Picture this, your WordPress site starts to load, but then for three agonizing seconds your visitors stare at a blank screen. They're gone before your hero image even appears. That's Largest Contentful Paint killing your conversions.
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In this comparison of GTmetrix vs PageSpeed Insights vs Pingdom Tools vs WebPageTest, we give you hard details on each tool and point out which is likely going to be the best for your needs. We’re also going to be testing the same website with each of the tools to see what comes up.
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If you want to improve your WordPress site’s performance, you need to know where you’re at right now. That’s what the GTmetrix speed test tool helps you with. With GTmetrix, you plug in your site’s URL and GTmetrix spits back your current performance metrics, along with scores, recommendations, and analysis tools to help you optimize your site’s performance.
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If you want to create a great experience for your visitors, you want your First Contentful Paint times (and other associated performance metrics) to be as low as possible. In this post, we’ll take a closer look at FCP and show you how to measure it. Then we’ll explore how to improve First Contentful Paint via six proven methods.
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A good User Experience (UX) can help you increase engagement on your website. An effective way to achieve this is by creating a WordPress HTML sitemap. However, if you’re unfamiliar with this feature, you might be wondering how to implement it on your site. Fortunately, the process is easier than you might think! There’s no coding involved in creating a WordPress HTML sitemap and you can simply use a plugin to add it to your site.
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Google Lighthouse’s ‘Avoid an excessive DOM size’ warning is a performance metric you’ll want to look out for. The Document Object Model (DOM) aspect of this lets scripts access and manipulate the elements of your site. This includes your HTML and CSS. However, a large DOM size can cause performance issues, maintenance problems, and much more. First, let’s help you understand what it means.
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Wondering how to measure traffic to a website – any website? Well, you’ve landed on the right page! Enter the almighty website traffic checker – a tool you can use for that exact purpose.
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Looking to speed up your frustratingly slow WordPress admin panel? A fast and efficient WordPress backend is just as critical as a visually appealing frontend. Think of it as tuning up a sports car engine.
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Including animated content on your website can be a fantastic way to keep visitors engaged. However, large GIF files can slow down your site and negatively impact the user experience. So, you might be wondering how to use video formats for animated content in WordPress.
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Google Analytics is a powerful tool that can provide valuable data about your site’s visitors and performance. However, it may create some privacy issues, be challenging to use, and lack vital data. Therefore, you might be looking for Google Analytics alternatives for your website.
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Adding images is an easy way to make your webpages more engaging. However, large file sizes can slow down your site, creating a poor user experience (UX) for your visitors. That's why an alternative image format, such as using AVIF WordPress images, is worth trying. In this post, we'll look at the pros and cons of AVIF images and show you how to use them in WordPress.
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If you try searching for the best image CDN on the WordPress plugin directory, the results will probably leave you with even more questions than answers. What you’ll find as the top suggestions are image optimization plugins instead of CDNs for images. This can be pretty confusing. To clear up the confusion, we've put together the ultimate image CDN comparison guide for WordPress users.
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With the right design, your business website or app can be a powerful asset. A UX audit checklist can help you identify and fix broken systems, find opportunities to optimize your design, and ensure that you’re providing your visitors with the best experience possible.
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About a decade back, Google announced that that site speed would affect web search ranking. Although the post did not clarify the impact of speed on the rankings, webmasters reading the announcement understood that website speed optimization should be at the top of their development plans.
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When was the last time you saw a website without any images on it? “Never” would be the right answer. Images are just too essential. And this isn’t even about that cringe-worthy stock photo to go along your “10 online marketing tips” post. Images are useful for multiple purposes.
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How to speed up WordPress surely is a hot topic these days. Fortunately, there are numerous techniques that you can employ to get the job done. So, our intent here is to list every trick we know of that can make your WordPress site a lot faster.
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One of the best ways to make sure your content will be successful is to test it ahead of time by using A/B testing WordPress plugins. This guide to A/B testing will explain everything you need to know to run your first A/B test successfully.
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This post compares the performance and the features offered by the leaders in the CDN market for WordPress (but not limited to). Read on to find out which of the main players is most likely to work for your WordPress site: MaxCDN (StackPath) vs CloudFlare vs Amazon CloudFront vs Akamai Edge vs Fastly.
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Did you know that website speed is one of Google’s ranking factors? While it might not be one of the top reasons a website doesn’t rank on the first page of search, that won’t be the case for long.
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