How do you optimize Wordpress for Maximum speed?

GreenPeace

I love Wordpress and working with it. There is always something new coming up for Wordpress daily. I am just what plugins and tools do you use to keep your Wordpress website fast? Thanks

ericls

Cache them all

Altes

Try not to use any plugins (or substitute by implementing the feature in a different way, e.g. through using of the native custom fields, etc), cache as much as you can (use an external comment system, if you can) and write your own theme. As you can see from the blog in my signature, it's just a simple design using Bootstrap, and it should be no different to coding your own CMS, since the HTML is being served to the end-user, and WordPress is really only used as a backend.

Less is better, content is king, and if you avoid using (too much) JavaScript, and an excessive DOM size. You should be good... caching + a good HTML structure.

AllHost_Rep

Cache as much as possible.

donko

making all pages static and serve those through a CDN

Logano

Not specific to Wordpress, but using a tool like https://webpagetest.org can give you some basic direction. That said, my new Wordpress site gets an F for security.

Hxxx

1- Have a good server / web hosting provider. More dedicated resources, better response.
2- Less plugins, better. Less stuff to execute and triggers.
3- Use up to date PHP
4- Cache (simple or advance, your choice)
5- Choose a premium template (optimized) or use the default WP template. In the end content is more important. Make sure is mobile responsive.

stoned

https://gtmetrix.com/ and https://pagespeed.web.dev/ will give you a better idea of what you can improve upon as well.

Ask yourself these questions:

Do I really need wordpress, joomla, or any other CMS?
Am I serving dynamic content or mostly static? Can I get away with a static site generator and not have to use WP?
Do I need Javascript and all those fancy js effects and libs? They add a lot of cost in initial loading time, number of requests, and data download from various diff servers that host those libs on CDN.
If I am going to use Wordpress, do I really need heavy clunky themes with page builders and all that or can I learn to dive into the code a bit and do things manually and keep my site light and fast?

• Use something like https://tinypng.com/ or jpegoptim or pngcrush etc. to compress your images.
• Use DB caching
• Caching in general
• Serve static content mostly, not dynamically generated via db, so again cache or just generate static pages out of content that doesn't change.
• Use less plugins and js libs.
• Use a minimal theme and focus on content which is what people care about.

webminfo

I used Nginx/FastCGI cache (for page cache)/ PHP 7.4.x with Opcache, Redis latest version as Unix socket for Object cache.

Autoptimize plugin.

deank

Just remember. The faster your WP is, the faster it get hacked into.

CheepCluck

@deank said: Just remember. The faster your WP is, the faster it get hacked into.

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thanh_tan

I use EasyEngine as VPS management for Wordpress, seems that it increase the speed a little bit

LowEndProfile

Try this Plugin
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-cloudflare-page-cache/

ailice

For wp I only varnish / redis, and no plugin (classic editor counted?). Even I need something on plugin, I just make specific page on themes folder and call it with php script.

zhujizixun

You need Redis Object Cache, WP Super Cache, Compress JPEG & PNG images. As you can see my signature site is using it.

eris

Nginx fastcgi caching + ngx_http_purge_cache plugin is my next step...