All articles in the "Performance" category. 7 articles.
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CDN sounds like technical jargon, but the idea is trivially simple: a site closer to the visitor is a faster and more stable site. We explain how it works and when it is worth it.
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You already know a slow site costs customers. Now the specifics: seven things that most often speed up a business site, from images to cache, in plain words.
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A good cache plugin can speed a site up several times over. Set wrong, it breaks the layout and the shop cart. We explain what cache is all about.
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Photos are the most common cause of a slow site. The WebP format, compression and lazy-load can cut load time in half, without losing quality.
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Google rates sites with three "quality of experience" metrics. We explain them without jargon and show what to actually improve so they come out well.
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Over time a WordPress database collects junk: old post revisions, expired data, traces of plugins. We explain what is safe to clean and what not to touch.
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