the dark side of the wordpress speed optimizations

Hristo Pandjarovexpert at

@pandjarov

The speed of your WordPress site matters.

…but there are traps.

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

• Make sure it actually speeds-up your site

• Have enough memory

gZIP Compressionplugins & server rules

• Don’t double compress pages

CDN Serviceimplementation

• Check if cache is purged often enough

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

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