5 ways to make your wordpress website faster
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5 WAYS TO MAKE YOUR WORDPRESS WEBSITE
FASTER
5 QUICK WAYS TO MAKE YOUR WORDPRESS WEBSITE FASTER
CHOOSE BETTER HOSTINGUSE OPTIMIZED IMAGESUSE CACHING PLUGINOPTIMIZE CODEUSE CDN
CHOOSE BETTER HOSTING
KNOW YOUR HOSTING NEEDS. INVESTIGATE ON HOST RELIABILITY AND UPTIME GUARANTEES. STUDY WEB HOST UPGRADING OPTIONS. CHECK ALL HOSTING FEATURES (SUCH AS NUMBER OF ADDON DOMAINS ALLOWED) BASED ON YOUR
NEEDS. CHECK PRICES ON BOTH SIGN UP AND RENEWAL. CHECK HOSTING CONTROL PANEL. READ HOSTING COMPANY’S TOS TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ACCOUNT SUSPENSION AND SERVER USAGE
POLICY. OTHER SUPPORTING FEATURES
USE OPTIMIZED IMAGES
LARGE IMAGES SLOW DOWN A SITE AND IT’S BAD FOR THE USER EXPERIENCE SO WE SHOULD ALWAYS UPLOAD OPTIMIZED IMAGE USING THE ONLINE TOOL LIKE TINYPNG OR OPTIMIZE IMAGE THROUGH PHOTOSHOP. THERE ARE SOME PLUGINS WHICH CAN OPTIMIZE EXISTING IMAGES IN YOUR WORDPRESS LIKE WP SMUSH IMAGE OPTIMIZER.
USE CACHING PLUGIN
WORDPRESS CACHING PLUGIN CAN SERVE STATIC HTML TO YOUR SITE VISITORS WHICH CAN HELP A LOT IN PAGE LOAD SPEED. WE CAN USE FREE AS WELL AS PREMIUM PLUGINS LIKE W3 TOTAL CACHE, WP FASTEST CACHE, WP ROCKET.
OPTIMIZE CODE
CODE OPTIMIZATION IS ANY METHOD OF CODE MODIFICATION TO IMPROVE CODE QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY. A PROGRAM MAY BE OPTIMIZED SO THAT IT BECOMES A SMALLER SIZE, CONSUMES LESS MEMORY, EXECUTES MORE RAPIDLY, OR PERFORMS FEWER INPUT/OUTPUT OPERATIONS.
USE CDNTHERE ARE A NUMBER OF FREE CDNS OFFERED BY GOOGLE, MICROSOFT, YAHOO AND OTHER LARGE WEB ORGANIZATIONS. THE BENEFITS OF USING A CDN
DIFFERENT DOMAINS FILES MAY BE PRE-CACHED HIGH-CAPACITY INFRASTRUCTURES DISTRIBUTED DATA CENTERS BUILT-IN VERSION CONTROL USAGE ANALYTICS BOOSTS PERFORMANCE AND SAVES MONEY
WEBSITE SPEED IS MORE IMPORTANT FOR TRAFFIC, GOOGLE SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION RANKING. ALSO, IT IMPROVES USER EXPERIENCE AND RESULTS IN HAPPY VISITORS.
HOW TO MEASURE SITE SPEED?THERE ARE SEVERAL TOOLS TO MEASURE SITE SPEED USED BY PROFESSIONAL WORDPRESS DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES.
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