I was happy to have the opportunity to present at WordCamp Jacksonville. It was held for the first time at Florida State College of Jacksonville on April 16th and 17th. My talk was for the User track about Improving Website Speed. Direct link to the slides from this presentation: We ... Read More →
Archives for 2016
How to disable Emojis in WordPress
Emojis were first introduced in WordPress 4.2. They are tiny icons or smileys used on the Internet. If you don't use it, Emojis script (wp-emoji-release.min.js?ver=4.3.1) in WordPress creates an extra HTTP request, which adds to total page load time, and slows down your WordPress site. Many ... Read More →
WordCamp Miami 2016
I was delighted to speak at WordCamp Miami 2016. This event was on February 19-21, 2016 at Florida International University. Here are the slides from my presentation "Improving Website Performance". We discussed why should you care about page load time, different methods of testing page speed, ... Read More →
How to remove query strings from static resources
If you test your website speed with tools, such as GTMetrix.com, or on Pingdom Tools, you'll see a suggestion: Remove Query strings from static resources. Resources, containing query strings cannot be cached. You'll get an improved speed score if you remove those query strings. Files that ... Read More →
How to enable Free SSL, HTTP/2 protocol and CDN
You can get Free SSL (Flexible SSL) from CloudFlare. With that, CloudFlare has added support for HTTP/2 protocol. CloudFlare is a Content Delivery Network, that will optimize the delivery of your web pages so that your visitors get faster load times and better performance. This is how CloudFlare ... Read More →
Improve Your Website Performance
Slides from my recent talk "Improve Your Website Performance" This talk was focused on why speed matters, how you can measure, and different ways you can improve your page load. We also discussed new HTTP/2 Protocol and it's benefits. Suggestions to improve website performance: optimize images, ... Read More →