This document provides tips for optimizing and speeding up a WordPress site. It recommends optimizing themes by using well-coded, lightweight themes without unnecessary code. Images and CSS should be optimized using techniques like sprites and compression. Plugins should be selectively chosen and unnecessary plugins deactivated. Caching can be improved using plugins like W3 Total Cache as well as browser caching in .htaccess. The database can be optimized using tools to repair and optimize it, and caching like Memcache. Server-side optimizations include using opcode caching. Overall, reducing HTTP requests and file sizes are keys to site speed.
5. Facts/Results
• 80-90% of the end-user response time is spent
downloading all the components in the page:
images, stylesheets, scripts, Flash, etc
• Site having loading time more than 5 minutes
loose 50% visitors.
• Less Http Request, More fastest the site
11. Optimize theme
• Combine minify and compress HTML, JS and
CSS
– Use compressor tools
– Use Plugins
• WP Minify (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-
minify/ )
• Better WordPress Minify
(http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bwp-minify/)
• Put CSS on header and JavaScript on footer
27. Optimize Database
• Try plugin to optimize
– WP-Optimize
(http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-optimize)
– Optimize DB
(http://yoast.com/wordpress/optimize-db/)
• Automatic Database Repair
– {$your_site}/wp-admin/maint/repair.php
• Don’t backup your database during
high traffic time
• Use Following Queries on Footer