Page speed and caching

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?

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.

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.

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.

Last updated on May 20, 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.

Last updated on December 17, 2019

What Is Google PageSpeed Module and How It Works with WordPress?

Google PageSpeed Module, aka mod_PageSpeed, is a server package to improve your website's performance. Learn more, plus how it works with WordPress.

Last updated on September 7, 2019

What is YSlow and How to Interpret Its Results?

YSlow is an open-source tool that analyzes your website and gives you suggestions to improve its performance. Learn how to interpret the results and how much they make a difference.

Last updated on November 11, 2019

Minification, Concatenation, and GZIP Compression: How to Optimize Your Code

What do we mean when we talk about optimizing your code? Get to know the most popular optimization techniques: minification, concatenation, and GZIP compression.

Last updated on April 21, 2020

How to Address Google PageSpeed Insights Recommendations: Complete Guide

PageSpeed Insights recommendations are a bittersweet aspect of web performance optimization. But no panic! We're going to explain them in plain English and we’ll see how to work with them to have better site performance.

Last updated on July 8, 2019

What are Hit and Miss Ratios?

Did you know you can find out how well your cache is performing by calculating hit and miss ratios in caches? Here’s how to do it.