WordPress is a great CMS, really powerful and flexible. But the downside that comes with that is that is can be rather slow, when not properly optimised. And even if it has been properly optimised, you’re still hitting the database a lot of the time, and this can really slow things down under heavy load.…
Tag: performance
Self host Google Analytics in WordPress
I’ve said before that you should always aim to self host static assets to improve the performance and stability of your website. I’ve also written about how to self host Google Fonts in WordPress, as this is one of the common use cases. Well today I’d like to talk about another common use case, and that’s Google…
Self host Google Fonts in WordPress
I wrote a few days ago about why you should self host static assets, and one of the key use cases that I had in mind (other than jQuery, which I mentioned in the post) was Google Fonts. Now I don’t have a problem with Google Fonts itself, in fact it’s a great service that I…
Self host static assets
Now this may seem counter-intuitive, but stay with me. Please self host your static assets. There was a big trend a few years ago (probably more than a few) to use CDNs, especially for third party libraries, such as jQuery. And yes, I fell into this trap as well. The idea behind it was pretty…
Zero Round Trip Time Resumption (0-RTT)
Performance optimisation is a never ending journey. There’s always something new to try, something else to explore. And there’s no “one size fits all” as so much depends on the type of content, how often it changes, and what your audience expects. But there is one thing that’s always true, internet latency will cause you…
New Cloudflare app – Instant Page
I wrote a post 3 months ago about pre-fetching links to improve performance. This post talked about a library called instant.page, which is a free and open source library that uses just-in-time preloading, meaning it preloads a page right before a user clicks on it. Pages are preloaded only when there’s a good chance that a user…