Don’t use too much plugins,

Some necessary plugins are: Akismet, Jetpack by WordPress.com, Limit Login Attempts, Sunny (Connecting CloudFlare and WordPress), WP Fastest Cache, sharethis etc.

Your plugins should be not more than 7 or 10 at most.

Perform these to optimize your website

Minify HTML
Compacting HTML code, including any inline JavaScript and CSS contained in it, can save many bytes of data and speed up downloading, parsing, and execution time.
Minify Css

Compacting CSS code can save many bytes of data and speed up downloading, parsing, and execution time.

Combine Css

Decreasing the number of components on a page reduces the number of HTTP requests required to render the page, resulting in faster page loads.

Combine Js

This feature combines the JS files between. Decreasing the number of javascript files on a page reduces the number of HTTP requests required to render the page, resulting in faster page loads.

enable Gzip Compression

Reduce the size of files sent from your server to increase the speed to which they are transferred to the browser.

  • Reduce sizes of pages by up to 70%
  • Increase page speed
  • Cost-benefit ratio: high
Leverage Browser Caching

Reduce the load times of pages by storing commonly used files from your website on your visitors browser.

  • Reduce page load times for repeat visitors
  • Particularly effective on websites where users regularly re-visit the same areas of the website
  • Cost-benefit ratio: high

 

Originally posted on November 25, 2014 @ 6:24 pm

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