2. Software updates - Why Core software – Wordpress New functionality Security fixes Keep up with PHP and mySql upgrades – Hosting providers constantly upgrade the software versions being used. Backward compatibility may be lost Plugins and Themes New functionality Compatibility with core software
3. Software updates - How No rush. Wait at least a week after a core software release before you install the new version. ( Let others find the bugs ) Backup before you upgrade Check plugins compatibility Check minimum requirements are still met by your server If you have many sites you may want to look at ManageWP
4. WordPress Optimization Page load speed impacts user experience Page load speed impacts Google ranking If you run a high traffic WordPress installation you will want to optimize WordPress and your server to run as efficiently as possible.
10. Optimizing Images Should be optimized before images are even loaded into the server. Pixel size should be same as the target screen pixel siz JPEG images quality can be reduced the medium and reduce the image file size significantly. If you do not have image editing software, use online free tools instead. (sumopaint.com ) Use wp-smush.it plugin to further optimize your images. ( Typically reduces size by 10% )
11. Check plugins impact Plugins are the prime suspect for slowdowns. To check plugins Deactivate all of plugins check the critical areas of the site again. If everything runs OK, re-enable the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin.
12. Reduce database size Optimize DB tables Use wp-optimize plugin Delete post revisions Use wp-optimize plugin or revision control plugin Delete spam and unapproved comments Use wp-optimize plugin
13. Optimize database Delete revisions: Revision Control plugin To set a limit for the number of post revisions that will be saved in future, open wp-config.php and paste in the following snippet of code: /** Limit post revisions */ define('WP_POST_REVISIONS', 3); This needs to be added before the line: /** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */ require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');
15. Further Speed Up you site Caching your wordpress website Use CDN (Content Distribution Network) - CDN is a technique where you serve content of your website(mostly multimedia items) from different servers around the world instead of a single webhost. This helps in distributing the load on your website equally among lot more servers and helps in loading your website at much faster speed than normal.
16. Backups WP-DB-Backup – A plugin that allows you to backup the database Instruction how to backup all files: http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups We use BackupBuddy
17. Resources codex.wordpress.org - WordPress Optimization Wordpress Optimization Guide by ValdimirPrelovae Optimizing WordPress database performance by Joost De Valk W3 Total Cache and why you should be using it
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