Slide Deck PDF
Slide Deck PDF download – https://www.dropbox.com/s/bfwubx0gcxfpqe8/WordPress%20Meetup%202018-07.pdf?dl=0
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General
- Freelancer tools KB > Speed up WordPress * – https://kb.freelancerstools.com/how-to-speed-up-wordpress-website/
- SitePoint > Optimize WordPress sites – https://www.sitepoint.com/optimize-wordpress-sites-performance/
- SiteGround > Optimize WordPress sites – https://www.siteground.com/tutorials/wordpress/optimize-performance/
- Online Media Masters > Why is WordPress slow – https://onlinemediamasters.com/why-is-wordpress-so-slow/
- Dev WP > Speed up WordPress – https://devwp.eu/business/11-ways-dramatically-speed-website-technical-perspective/
- Kinsta > Page speed * – https://kinsta.com/learn/page-speed/
- Kinsta > Speed up WordPress* – https://kinsta.com/learn/speed-up-wordpress/
- WP Engine > Make WordPress speedy – https://wpengine.com/blog/make-wordpress-speedy-lightweight-and-scalable/
- WP Beginner > WordPress Performance – https://www.wpbeginner.com/wordpress-performance-speed/
- Google PageSpeed Tools > Insights – https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/insights/about
- My Theme Shop > Optimize WordPress sites * – https://mythemeshop.com/blog/wordpress-speed-optimization/
- Things I Learned > Fun learning tool about the internet – http://www.20thingsilearned.com/en-US/what-is-the-internet
- WP Rocket > Don’t chase grades – https://docs.wp-rocket.me/article/85-google-page-speed-grade-does-not-improve
- GT Metrix > How to read the Waterfall – https://gtmetrix.com/blog/how-to-read-a-waterfall-chart-for-beginners/
- CSS Tricks > What is the DOM? – https://css-tricks.com/dom/
- Page Speed > All the reason why – https://kinsta.com/learn/page-speed/
- Web Performance basics – https://www.learnperf.com/
- Website Speed Guide – https://www.portent.com/blog/design-dev/ultimate-site-speed-guide-how-to-use-this-book.htm
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Testing Tools
- Web Page Test > Website speed test tool * – https://www.webpagetest.org
- WP Engine > Differences between grades and results – https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com/test-interpret-wordpress-site-performance-do-go-chasing-waterfalls/
- GTMetrix > Website speed test tool – https://gtmetrix.com
- Pingdom Tools > Website speed test tool – https://tools.pingdom.com
- Kinsta > Website speed test tools * – https://kinsta.com/blog/website-speed-test/
- Kinsta > Pingdom test tool- https://kinsta.com/blog/pingdom-speed-test/
- WP Rocket > Differences in testing tools – https://wp-rocket.me/blog/pingdom-vs-gtmetrix-vs-webpagetest-different/
- GTmetrix > Difference between testing tools – https://gtmetrix.com/blog/the-difference-between-gtmetrix-pagespeed-insights-pingdom-tools-and-webpagetest/
- Key CDN > TTFB test – https://tools.keycdn.com/performance
- Can I Use > Check current browser’s technology – https://caniuse.com
- Why No Padlock > testing your SSL website – https://docs.wp-rocket.me/article/85-google-page-speed-grade-does-not-improve
- Qualys SSL Labs > testing your SSL certificate – https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/index.html
- Security Headers > testing your Security Headers – https://securityheaders.com
- Lighthouse > Google Page Insights – https://wp-rocket.me/blog/pagespeed-insights-lighthouse-how-to-read-the-new-report/
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Database
- WPMU dev > Fully uninstall a plugin – https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/how-to-fully-uninstall-a-wordpress-plugin/
- RAWKBLOG > David Greenwald’s July PDX WP Meetup talk – https://www.rawkblog.com/2018/01/how-to-clean-up-the-wordpress-wp_postmeta-database-table/
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Images
- KInsta > SVG tutorial – https://kinsta.com/blog/wordpress-svg/
- Kinsta > Image compression tools (Imagify) –https://kinsta.com/blog/lossy-compression/
- Kinsta > Image compression * https://kinsta.com/blog/optimize-images-for-web/
- Digital Inspiration > YouTube videos – https://www.labnol.org/internet/light-youtube-embeds/27941/
- WP Shout > Custom image sizes – https://wpshout.com/wordpress-custom-image-sizes/
- Web Designer Depot > Myth of DPI – https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2010/02/the-myth-of-dpi/
- Dara Skolnik > PPI vs. DPI – https://daraskolnick.com/image-dpi-web/
- Shout Me Loud > Image compression tools * – https://www.shoutmeloud.com/best-wordpress-image-compression-plugins.html
- Proteus Themes > Image compression tools * – https://www.proteusthemes.com/blog/ultimate-guide-image-optimization-wordpress/
- WP Hero > Image sizes – https://wphero.io/blog/ultimate-guide-wordpress-image-sizes/
- CSS Tricks > Using SRCSET to resize images – https://css-tricks.com/responsive-images-youre-just-changing-resolutions-use-srcset/
- Image Optimization Comparisons > https://gobarrelroll.com/best-wordpress-image-optimization-plugins/
- Guetzli vs. Shortpixel > https://blog.shortpixel.com/guetzli-shortpixel-comparison/
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Themes / Plugins
- Freelancer tools > Plugins that use resources – https://www.freelancerstools.com/plugins-that-use-lot-of-server-resources-slow-down-site/
