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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