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.

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 January 24, 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 October 29, 2019

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?

Last updated on January 24, 2020

How to Optimize Images for WordPress

Learning how to optimize images for WordPress is a crucial step in making your site faster. From lazy-loading to Imagify, we're going to unveil the secrets to make your images load faster than ever.

OPcache how it works and how to use it with WP Rocket

Last updated on October 29, 2019

What is OPcache and How Do You Use It?

OPcache is a remarkable way to speed up your WordPress site by three times or more: here’s how to quickly install it.

How to make a WordPress Site Blazing Fast

Last updated on February 19, 2020

How to Make Google Fall in Love with Your WordPress Site

Struggling to understand how to make your WordPress site faster than ever? This guide is all about web page speed optimization for WordPress.

PageSpeed Insights - Overview and Alternatives

Last updated on February 26, 2020

PageSpeed Insights by Google: Overview and Alternatives

Learn all the secrets of PageSpeed Insights by Google: how to use it and understand its results, how to fix its recommendations, and its best alternatives.

Last updated on October 3, 2019

Brotli vs. GZIP Compression: Which One is Better for WordPress?

If you're trying to decide between Brotli vs GZIP compression, in this article we compare and benchmark these two compression methods for WordPress users.