- Kinsta > Performance plugins – https://kinsta.com/blog/wordpress-performance-plugins/
- Tidy Repo > 100 Theme speed tests – https://tidyrepo.com/speed-comparison-100-wordpress-themes/
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Hosting
- Review Signal > Hosting reviews * – https://reviewsignal.com/blog/wordpress-hosting-performance-benchmarks-2018/
- Red Sand Marketing > Apache vs. NGINX (may not apply) – https://www.redsandmarketing.com/blog/nginx-servers-wordpress-dont-mix/
- Kinsta > PHP Benchmarks * – https://kinsta.com/blog/php-7-hhvm-benchmarks/
- Kinsta > Support PHP Versions – https://kinsta.com/blog/php-versions/
- Kinsta > TTFB – https://kinsta.com/blog/ttfb/
- Kinsta > PHP 7.3 Coming soon – https://kinsta.com/blog/php-7-3/
- Cloudflare > SSL options –https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170416-What-do-the-SSL-options-mean
- WP Beginner > CDN reviews – https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/best-wordpress-cdn-services/
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Requests
- Kinsta > 3rd party services – https://kinsta.com/blog/third-party-performance/
- Kinsta > Hosting local fonts – https://kinsta.com/blog/local-fonts/
- Google Webfonts Helper > Self host Google fonts – https://google-webfonts-helper.herokuapp.com/fonts
- System Fonts > Use your computer fonts – https://woorkup.com/system-font/
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Caching
- Kinsta > Caching plugins * – https://kinsta.com/blog/wordpress-caching-plugins/
- Online Media Masters > WP Rocket – https://onlinemediamasters.com/wp-rocket-settings-with-cloudflare-maxcdn/
- Online Media Masters > Swift – https://onlinemediamasters.com/swift-performance-settings/
- Servebolt > How caching works with WordPress – https://servebolt.com/how-does-caching-work-in-wordpress/
- Servebolt > Contrary view – https://servebolt.com/how-you-should-test-your-website-speed-for-performance-and-why-you-are-doing-it-wrong/
- MacMost > Clearing Safari cache – https://macmost.com/clearing-your-mac-safari-browser-cache.html
- Freelancer’s Tools > Swift Performance caching plugin – https://www.freelancerstools.com/swift-performance-review/
- Swift Performance Cache > WP Johnny’s setup guide – https://wpjohnny.com/swift-performance-wordpress-cache-plugin-unofficial-guide/
- Breeze Cache > Cloudways setup guide – https://support.cloudways.com/breeze-wordpress-cache-configuration/
- W3 Total Cache > W3TC cache settings – https://themeisle.com/blog/w3-total-cache-settings/
- Winning WP > Primer on caching – https://winningwp.com/what-is-website-caching-and-why-is-it-so-important/
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Themes
- Astra > Light weight theme, great for page builders (paid version) – https://wordpress.org/themes/astra/
- Generate Press > Light weight, works with page builders (paid version) – https://wordpress.org/themes/generatepress/
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Plugins
For Images
- Shortpixel > Image optimizer (paid version) – https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortpixel-image-optimiser/
- Imagify > Image optimizer (paid version) – https://wordpress.org/plugins/imagify/
- TinyPNG > Image optimizer (paid version) – https://wordpress.org/plugins/tiny-compress-images/
- EWWW > Image optimizer (paid version) – https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/
- WP Smushit > Image optimizer (paid version) – https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/
- Enable Media Replace > Change existing image (free) – https://wordpress.org/plugins/enable-media-replace/
- Imsanity > Compress and resize existing images (free) – https://wordpress.org/plugins/imsanity/
- Resize Image After Upload > Compress and resize existing images (free) – https://wordpress.org/plugins/resize-image-after-upload/
Caching
- WP Rocket > Full page cache (paid only) – https://wp-rocket.me
- Swift Performance Light > Full page cache (paid version) – https://wordpress.org/plugins/swift-performance-lite/
- WP Fastest Cache > Full page cache (paid version) – https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-fastest-cache/
- Comet Cache > Full page cache (paid version) – https://wordpress.org/plugins/comet-cache/
- Breeze > Full page cache (free) – https://wordpress.org/plugins/breeze/
- Cache Enabler > Full page cache only (free) – https://wordpress.org/plugins/cache-enabler/
- Simple Cache > Full page cache only (free) – https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-cache/
- Autoptimize > Minification and Combination, works with Full page cache only plugins (free) – https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoptimize/
Other plugins
- Admin Columns > add other fields column lists (paid version) – https://wordpress.org/plugins/codepress-admin-columns/
- Admin Spider > add post types to Admin bar (paid version) – https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-page-spider/
- Duplicate Post > easily duplicate any post (free) – https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicate-post/
- Safe SVG > safely upload SVG files (paid version) – https://wordpress.org/plugins/safe-svg/
- Code Snippets > safely add PHP code snippets (free) – https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-snippets/