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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

How to set up your own Google CrUX report

As part of decommissioning the Core Web Vitals report from Lighthouse, here’s how the CrUX report has been built. If…

Friday, June 4, 2021

Using Resource Hints to Optimize WordPress Performance

Resource hints provide a way to optimize the performance of your web page on the client side. As the name…

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

SpeedFactor Update: Less is More

The past few weeks have brought some long awaited updates to SpeedFactor. As I am focusing on tracking speed, some…

Monday, June 24, 2024

17 Best Website Speed And Performance Testing Tools

50% of people expect a site to load in less than 2 seconds! Your site’s load time could be the…

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

How Many Assets Should a Website Have?

How Many JavaScript Files Should a Website Have? A maximum of four. And I would still argue that is too…

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Why Is Web Page Size Important?

As of 2021, web page size is the most important factor to measure, as the bigger a page is, the…

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Plugins Slow Down Your WordPress Site

“There’s a plugin for that” is a long-time notion in the global WordPress community. It’s a very positive example of…

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

How to Improve DNS Lookup Time

There are two major issues when it comes to DNS lookup times: 1. Number of external requests A complex website…