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Guide to Google PageSpeed for WordPress Users – Part 1

Google PageSpeed Insights (PSI for short) is a useful tool for website developers. Its intentions are certainly good, but it can be said that it is not suitable for the average WordPress site owner. Despite the recent addition of specific [...]

Preload Critical Assets to Improve Performance

There are many ways to improve a website performance. One of the ways is to preload specific files that you know will be required later and are essential for the quick rendering of the page. The preload value of the [...]

Use CSS Containment & Improve Website’s Performance

CSS Containment is a module that describes a CSS property called contain. This property allows developers to isolate a specific element’s subtree in the DOM and treat it as independent and separate from the rest of the elements in the [...]

Load Google Analytics Locally from your Own Server

When you optimize the number of server requests (HTTP Requests), you will likely encounter the Google Analytics script at some stage. This script makes an asynchronous request to download the analytics.js file from Google’s servers. This post is not relevant [...]

Ultimate Guide to WP Rocket: Settings for Optimal Performance

The plugin WP-Rocket currently serves more than 400,000 WordPress websites, and the results it provides in terms of website performance are quite impressive. It is very user-friendly and offers several features that you won’t find in other plugins. In this [...]

Optimize Google Fonts Loading Speed Using preconnect

The preconnect option is an important tool in your toolbox, not only for loading Google Fonts. As shown in the example above, using preconnect saves roundtrip time, especially in the critical upper part of your site or application. In certain [...]

Improving Loading Time of Embedded Videos with Lite YouTube

YouTube is a popular Video Streaming website owned by Google. With over a billion users and millions of daily views, you can practically find YouTube videos everywhere on the internet. Using your YouTube account is a convenient way to add [...]

How to Defer JavaScript for Youtube Videos

Delaying Javascript, in other words, Defer parsing of Javascript, is one of the messages you might receive when checking your website’s speed using tools like GTmetrix and Pingdom. But what does it actually mean to delay the parsing of Javascript? [...]

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