Post on 05-Jul-2015
description
DECREASE
LOAD TIME
Increase trafficBy Bloglosophy
A 1-second
increase in
load time
=
11% less
page views
People walk
away-----bye bye!
Image by Davide Ragusa
Go test your
load time on
Pingdom.com
Was it over 3 seconds?
YES
NO
Keep reading
Keep reading anyway
5 TASKS for you to do right now!
1 2 3 4 5
PLUGINS IMAGES POSTS CACHING SIDEBAR
Less than 10 plugins?
Give yourself a gold star!
More than 10 plugins?
Start pruning!
1 PLUGINS
Keep the essentials and ditch the rest
WARNING: make sure it is not a plugin that is in use - that could create an issue if removed
The less plugins you have
=
the faster your site will load
72 res
+
2 IMAGES
Images must be
under 100kb
+
The exact width of your
post area
Before loading them
3 POSTS
a
b
c
On your dashboard, go to Settings/reading
Look at Blog pages show
Change it to 6 – less to load, less load time!!
4 CACHE PLUGIN
A well-
configured
cache plugin
will keep your
blog mean, lean
and speedy
5 SIDEBAR
Clean up that
sidebar – leave
only the
essentials.
Every single
item has to
load with every
single page.
De-clutter it -
you will do
yourself and
your readers a
favor.
Image by Davide Ragusa
Now Go back
and test your
load time on
Pingdom.com
Better?
Of course it is.
Simple
wasn’t it?