How to speed up your WordPress website – WPwatercooler –

On this weeks episode we will be discussing ways to speed up your

WordPress website. This includes plugins that speed it up, explain

caching and CDNs, and talk hosting providers that help.

Caching – A way of taking the content and storing it into something

more static to that gets pushed out to the internet.

CDN – Content Delivery Network, the way you distribute all of the

content be it Java, CSS or images out to a 3rd party that has fast

servers.

What are possible causes for a site running slow?

* It’s possible that the issue is with your code and no matter where your site is hosted it will be slow.

* Themes can also be an issue.

* Often problems happen on the front end with a lot of or inefficient JavaScript, large image sizes. Image optimization is key.

* Media in general takes up a lot of bandwidth.

What are some possible solutions to slow running sites?

* Hosting with a company that provides SSD (solid state drive) technology. SSD currently serves data at the fastest speed available. Compare hosts and find one that uses SSD rather than spindle based drives.

* Use P3 Profiler (Plugin Performance Profiler) Use P3 to see which plugins are slowing your sites down. The plugin creates a performance report for the site. http://wordpress.org/plugins/p3-profiler

CDN Solutions:

* Amazon s3 http://aws.amazon.com/s3

* MaxCDN http://wpwatercooler.com/l/maxcdn

* Cloud Flare https://www.cloudflare.com

* Google Page Feed https://developers.google.com/speed/p…

Caching

* Use a plugin

+ W3 Total Cache (not recommended not for the casual users, difficult to use, not set it and forget it) http://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total…

+ WP Super Cache – Recommended http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super…

+ Hyper Cache – Recommended http://wordpress.org/plugins/hyper-cache

* Hosting company

+]WP Engine http://wpwatercooler.com/l/wpengine

+ Page.ly http://www.Page.ly

+ Dreamhost http://wpwatercooler.com/l/dreamhost

+ HostGator http://wpwatercooler.com/l/hostgator

+ Site Ground http://wpwatercooler.com/l/siteground

* Cloud Flare http://www.cloudflare.com

Once you’ve run optimizations, how do you check to see if your site is actually faster?

* Webpagetest.org http://www.webpagetest.org

* Pingdom https://www.pingdom.com

* yslow http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow

* Google Page Test https://developers.google.com/speed/p…

* GT Metrix http://gtmetrix.com

Mentions:

* WP Engine http://wpwatercooler.com/l/wpengine

* GoDaddy http://wpwatercooler.com/l/godaddy

* WPSitecare http://www.wpsitecare.com

* P3 Profiler http://wordpress.org/plugins/p3-profiler

* Jetpack http://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack

* Photon http://imageoptim.com

* Sass http://sass-lang.com

* Less http://lesscss.org

* DB Migrate Pro http://deliciousbrains.com/wp-migrate…

* Lightroom http://wpwatercooler.com/l/lightroom

* Photoshop http://wpwatercooler.com/l/photoshop

* Gimp http://www.gimp.org

* smush.it http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/smushit

* JPGmini http://www.jpegmini.com

* CSS Tricks http://css-tricks.com

David Arceneaux http://davidthemachine.org

Ayn Rand Institute Developer http://aynrand.org

http://twitter.com/darcmattr

William Bay

Flaunt Your Site Developer http://flauntyoursite.com

http://twitter.com/williambay

Dave Jesch http://davejesch.com

Dave Jesch Software Architect

http://twitter.com/davejesch

Robert Neu http://wpbacon.com

FAT Media Developer, Marketer http://youneedfat.com

http://twitter.com/wpbacon

Sé Reed

Sé Reed Media Developer, Designer, Marketer

http://twitter.com/sereedmedia

Jason Tucker http://wpmedia.pro

Tucker.Pro Developer http://tucker.pro

http://twitter.com/jasontucker

Jim Walker http://hackrepair.com

Hackrepair.com Developer, Designer, Marketer

http://twitter.com/TheHackRepairGuy

Steve Zehngut http://zeek.com

Zeek Interactive, Inc. Developer http://zeek.com

http://twitter.com/zengy

Jeffrey Zinn

Pixel Jar Developer http://pixeljar.net

http://twitter.com/jeffreyzinn

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