Speed best-practices.
Creative performance optimization.

by PagePipe staff


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Twenty-nineteen theme

This episode shows you how to speed up the default Twenty-nineteen

WordPress released core version 4.7 in early December 2016. The default Twenty Seventeen theme included a new Customizer CSS editor.

Before you read our post: read this one first offsite:



https://gutenberghub.com/gutenberg-vs-elementor-html-bloat/
What's the verdict on how Gutenberg editor affects WordPress load time?
Some

Using the Disable Emojis plugin removes the emoji functionality added in WordPress 4.2. WordPress does not need emoji. Probably, the

We generally think image sliders are a bane. We've written about the problems before. But if your client is insistent

“As the developer of Relevanssi, I have to agree with your premise: for most users, the WP default search is

Comments are a unique and tightly integrated feature of blogging. But the Internet has changed. It's an uglier, more cruel

Loading plugins redundantly and globally decreases the speed of your pages. It's best to deactivate heavy plugins on pages where

Many WordPress site owners cause damage when adding a popular contact-form plugin. Contact forms can hurt your load time. Not

We do not like multi-function plugins claiming to do everything imaginable. That's sure trouble. For speed and fast results, we

There's a small and innocuous request of JavaScript made by WordPress core. Most WordPress site owners are unaware it even

The missing WP Super Simple Speed plugin is still available to download on GitHub.
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Your browser stores cookies. They enable a site to ‘remember’ little bits of information between pages or visits.



Cookies personalize the

Selective activation of plugins is a favorite strategy for speeding up WordPress websites. Now you can use plugin skills to

You've read it a thousand times.
"Broken Link Checker is the best broken link checker plugin for WordPress."
Not any more.

Who recommends

Focus on reducing image file sizes for ultrafast mobile page speed. We've written an ebook about JPEG image optimization. Seventy

Below is a description and list of many plugins previously used on PagePipe. And the one we use today. Even

Never trust speed test scores. Ever. Always measure improvement in milliseconds of load time.
How to interpret pingdom.com and webpagetest.org speed

"A single YouTube embed can load up to 400KB of data before you even hit the play button."
Is a 2-second

Some WordPress themes load fast because they don't activate jQuery JavaScript functions. External JavaScript calls temporarily block web page rendering.

Choosing a plugin would be easier if WordPress permitted a little more repository information. Author-generated advice is untrustworthy because it's

Yes. "Autodescription" is a worthy plugin. It's benign. We've tested it. It's good for speed. But we don't advocate SEO

Security Myth: WordPress security plugins don't affect speed.The usual recommendation is iThemes Security (formerly Better WP Security).Most people don't know

Let's examine one of the Internet's bigger speed service shakedowns: WP Faster. NOTE: Their home page loads in 2.76 seconds in

Apply the 10 big boo-boos decimating mobile WordPress speed.



Use fancy decorative Google fonts. Don't use a mobile font stack.



REFERENCE: https://pagepipe.com/zero-latency-fonts-for-mobile-speed-system-ui-font/



Use

Performance benchmarks use scores from Pingdom.com, WebPagetest.org, or GTMetrix.com.
Oddly, no one mentions speed test scores don't matter. It's milliseconds that

Stackable Blocks Review [Free Version]- Does it stack up?






A full-featured block library



Stackable is what we consider a "full-featured" block library

Tons of articles rave comparing the merits and disadvantages of the Astra and Divi theme. They’re often biased by affiliate

This article explores page builder plugins - in particular, Elementor page builder. We examine inherent page speed hazards and fears.

Affliate links are a way to monetize a WordPress website. We don't do monetization on PagePipe - but many websites

OPTIN-MONSTER'S REBUTTAL IS AT THE PAGE BOTTOM


Like many people, you may hate website popups. What's a popup? It's that annoying

While studying site security and speed, we tested the iThemes Security plugin. It's claimed to prevent malware injection. We're sure

If you search the phrase “Essential WordPress Plugins,” you’ll get about 1.8 million results. They all tend to regurgitate suggestions

Autoptimize is a multipurpose plugin. In most cases, we hate multipurpose plugins like Jetpack or Yoast SEO. They're bloated, slow,

"Wordfence is slowing down our site. What's PagePipe's suggestion?"

Removing the WordFence Security plugin speeds up your site. When you pull

What you should know about the Twenty Twenty theme - and potential mobile speed problems.
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We demonstrate a common but little understood speed problem usually labeled as Leverage Browser Caching. Various tests report this fault

Google Analytic code causes your site to fail two speed tests. And the test criteria are invented by the web-demigod

What matters and what doesn't about plugins in the WordPress world? Frequent questions are often web myths. But don't worry

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If you enjoy our caustic speed articles, you'll love our pithy bi-monthly newsletter. Discover what matters most for mobile WordPress

WooCommerce plugin is one of the worst for slowing down pages. Slow sites come across as poor quality. Most of

It's a myth that using many plugins will slowdown your website. Being sloppy in judging plugin quality or necessity is

This request - admin-ajax.php - can cause a 436-millisecond parallel delay. Many try to eliminate the delay. It's a popular

Today, PagePipe uses 63 plugins. About 30 not updated for over 1 year. Some for many years. We're not embarrassed

"If you care more about user experience than data mining, use the Koko Analytics plugin."



We don't want more gobbledygook big

Aggregator websites getting 1 to 2 million visitors per month is pretty nice – and profitable!
Many agregator sites are somewhat

"Jetpack adds powerful features previously only available to WordPress.com users including customization, traffic, mobile, content, and performance tools."
—Plugin description from

Notification bars run across the top of a website. They display valued information. Such as a link to a newsletter,

Client request:
"It would be excellent if one lightweight plugin provided all our basic security needs. And could replace Askimet, Wordfence,

Rank Math adds 77.3 milliseconds of load time to all pages. The main concern is the database activity. It's a

We snoop on WPMU DEV often. Some may call this snooping industrial espionage. Maybe? It makes us feel 007ish. WPMU

WordPress by default adds query strings - “?” or “&” - to the static CSS and Javascript resources files used

When website owners do site speed testing, they eventually observe plugins get loaded on every page, adding to code bloat

We're intrigued.

PageSpeed Ninja plugin claims:
"PageSpeed Ninja is the ultimate WordPress performance plugin. You can make your site load faster on

Learn the truth about Elementor mobile-speed rumors.

This article is based on our experiments. If lazy load and Elementor work together

We admit there are times we find new plugins and think we know their function – only to find out

PagePipe ComboPack includes:
issue #1 - Contact.Me - Contact Form 7 plugin alternatives. CONTACT.ME details



issue #2 - Fly.Me - Hummingbird plugin