Yakezie.com - Topic: Plugins for Site Speed https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/ Simple:Press Version 4.5.1 LaTisha @YoungFinances on Plugins for Site Speed https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/page-2/#p21081 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/page-2/#p21081 I use WP Super Cache and host my pics with Photobucket. It's less of a drain on my site when the pictures don't have to load from my server.

]]> Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:54:03 +0000 Forest Parks on Plugins for Site Speed https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p21008 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p21008 I'm using W3, anyone ever had any problems with Adsense with these plugins.... It seems ok but I am worried that it's caching my ads too.

]]> Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:29:30 +0000 Eric - PersonalProfitability.com on Plugins for Site Speed https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20863 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20863 Yes, emptying the cache allows the displayed version to refresh to the newest settings.

]]> Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:25:32 +0000 The Wall Street Chalkboard (Jeff) on Plugins for Site Speed https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20780 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20780 Quick Question: I'm now using the W3TC, I removed a couple of plugins that I don't use. A notification popped up telling me to empty cache page. Should I do it?

]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:29:12 +0000 Eric - PersonalProfitability.com on Plugins for Site Speed https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20446 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20446 I use WP Super Cache on my older sites and W3 on my newer sites. Both have worked well for me.

A few tips-

Remove plug ins that you don't absolutely need, as they are a big drain

Optimize your theme: remove unnecessary scripts, widgets, and use compressed image files to improve load time

Optimize your hosting: I had a big speed problem on two of my sites that were due to a RAM issue on the hosting server. My friend owns the server space and increased the RAM and changed the server cache to optimize load time. It cut my load time from about 15 seconds (horrible) to under 2 seconds on several computers/browsers.

]]> Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:51:04 +0000 Glen Craig on Plugins for Site Speed https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20246 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20246 As Wojo mentioned, I moved to a VPS at InMotion and that helped my site speed and crawlability as well!

InMotion moved my sites for me too (was on gs at MediaTemple).

]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:50:00 +0000 The Passive Income Earner on Plugins for Site Speed https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20239 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20239 My site was really slow one weekend and after much testing, I attributed it to my host provider. I switch to hostgator and they had my site fully transfered in a few days. I was quite painless.

Their online chat support is really good.

My site performance is pretty good and I don't even have any of the caching plugins enabled.

It's also worth noting that all my images come from my Google Photo site for my account as oppose to my provider. I figured that spreading the load across 2 servers would help and Google 'probably' has a fast backbone for all the data. 

]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:46:37 +0000 Wojo on Plugins for Site Speed https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20226 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20226 The Wall Street Chalkboard (Jeff) said:

Wojo said:

Also use W3. Above all else though, moving off the GoDaddy servers really helped my site. ;)

I currently use GoDaddy and haven't been to happy with it. What did you switch to and was it an easy transition?

I switched to MediaTemple, I've been 95% happy (anything is better than GoDaddy, really), but the transition was frustrating beyond belief, mostly because I didn't know what I was doing. If you're a hands-off person, I would suggest one of the hosting providers that handle the transition for you--a lot of gray hairs saved. (I think HostGator does it?)

]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:45:33 +0000 The Wall Street Chalkboard (Jeff) on Plugins for Site Speed https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20225 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20225 Wojo said:

Also use W3. Above all else though, moving off the GoDaddy servers really helped my site. ;)

I currently use GoDaddy and haven't been to happy with it. What did you switch to and was it an easy transition?

]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:27:18 +0000 Kevin McKee on Plugins for Site Speed https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20220 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20220 Glen Craig - Free From Broke said:

W3TC user here.

 

What may be even more helpful though is using the Google PageSpeed Firefox extension and the Yslow extension and look at what you can improve. 

Caching is one part of it but there may be other things you can speed up as well.

I've done things and found some stuff, but I didn't know how to fix it myself. Any experts here that know how to fix some common problems found by Yslow?

]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:48:33 +0000 Bank Guru on Plugins for Site Speed https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20218 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20218 W3!! The team is awesome and they are always updating the plugin. Mashable uses the same plugin (it also has to do with the W3 founder being the CTO of Mashable)

]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:21:29 +0000 Derek@LifeAndMyFinances on Plugins for Site Speed https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20195 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20195 Thanks for the question Jeff. This is something that I should have asked a long time ago! Thanks everyone for your input!

]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:57:11 +0000 Wojo on Plugins for Site Speed https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20192 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20192 Also use W3. Above all else though, moving off the GoDaddy servers really helped my site. ;)

]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:25:45 +0000 Sunil from The Extra Money Blog on Plugins for Site Speed https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20179 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20179 I second Glen, the FF plugin is revealing! at least when I used it.  One must be technically savvy however to implement the suggestions in my opinion

]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:41:22 +0000 Glen Craig on Plugins for Site Speed https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20172 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/plugins-for-site-speed/#p20172 W3TC user here.

 

What may be even more helpful though is using the Google PageSpeed Firefox extension and the Yslow extension and look at what you can improve. 

Caching is one part of it but there may be other things you can speed up as well.

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