Optimizing WordPress for speed and conversions can have an immediate impact on your bottom line. Learn how to turn WordPress into a supercharged revenue driving machine.
Experience level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Target audience: Affiliate/Publisher
Niche/vertical: WordPress
Ben Metcalfe, Co-Founder, WP Engine (Twitter @dotBen)
David Vogelpohl, CEO, Marketing Clique (Twitter @davidvmc)
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Optimizing WordPress for Speed and Conversions by Ben Metcalfe
1. Optimizing WordPress for Speed and Conversions
Optimizing WordPress
for Speed &Conversions
Ben Metcalfe | Founder, WP Engine
@dotBen | ben@wpengine.com
Affiliate Summit West - Las Vegas 2013
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2. Optimizing WordPress for Speed and Conversions
Only major Managed WordPress Host Affiliate Program
$$$$$ monthly pay-outs, new affiliate channel opportunities
wpengine.com/affiliates
8. Optimizing WordPress for Speed and Conversions
Caching plugins FTW!!
W3-Total-Cache
also: WPSuperCache, BatCache
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Avoid bad plugins
Think about plugins that:
• do backups
• do „related posts‟ stuff
• are not maintained/poorly written
• don‟t have many downloads
10. Optimizing WordPress for Speed and Conversions
Is your host slow?
PageSpeed.org
Yslow
http://speed.wpengine.com
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Offloading (poor-man‟s CDN)
Serve images via Flickr/etc
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CDN
MaxCDN (we use parent company @ WP Engine)
Photon by Automattic [Free]
CloudFlare [Free]
Use all the time or just „emergencies‟
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Optimize for Mobile
Mobile WordPress Plugins
• WP-Touch
• JetPack‟s Mobile Theme
Responsive Design Templates