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The secrets to building lightning fast WordPress sites

The secrets to building lightning fast WordPress sites

Making websites as fast as possible in really important for many reasons. In this presentation I outline why website speed is important, how we can measure website speed and what we can do to make our sites faster.

Mark Wilkinson

February 24, 2021
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  1. The secrets to building
    lightning fast
    WordPress sites
    Mark Wilkinson
    Co-founder & developer at Highrise Digital
    https://highrise.digital
    @wpmark

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  2. The secrets to building
    lightning fast
    WordPress sites
    Mark Wilkinson
    Co-founder & developer at Highrise Digital
    https://highrise.digital
    @wpmark

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  3. Why is speed
    important?

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  4. First impressions

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  5. Conversion rates

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  6. SEO

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  7. Help the
    environment

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  8. How do we measure
    web page speed?

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  9. Page speed tools

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  10. Google
    Core Web Vitals

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  11. https://web.dev/vitals/

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  12. Steps to improve site
    speed

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  13. Evaluate site speed
    for everything

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  14. Eliminate render
    blocking resources

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  15. Defer off-screen
    images

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  16. Optimise images

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  17. Optimise the use of
    web fonts

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  18. font-display: swap;

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  20. Make use of caching

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  21. Improve your hosting

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  22. Page speed wins!

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  23. Mark Wilkinson
    Co-owner of Highrise Digital
    WordPress developer
    Golf addict!
    Twitter: @wpmark
    Twitter: @highrisedigital
    Instagram: @techiegolfer
    Web: https://highrise.digital

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  24. Questions ?
    Although not necessarily answers!
    @wpmark

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