If you don’t use a caching plugin or set up server-level caching, the WordPress CMS and theme/plugins you’re using will fetch data from the database each time a visitor opens a page. The only way you can fix a slow WordPress site is by installing a caching plugin and configuring it. Two of the most […]
WordPress Optimization
How to optimize images in WordPress?
One of the reasons why website speed testing tools report slow loading pages is pictures. If you remove the pictures from a page and check its speed, the page that was loading slow will be fast. A blog post is incomplete without photos. You can’t remove images from a site but you can optimize them […]
WordPress Security: Tips and Guide
As WordPress is a self-hosted CMS, the onus of its security is up to the user or the hosting company. If the user doesn’t take precautions to protect his/her website and if the site is hacked, the user may have to hire a WordPress security expert or a company that fixes hacked sites. The site […]
8 Most Effective Ways to Speed Up WordPress Sites
New users of the WordPress CMS hardly care about how slow their sites are but when you use the CMS for several months and learn about SEO you’ll keep checking the loading time of your site often. Website speed is one of the 100s of search engine ranking factors. Slow sites hurt the user experience. […]
Jetpack review: Should you use this plugin or not?
Although WordPress is a great CMS, you can’t simply install it on your server and use it. You should install several plugins to convert your standalone WP installation into a powerful website. For example, to enable social sharing feature on your site, you must install a social media plugin. To make your website SEO friendly, […]
WP Rocket plugin review
Caching is one of the best and most important WordPress optimization techniques. There are two ways to enable it. The first method is to modify the webserver config file. You can use this technique if you’re are root or a sudo user. The 2nd method is to use a caching plugin. WP Super Cache and […]