Making Your WordPress Site Blazing Fast

Speed is key. Every person dealing with web performance optimization cannot overlook this (apparently) simple concept.

If you want your website to be loved by Google, rank high on the SERP, and convert your readers, you need to know how to define and measure web page speed, what’s behind a fast website and what are the benefits of using a cache plugin.

Our tutorials about web page speed and caching for WordPress will guide you on your way to a fast and efficient website.

Last updated on May 22, 2020

How to Cache Dynamic Content in WordPress

Caching isn’t just for static sites anymore. There are many options to cache highly dynamic WordPress sites. While it requires some configuration and tweaks initially, the final result is worth the effort. Check our guide to learn how to do it.

Last updated on May 4, 2020

Third-Party Scripts and How They Affect Performance

Third-party scripts are one of the leading causes of performance slowdowns on websites. They’re usually the costliest resource during page load. Learn why they affect website performance and how to mitigate their negative effects.

how to improve first contentful paint in WordPress

April 21, 2020

10 Proven Ways To Improve First Contentful Paint (FCP) in WordPress

Improving First Contentful Paint (FCP) is key: Google has recentl started ranking websites based on their FCP scores. With this guide you can learn how to improve FCP on your WordPress site.

Last updated on April 9, 2020

Best Practices for Web Font Preloading + How It Works

What is font preloading and how does it help you? Read to learn how it works and how best to use font preloading on your website.

April 7, 2020

6 Tips for Preventing Website Downtime

Knowing how to prevent website downtime can help you avoid serious problems on your site. We put up six tips to help you get started.

February 10, 2020

Critical CSS: What Is It and How to Manage It?

Seeing “eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS” when benchmarking WordPress or “eliminate render-blocking resources?” WP Rocket can fix it. Here’s how.

January 27, 2020

Deferred Loading of JavaScript: How Does It Work?

Need to know how to defer parsing of JavaScript and defer loading of JavaScript WordPress files? Here's how to remove render-blocking JavaScript.

Last updated on January 30, 2020

What’s the Fastest Video Player? We Tested 4 Popular Options

What's the fastest video players? We tested four popular options to help you pick the best video player for your website.

How to combine images with CSS Sprites in WordPress

Last updated on January 24, 2020

How to Combine Images Using CSS Sprites in WordPress: Step-by-Step Guide

Unsure how to combine images using CSS sprites in WordPress? Follow this step-by-step guide and we'll take you through the entire process.

Last updated on April 30, 2020

Making a Good First Impression: First Contentful Paint and First Input Delay Explained

First Contentful Paint (FCP) and First Input Delay (FID) are the two metrics at the core of the new Google Search Console Speed report. In this post, you can learn what they mean and how to interpret them.

Last updated on April 21, 2020

Nginx Caching for WordPress: An Introduction and Tutorial

How can you use Nginx caching for WordPress? Read this post for an introduction to what it is and how to use Nginx FastCGI cache.

Last updated on January 31, 2020

What Is Native Lazy Loading and How Does It Perform?

Native lazy-loading is the new technique where images are lazy-loaded by the browser itself, instead of a plugin. How does this native lazy-loading perform?