Comments on: 6 SEO Friendly Tips to Improve Site Speed on WordPress Blogs

By: Loren Baker

Loren Baker — Sat, 08 Apr 2017 14:51:09 +0000

In reply to Dan G. You're welcome!

By: Loren Baker

Loren Baker — Sat, 08 Apr 2017 14:50:41 +0000

In reply to Calum. I ran across a site the other day that had been hacked and was full of posts about pharmacys and bitcoins because they had plugins lying around from 10 years ago that have not been updated, so I agree, Plugin Pruning is a solid practice to maintain on your blog (like every 6 months) and has all kinds of benefits.

By: Loren Baker

Loren Baker — Sat, 08 Apr 2017 14:48:25 +0000

In reply to Matt Miller. Man that is AWESOME! Glad I could help you out Matt!

By: Matt Miller

Matt Miller — Sun, 02 Apr 2017 03:42:36 +0000

Thanks Loren! I installed W3 Total Cache and WP Smush and my site went from a 40 to a 78 on Google’s speed test! This really helped. I apparently wasn’t doing anything right but these 2 things made the difference.

I still have to fix: Leverage browser caching – “Setting an expiry date or a maximum age in the HTTP headers for static resources instructs the browser to load previously downloaded resources from local disk rather than over the network.”

I should be able to figure this one out pretty easily by clicking around.

By: scott_adlhoch_blog

scott_adlhoch_blog — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 07:43:18 +0000

I have recently purchased a Domain and WordPress Webhosting ( scottadlhochwriter.com ). I started following every blog which helps to increase the organic traffic and speed up my blog. This blog is really helping me but I faced a lot of issues after make changes in my blog. If #Copyblogger_Team help me and can provide good knowledge of data for “How can I make my blog attractive and list in the Google search engine”… I hope I will soon get a reply.

By: Muhammad Usman

Muhammad Usman — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 20:05:14 +0000

Hey Loren,

It’s a brilliant post. These simple steps will definitely help to improve website speed. I am also using these tips to increase my blog speed. In addition to it, I am using ShortPixel and WP rocket cache plugin to further improve my blog performance.

I use short pixel compression plugin on my blog, But When I start going to test it out, It shows errors like “you need more compression” Means images on my blog didn’t compress properly.

Thanks Loren for sharing such useful tips. I look forward to reading your future work.

By: Calum

Calum — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 10:20:33 +0000

Nice post Loren!

As important as plugins are, some are simply not needed. Like you, I have found that disabling any that I no longer use has worked wonders in terms of my site speed. Also, as you say, updating the ones you do use is just as vital.

Keep up the good work and I look forward to reading your future work.

By: Gaurav Verma

Gaurav Verma — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:15:03 +0000

AMP , content delivery network and caching plugin boost website speed up to 70%. I use all the method to speed up my blog

By: Dan G

Dan G — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:46:00 +0000

The timing on this is perfect. We just had a discussion on load times and mobile compatibility with each post we share. I bookmarked this and thank you for this.

By: Loren Baker

Loren Baker — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 13:50:01 +0000

In reply to Fajar. Thanks Mark & Fajar, I'll take these into account! :D