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How to Use GTmetrix Speed Test Tool + Improve Your GTmetrix PageSpeed Score on WordPress

How to Use GTmetrix Speed Test Tool

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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How to Improve First Contentful Paint (FCP) in WordPress

How to Improve First Contentful Paint in WordPress

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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WordPress HTML Sitemap: What It Is, Why and How to Create It

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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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How to Solve: “Avoid an Excessive DOM Size” in WordPress

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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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How to Use AVIF WordPress Images (Easy Method)

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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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2023‘s Best Image CDN Solutions for WordPress: Our Top 5 Picks

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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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