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RocketPress & Cloudfare — The Perfect Duo for WordPress

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  In this article, I will explain why I use the cache plugin RocketPress and CDN service Cloudfare as my go-to selections to boost site speed. Over the last few years, I’ve built blog sites using some of the best plugins and WordPress themes available today. Like any blog built on WordPress, site speed and performance are super important. In fact, they’re arguably the most important impressions of a site because no one likes a slow site and its easier to click away to someone else’s site. In this article, I will explain why I use the cache plugin RocketPress and CDN service Cloudfare as my go-to selections to boost site speed and fix Pagespeed diagnostic concerns like properly sized images, reduced unused CSS, and so on. I’ve used these on my sites and can attest to the speed differences. Both are very good and highly recommended. What is RocketPress and how does it work for your blog? RocketPress is a popular plugin specifically designed to improve the performance of WordPress webs

9 Ways to Speed Up a WooCommerce Store + The Best Plugin

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  If your WooCommerce store doesn’t load quickly for visitors, you’re missing out on sales. In fact, your conversion rate can  decrease by 7%  for every second your site takes to load — that’s a lot of lost customers!  Focusing on website speed is well worth the effort, but it doesn’t have to be time-consuming or difficult. Let’s take a look at a few ways you can  speed up your store . 1. Compress your product images Images are some of the “heaviest” website files, so they can have a major impact on site speed. The more you compress your images, the faster your pages will load. But, of course, you also don’t want to sacrifice quality. The key is proper image compression and optimization. Here are a few tips: ·          Save images in the correct format. JPEG is usually the way to go! ·          Resize images before uploading them to WordPress. ·          Compress images before uploading them to WordPress.   Want to skip over all these steps?  RocketPress CDN  handles im

Google Core Web Vitals for WordPress: How to Test and Improve Them

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    Table of Contents ·          What Are Google Core Web Vitals? ·          Do Core Web Vitals Affect SEO as a Ranking Factor? ·          How to Test & Measure Core Web Vitals on WordPress ·          How to Improve Core Web Vitals on WordPress ·          Tips to Boost Your WordPress Performance if Core Web Vitals Don’t Improve ·          Start Optimizing Core Web Vitals on WordPress Today   Heard about this new Google Core Web Vitals project but not sure how it connects to your WordPress site? Or maybe you have no idea what the Core Web Vitals project is and why it matters for WordPress? Either way, this post is going to cover everything you need to know about Core Web Vitals and WordPress. We’ll tell you what they are, how to test them, and how to improve your site’s scores to create a better user experience What Are Google Core Web Vitals? Core Web Vitals are a new initiative from Google designed to measure and improve user experience on the web. In