Caching vs Optimization for Site Speed
Discover the unique differences in caching and optimization to speed up the page load on your site and why you need to do both.
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Pinterest Images: Where to Embed in Your Post and Why
I asked pro bloggers where they include their main Pinterest tower image in their blog post and why.
Discover what they said and how their strategies may help you improve your on-page view time and shares. -
Why You Don’t Want to Use Google AMP
The Genesis 3.0 update contains AMP support in the core. And it is being billed as a great way to speed up the mobile version of your site.
And it does.
But are you ready to pay the revenue-dropping price for how it does that?
See what you need to know about AMP and why I advise my clients not to use it.
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Best Paid Social Share Button Plugins
See the results of my deep tests on the paid versions of Social Pug and Social Warfare for speed, page weight, features and overall performance.
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Free Social Share Button Plugins: The Best and Worst to Use
A good social sharing button plugin is a must have. But it shouldn’t drag down your site speed, or cookie track your visitors.
See a real side-by-side test for both fashion and function. You’ll clearly see which plugins to use and which to run away from.
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Scriptless Social Sharing Plugin: Best Settings for Speed and Looks
This is THE fastest, lightest weight social share button plugin available – especially if you tweak a couple of settings.
See how to make it as fast as possible on your site while still looking great.
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Cloudflare Plugin Hooks.php Issue with PHP 7.2
There is a bug or conflict with the Cloudflare plugin when you set your host PHP level to 7.2.
When you try to save or publish a post, or delete a spam comment, you may get a white screen with an error about the hooks.php file in the Cloudflare plugin.
See the details, where to find more info, and how to fix the problem. -
Why Image Reduction and Optimization is the Quickest Way to a Fast Site
Images are the #1 cause of slow sites.
Speeding them up is not all about optimizing the images in your content either.
I’ll show you how to see ALL of the images loading on each of your posts.
You will be SHOCKED!
And, I’ll show you ways to rethink your images so you can reduce how many you load, plus how long they take.