{"id":4427,"date":"2023-06-09T07:19:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T07:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rengga.dev\/blog\/?p=4427"},"modified":"2023-06-08T07:23:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T07:23:27","slug":"speeding-up-wordpress-in-easy-steps-no-coding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rengga.dev\/blog\/speeding-up-wordpress-in-easy-steps-no-coding\/","title":{"rendered":"Speeding Up WordPress in Easy Steps (No Coding)"},"content":{"rendered":"

We know that making changes to your website configuration can be a terrifying thought for beginners, especially if you\u2019re not a tech-geek.<\/p>\n

But don\u2019t worry, you\u2019re not alone. We have helped thousands of WordPress users improve their WordPress performance.<\/p>\n

We will show you how you can speed up your WordPress site with just a few clicks (no coding required).<\/p>\n

If you can point-and-click, then you can do this!<\/p>\n

Install a WordPress Caching Plugin<\/h4>\n

WordPress pages are \u201cdynamic.\u201d This means they\u2019re built on the fly every time someone visits a post or page on your website.<\/p>\n

To build your pages, WordPress has to run a process to find the required information, put it all together, and then display it to your user.<\/p>\n

This process involves a lot of steps, and it can really slow down your website when you have multiple people visiting it at once.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why we recommend every WordPress site use a caching plugin. Caching can make your WordPress site anywhere from 2x to 5x faster.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how it works.<\/p>\n

Instead of going through the whole page generation process every time, your caching plugin makes a copy of the page after the first load, and then serves that cached version to every subsequent user.<\/p>\n

\"Page<\/p>\n

As you can see in the graphics above, when a user visits your WordPress site, your server retrieves information from a MySQL database and your PHP files. It then puts it all together into HTML content which is served to the user.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a long process, but you can skip a lot of it when you use caching instead.<\/p>\n

There are a lot of good\u00a0WordPress caching plugins\u00a0available, but we recommend using either\u00a0WP Rocket\u00a0(premium) or\u00a0WP Super Cache<\/a>\u00a0(free) plugin.<\/p>\n

Check out our step by step guide on\u00a0how to install and setup WP Super Cache on your WordPress site. It\u2019s not difficult to set up, and your visitors will notice the difference.<\/p>\n

Many WordPress hosting companies like\u00a0Bluehost\u00a0and\u00a0SiteGround\u00a0offer caching solutions as well.<\/p>\n

SiteGround\u00a0SG Optimizer<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are using SiteGround, then your WordPress site will come pre-installed with their\u00a0SG Optimizer<\/a>. This plugin has all the powerful features that you\u2019d get with a premium WordPress caching plugin like WP Rocket.<\/p>\n

\"Turn<\/p>\n

The best part is that it\u2019s specially optimized for the SiteGround Google Cloud servers to give you superior performance results.<\/p>\n

Aside from caching, you also get various other performance settings, WebP image conversion in WordPress, database optimization, CSS minification, GZIP compression, and more.<\/p>\n

It also has dynamic caching features to help you\u00a0speed up your eCommerce website.<\/p>\n

Bluehost\u00a0Caching<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are using Bluehost, then go to\u00a0My Sites \u00bb Performance<\/strong>\u00a0section to turn on caching.<\/p>\n

\"Turning<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re using a\u00a0managed WordPress hosting\u00a0provider, then you don\u2019t need a caching plugin because it is built-in and turned on by default.<\/p>\n

Bonus:<\/strong>\u00a0You can combine caching plugins with a\u00a0web application firewall\u00a0like CloudFlare or\u00a0Sucuri\u00a0for maximum performance boost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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