optimizing wordpress for speed and conversions by ben metcalfe
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Optimizing WordPress for speed and conversions can have an immediate impact on your bottom line. Learn how to turn WordPress into a supercharged revenue driving machine. Experience level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Target audience: Affiliate/Publisher Niche/vertical: WordPress Ben Metcalfe, Co-Founder, WP Engine (Twitter @dotBen) David Vogelpohl, CEO, Marketing Clique (Twitter @davidvmc)TRANSCRIPT
Optimizing WordPress for Speed and Conversions
Optimizing WordPress for Speed
&ConversionsBen Metcalfe | Founder, WP Engine
@dotBen | [email protected]
Affiliate Summit West - Las Vegas 2013
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Optimizing WordPress for Speed and Conversions
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Optimizing WordPress for Speed and Conversions
Optimizing WordPress for Speed and Conversions
Before we begin…
Optimizing WordPress for Speed and Conversions
Why?
Optimizing WordPress for Speed and Conversions
Level 1Let’s get the basics out the way :)
Optimizing WordPress for Speed and Conversions
Keep WP up to dateWhy wouldn’t you?
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Caching plugins FTW!!
W3-Total-Cache
also: WPSuperCache, BatCache
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Avoid bad plugins
Think about plugins that:• do backups• do ‘related posts’ stuff• are not maintained/poorly written• don’t have many downloads
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Is your host slow?
PageSpeed.orgYslow
http://speed.wpengine.com
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Level 2
Optimizing WordPress for Speed and Conversions
Offloading (poor-man’s CDN)
Serve images via Flickr/etc
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CDNMaxCDN (we use parent company @ WP Engine)
Photon by Automattic [Free]CloudFlare [Free]
Use all the time or just ‘emergencies’
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‘Smush’ your imagesWPSmush.it plugin
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Optimize for MobileMobile WordPress Plugins
• WP-Touch• JetPack’s Mobile Theme
Responsive Design Templates
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Level 3A little more technical…
Optimizing WordPress for Speed and Conversions
Repair your MySQL DB
Sometimes you need to tidy your room :)
PHPMyAdmin or OptimizeDB plugin
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Opcode cache, eg APC
php-apc + W3-Total-Cache
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Dedicated MySQLDB Box
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#Fails
Optimizing WordPress for Speed and Conversions
DON’T edit core files!No matter what “performance” benefit
you think it will make!
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Amazon EC2… isn’t a silver bullet
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Thank you!
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