DEFINITION of WP performance drag: The negative effect of load time on the performance of a specific WordPress page. Performance drag is most commonly attributed to due to the lack of WordPress optimization, but there are many cases, where a perfect speed optimised WordPress still underperforms. In such cases, the...
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SOCIAL SHARE BUTTONS are direct links to promote your content on the visitor's own social media profile. They can take many forms, shapes, and sizes. Most common are simple images, depicting the logo of the social media channel and the brag counter (how many already shared it). Then, there are...
SOCIAL FOLLOW BUTTONS are direct links to your social media profiles. They can take many forms, shapes, and sizes. Most common are simple images, depicting the logo of the social media channel and their CTA on mouse hover (follow us on...). Then, there are the extremely know colorful buttons. From...
We all love WordPress plugins and use them all the time. They ease our work considerably, powering our WordPress with features vital for our online presence. But not all plugins are efficient. Some cause page load time delays or even take the entire site down. Avoid these plugins, as they...
WordPress SLIDERS create the worst loading time results, compared with the rest of the other features, dragging WP performance down. It's like a WordPress nightmare, where everybody is against loading times. Developers create awesome features, with transition animations and moving CSS and sparkling and shaking and sliding and dissolving and...
We created this curated post as a Hyper Guide to WordPress Speed Up. Use these techniques and gain hyper speed for your WordPress. We noticed, that resources regarding WordPress performance optimisation are scarce. There a quite a few, but they recommend the same few tips over and over. Even the...
WordPress FORM racks up as a serious dead-weight, in any loading time speed audit. They are built for feature focus first, then responsiveness and maybe security. (However, if you analyze the latest security reports, quite a few have serious security issues - go to our blog, and read the monthly...
WordPress GALLERY has bad karma since the beginning. They need to showcase proud presentations, so they need to impress as well. They host images. And, unfortunately, not only a few. You don't decide to use a picture gallery for 3-6 pictures. You choose it for far more. The more pictures...
Version 4.9 of WordPress, named “Tipton” in honour of jazz musician and bandleader Billy Tipton, is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. Read about new features in WordPress 4.9. Major Customiser Improvements, Code Error Checking, and More! Welcome to an improved Customiser workflow with design drafts,...
WordPress Speed Up can be achieved with a few powerful optimisations. Use these techniques as an inspiration to improve your WP load-time performance. #1 - Optimize images Most likely images on your pages are the largest assets from your website that are downloaded by visitors. High-resolution images drastically slow down...