{"id":137,"date":"2020-05-12T15:57:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T22:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ronaldseam.com\/?p=137"},"modified":"2020-08-03T14:28:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T21:28:21","slug":"optimize-your-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ronaldseam.com\/?p=137","title":{"rendered":"Optimize Your Site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The performance results for my website before making improvements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ronaldseam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PerformanceBefore1-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ronaldseam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PerformanceBefore1-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ronaldseam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PerformanceBefore1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, 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(max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ronaldseam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PerformanceBefore3-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ronaldseam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PerformanceBefore3-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ronaldseam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PerformanceBefore3-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ronaldseam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PerformanceBefore3-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ronaldseam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PerformanceBefore3-1.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And after making improvements to my website&#8217;s performance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ronaldseam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PeformanceAfter1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ronaldseam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PeformanceAfter1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ronaldseam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PeformanceAfter1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ronaldseam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PeformanceAfter1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ronaldseam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PeformanceAfter1.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ronaldseam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PerformanceAfter2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-145\" 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Why or why not? <\/strong>Yes, I was definitely able to improve the performance of my website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, I went to <code><strong>https:\/\/geoffgraham.me\/wordpress-how-to-clean-up-the-header\/<\/strong><\/code> and copied the helpful script there into the <strong>functions.php<\/strong> of my child theme folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second, I went to the Dashboard view of my website and started to deactivate and\/or removed plugins that I didn&#8217;t need for now to see if that would perhaps improve performance. I deleted the following plugins:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>No Right Click Images <\/li><li>Insert Headers and Footers<\/li><li>Hello Dolly<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>and, although I&#8217;m keeping the plugin All-in-One WP Migration, I deactivate this plugin to see if that makes a difference. I will activate this plugin when I&#8217;m importing and exporting WordPress site, but other than those times, I think deactivating the plugin might make some improvement to website speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To assist me in web page caching, I went with the plugin W3 Total Cache by BoldGrid. It&#8217;s an SEO and Performance Optimizer plugin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What issues did you run into along the way? What did you learn about web performance as a result?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The issue I ran into was that I&#8217;m not familiar with DevTools. But in it&#8217;s place to go along with WebPageTest and Lighthouse, I used Google&#8217;s PageSpeed Insights as recommended in this article: <a href=\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/how-to-perform-a-backend-audit-of-your-wordpress-website\/\">https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/how-to-perform-a-backend-audit-of-your-wordpress-website\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What I learned about web performance is that there is plenty of room for improvements. From the results, I was able to improve Compress Transfer and Cache static content from two letter grade &#8220;F&#8221; to two letter grade &#8220;A&#8221; on WebPageTest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Lighthouse, I was able to improve the Performance of my website from a score of 73 to a score of 91.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And for Google&#8217;s PageSpeed Insights, I was able to improve from 63 to 85. There is still room for further performance improvement, but so far for me it has been a leap in the right direction. My website loads approximately 1 second faster now than before I made performance improvements, which I think is quite substantial in the internet world. A page load speed can make or break a website and could mean the difference between gaining an audience\/customer and losing them to a competitor&#8217;s website if my website took too long to load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>How is your content coming along? Do you need to refine the design? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think my website is coming along fine. It&#8217;s just a matter of spending more time to add more content. For example, in my blog feed I got &#8220;Web Development&#8221; covered since it&#8217;s the assignments we do each week, but for the &#8220;Off-Topic&#8221; section of the blog, I need to add some content. I have some ideas of what I would like to post in that section of my blog site. Any content that is workplace safe and family-friendly would be acceptable. 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