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SPEED UP YOUR WORDPRESS SITE Chathu Vishwajith : September 2017

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CHATHU VISHWAJITH AUTH0 AMBASSADOR Speed up your WordPress site

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WHY PAGE SPEED IS IMPORTANT? ▸ Slower sites not rank well with SEO ▸ User Experience Speed up your WordPress site

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HOW TO test YOUR SITE SPEED ▸ WebPageTest.org ▸ Google Page Insights Speed up your WordPress site

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WHY WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT SPEED WITH WordPress? Speed up your WordPress site

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DYNAMIC vs STATIC Speed up your WordPress site

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HOW TO optimize SITE LOADING SPEED? ▸ Use compression ▸ Optimize Your Images ▸ Minify CSS, JavaScript, and HTML Speed up your WordPress site

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HOW TO optimize SITE LOADING SPEED? (CONT.) ▸ Reduce redirects ▸ Use a content distribution network ▸ Leverage browser caching Speed up your WordPress site

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NGINX VS APACHE First Byte matters Speed up your WordPress site

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HOW TO APPLY THESE TECHNIQUES TO WordPress Speed up your WordPress site

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CHOOSE A GOOD host Speed up your WordPress site

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CHOOSE A GOOD theme Speed up your WordPress site

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OPTIMIZE database Speed up your WordPress site

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COMPRESSION, CACHING AND MINIFICATION PLUGINS ▸ W3 Total Cache. ▸ WP Super Cache. Speed up your WordPress site

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OPTIMIZE Images ▸ WP Smush. ▸ EWWW Image Optimizer. ▸ Use Photoshop export to web Speed up your WordPress site

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USE A CONTENT DISTRIBUTION NETWORK ▸ Cloudflare Speed up your WordPress site

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USE A CONTENT DISTRIBUTION NETWORK (CONT.) ▸ MaxCDN ▸ Amazon CloudFront ▸ Akamai Speed up your WordPress site

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REDUCE USE OF plugins ! Speed up your WordPress site

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SUMMERY ▸ Page load speed is important. ▸ We need to optimize our WordPress to get most out of it. Speed up your WordPress site

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I’LL BE SPEAKING AT WORDCAMP Colombo 23RD SEPTEMBER Speed up your WordPress site

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THANK YOU ! Speed up your WordPress site