The Dark Side of the WordPress Speed Optimizations
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Hristo Pandjarov at WordCamp Europe 2014 talking about the issues you can face when you optimize your site for better speed.
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Hristo Pandjarovexpert at
@pandjarov
The speed of your WordPress site matters.
…but there are traps.
Reverse ProxiesNGINX & Varnish
Reverse ProxiesNGINX & Varnish
• Don’t cache user-specific pages• Shopping carts• Forums• Social plugins
• Don't cache wp-cron.php• Check mobile versions
File Caching with plugins
• All reverse proxies traps• Check the number of files
File Caching with plugins
Object CachingMemcached, Redis, APC
Object CachingMemcached, Redis, APC
• Make sure it actually speeds-up your site
• Have enough memory
gZIP Compressionplugins & server rules
gZIP Compressionplugins & server rules
• Don’t double compress pages
CDN Serviceimplementation
CDN Serviceimplementation
• Check if cache is purged often enough
Image Optimizationplugins & services
Image Optimizationplugins & services
• Be careful with mass images edit
CSS & JS Combinationplugins or services
• Double check your design & functionality• Check the mobile version of your site
CSS & JS Combinationplugins or services
Over the Slides Are!Questions do you have any?
Thank you!(slides at slideshare.net/siteground)
Images from http://starwars.wikia.com
