, minify, or optimize. This can seriously affect your WordPress speed. One of the most common external resources are Google Fonts. If you are already configured a cache […]
The Ideal Autoptimize Settings With StackPath CDN + Cloudflare Setup Instructions (2019, Latest Version 2.5.0)
Autoptimize isn’t the best cache plugin (WP Rocket and Swift Performance are #1 in most Facebook polls taken by the WordPress Speed Up Facebook Group with 15,000+ members). In fact, Autoptimize doesn’t even do caching. So why use it? Because some hosts like Godaddy and WP Engine blacklist most cache plugins (since they have their […]