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21 Ways to Make WordPress Fast

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Who am I?Jason McCrearyhttp://jason.pureconcepts.netjason@pureconcepts.net@gonedark• Web and iOS Application Developer• Louisville, KY• Web Developer since 1999• PHP since version 3• Active StackOverflow member• Push WordPress as Development Platform• Founder of LouPUG

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“I hate slow sites. I hate them. I hate slowsites even more than I like fast sites. Andthere’s a difference…”

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Yes, WordPress is slow.

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But you can make WordPress fast!

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But first, weight…

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#1 Valid Code

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#2 Permalink Settings

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#3 Use Less Plugins

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#4 Reading Settings

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#5 Move CSS to the top,JavaScript to the bottom

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#6 Use CSS Image Sprites

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.nav-logo-large #nav-logo { background-image: url(https://cdn.amazon.com/images/BeaconSprite-US-01.png); background-position: -119px -9px; height: 35px; width: 111px;}

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#7 Compression

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AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/css text/javascript application/javascript application/x-javascript

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#8 Minification

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#9 Content Delivery Networks

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#10 Multiple/Static Domains

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#11 Sharing Widgets

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#12 Comments and Gravatar

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#13 Resource Caching

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Header unset ETagFileETag NoneExpiresActive OnExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 6 months"ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 6 months"ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 6 months"ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 6 months"ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 6 months"

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#14 WordPress Caching

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#15 PHP Caching

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#16 Database Caching

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#17 Database Optimizations

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#18 Extra Data

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#19 Redirects

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#20 Apache Optimizations

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RewriteRule ^index.php$ - [L]RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-fRewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-dRewriteRule . /index.php [L]

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FallbackResource /index.php

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#21 Hosting

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Tools and Resources• Firebug with YSlow!• siege and ab• www.wpspeedometer.com• Yahoo! Performance Rules• Google PageSpeed• High Performance Web Sites / Even Faster Web Sites

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“Sometimes you have to work with what you have.”

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Ask Questions!