SPEED UP YOUR
WORDPRESS SITE
Chathu Vishwajith : September 2017
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CHATHU VISHWAJITH
AUTH0 AMBASSADOR
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WHY PAGE SPEED IS IMPORTANT?
▸ Slower sites not rank well with SEO
▸ User Experience
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HOW TO test YOUR SITE SPEED
▸ WebPageTest.org
▸ Google Page Insights
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WHY WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT SPEED WITH
WordPress?
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DYNAMIC vs STATIC
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HOW TO optimize SITE LOADING SPEED?
▸ Use compression
▸ Optimize Your Images
▸ Minify CSS, JavaScript, and HTML
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HOW TO optimize SITE LOADING SPEED? (CONT.)
▸ Reduce redirects
▸ Use a content distribution network
▸ Leverage browser caching
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NGINX VS APACHE
First Byte matters
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HOW TO APPLY THESE TECHNIQUES TO
WordPress
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CHOOSE A GOOD host
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CHOOSE A GOOD theme
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OPTIMIZE database
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COMPRESSION, CACHING AND MINIFICATION PLUGINS
▸ W3 Total Cache.
▸ WP Super Cache.
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OPTIMIZE Images
▸ WP Smush.
▸ EWWW Image Optimizer.
▸ Use Photoshop export to web
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USE A CONTENT DISTRIBUTION
NETWORK
▸ Cloudflare
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USE A CONTENT DISTRIBUTION NETWORK (CONT.)
▸ MaxCDN
▸ Amazon CloudFront
▸ Akamai
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REDUCE USE OF plugins !
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SUMMERY
▸ Page load speed is important.
▸ We need to optimize our WordPress to get most out of it.
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I’LL BE SPEAKING AT WORDCAMP
Colombo
23RD SEPTEMBER
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