11 ways to make wordpress faster than ever

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bubbleindia.com http://www.bubbleindia.com/make-wordpress-faster/ 11 Ways to Make WordPress Faster Than Ever In this post, you’ll f ind everything you need to know about how to make WordPress faster . Here I have gathered some usef ul tips, hacks, tweaks, and WordPress plugins that can help you make your WordPress site faster. Why make WordPress load faster? Studies have shown that when a person lands on your blog f or the f irst time, you have only f ew seconds to capture their attention and convince them to stick around. But if your blog loads slowly they are most likely to leave bef ore they even read the headline. And if this happens, you are going to lose traf f ic as well as revenue. Much more importantly, Google considers site speed as one of the over 200 signals in determining search ranking. So if you have slow loading WordPress site, your ranking on Google search results may get af f ected. And having lower ranking in search results means less traf f ic. How to Make WordPress Faster? Choose The Right Web Hosting Service Most of the bloggers prefer to start with a shared host from a reliable hosting company like Hostgator and Bluehost. But a lot of the times people try to save money and compromise quality. It is not worth it. Here are some good and affordable web hosts that you may consider to start with. Hostgator Bluehost Web Hosting Hub Choose Right WordPress Theme/Framework When it comes to speed up WordPress, a f ast loading theme can make a huge dif f erence. The def ault WordPress themes Twenty Ten/Twenty Eleven are great f or people who want a f ast loading WordPress theme, but if you are looking f or something unique and creative then you should buy premium WordPress themes or f rameworks. Some great and f ast loading WordPress Themes & Frameworks are: Genesis Theme Framework Thesis Theme Framework Mojo Themes Make Use Of Caching Plugins Since WordPress is a PHP script it executes queries every time someone visit your blog. Hence making it slow and even crash due to server load. A caching plugin can solve this problem by allowing visitors computer to store static content such as images, CSS and JS.

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11 Ways to Make WordPress Faster Than Ever

In this post, you’ll f ind everything you need to know about how to make WordPress faster. Here I havegathered some usef ul t ips, hacks, tweaks, and WordPress plugins that can help you make your WordPresssite f aster.

Why make WordPress load faster?

Studies have shown that when a person lands on your blog f orthe f irst t ime, you have only f ew seconds to capture theirattention and convince them to stick around. But if your blogloads slowly they are most likely to leave bef ore they even readthe headline. And if this happens, you are going to lose traf f icas well as revenue.

Much more importantly, Google considers site speed as one ofthe over 200 signals in determining search ranking. So if youhave slow loading WordPress site, your ranking on Google search results may get af f ected. And havinglower ranking in search results means less traf f ic.

How to Make WordPress Faster?

Choose The Right Web Hosting Service

Most of the bloggers pref er to start with a shared host f rom a reliable hosting company like Hostgator andBluehost. But a lot of the times people try to save money and compromise quality. It is not worth it. Here aresome good and af f ordable web hosts that you may consider to start with.

Hostgator

Bluehost

Web Hosting Hub

Choose Right WordPress Theme/Framework

When it comes to speed up WordPress, a f ast loading theme can make a huge dif f erence.The def ault WordPress themes Twenty Ten/Twenty Eleven are great f or people who want a f ast loadingWordPress theme, but if you are looking f or something unique and creative then you shouldbuy premium WordPress themes or f rameworks.

Some great and f ast loading WordPress Themes & Frameworks are:

Genesis Theme Framework

Thesis Theme Framework

Mojo Themes

Make Use Of Caching Plugins

Since WordPress is a PHP script it executes queries every time someone visit your blog. Hence making itslow and even crash due to server load. A caching plugin can solve this problem by allowing visitorscomputer to store static content such as images, CSS and JS.

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So if they revisit your blog without clearing their cache, these static contents will not have to be retrievedf rom your host, and will theref ore appear f ast.

Some recommended WordPress caching plugins are:

W3 Total Cache

WP Super Cache

Optimize Images

Optimizing images not only to make WordPress f aster but will also reduce bandwidth use. And if you area photo-blogger then optimization of image f iles needs to be a top priority f or you.

The best solution to optimize images is to install WP Smush.it plugin on your WordPress blog. It willautomatically reduce image f ile size you add to a page or post without loosing quality. The best part is thatit has a bulk image optimization option that you can use to optimize old images.

Optimize WordPress Database

There are two ways you can optimize WordPress database. One way is manual hard-core way. Another is toinstall WordPress plugin.

To do it manually, you need to go to phpMyAdmin and select the database you want to optimize. Then gotowards the bottom, check all and select “Optimize Table”.

Or rather run this SQL command.

1 OPTIMIZE TABLE 'wp_comments';

If you don’t want to do this manually, install WP-Optimize plugin. It allows you to clean up your WordPressdatabase and optimize it without phpMyAdmin.

Use Lazyload Plugin

No doubt images can make your blog stand out, and a good way to capture visitors attention. But usinglots of images can slow down your WordPress blog.

To solve this issue install BJ Lazy Load plugin. This plugin not only make WordPress f aster but also savesbandwidth. It will replace all your post images, thumbnails, gravatar images and content if rames with aplaceholder, and will load them only when the visitor scrolls the page.

Compress and Combine CSS and JS Files

WordPress load time can be reduced drastically by reducing the number of HTTP request, andby decreasing overall page size. To do this you need to compress and combine your CSS and JS f iles.

Recommended WordPress Plugins are:

WP Minif y

Alternatively, you can use W3 Total Cache plugin f or combining and compressing various JS and CSS f ilesinto one f ile.

Add Expire Headers for Stat ic f iles

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Another good way to reduce the number HTTP request is to add expire headers f or static f iles. By doingthis you tell the browser how long to store a f ile in the cache. So when someone revisits your blog theydon’t have to download the f ile again. This way you improve load times f or returning visitors.

To can set the expire header you need to edit your .htaccess f ile.

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# Enable expirat ionsExpiresActive On# Default direct iveExpiresDefault "access plus 1 month"# My faviconExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year"# ImagesExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 month"ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month"ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 month"ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month"# CSSExpiresByType text/css "access 1 month"# JavascriptExpiresByType applicat ion/javascript "access plus 1 year"

Reduce the Number of External Scripts

If possible try to avoid external scripts, directly or through plugins. Another way to reduce the number ofexternal scripts is to use AddThis to display third-party buttons like Facebook, Twitter,Google+,Pinterest, Foursquare etc.

Remove Inact ive WordPress Plugins

This may not sound cool but it is on of the best method to reduce WordPress loading time. If you have anyplugin that you no longer use, then get rid of it. Because plugin uses code and the more plugin you have,the more your blog can slow down.

Update to Latest WordPress Version

Last but not the least,stay updated with the latest stable release of WordPress to boost perf ormance ofyour site and to keep your blog secure.

Do you really want to boost perf ormance of your blog. If yes f ollow these simple tips to make WordPressfaster. Hope this will help you.