Over the last 5 years the size of an average web page gradually increased, and so did the sizes of images used. Average page size recently went over 3 Mb in size! Source: HTTPArchive As you can see on the chart above, images take up more than half of the page size. Large unoptimized ... Read More →
Best Practices For Faster Websites
Slides from my talk at WordPress Meetup Orlando about Best Practices for Faster Websites. I often hear people asking: "Why is my site slow?" In this presentation we discussed how you can test website speed, figure out what's causing loading delay, and what are the best practices you can implement ... Read More →
Plugins
Slides from the presentation about WordPress plugins at WordCamp Orlando 2016. This event was held on November 12-13, 2016 at the UCF Rosen College of Hospitality Management. Sunday workshop featured WordPress for Beginners for those that are just getting started with WordPress. We discussed ... Read More →
WordCamp Orlando 2016
I was happy to speak at WordCamp Orlando. This event was held on November 12-13, 2016 at the UCF Rosen College of Hospitality Management. We discussed why website speed is so important, how you can test it, how to compare page load time to competitor's, and how to improve it. We also discussed ... Read More →
How to add star rating in WordPress
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Recently I had to include star rating on my client’s website. The goal was to offer easier and faster way to rate the client on several websites, and direct unhappy customers to a feedback form. I know this might not always be ... Read More →
Make WordPress website faster in 3 steps
In this post I want to share an easy and simple process that will give the biggest win when it comes to website speed. The Goal: Achieve faster website speed with minimal effort. There are many speed optimization techniques you can do, but this post is aimed at getting the biggest speed ... Read More →
Migrate WordPress to HTTPS
Slides from my talk at WordPress Orlando Meetup on how to migrate WordPress site from HTTP to HTTPS. As more sites transition to HTTPS and Google giving preferred ranking to secure sites, it became important to properly install a TLS/SSL Certificate. The process of moving to HTTPS can be ... Read More →
Why you should migrate to HTTPS
HTTPS (HTTP Secure), as the name shows is a secure version of HTTP protocol. When you browse the web, I hope you know not to enter your passwords or credit card information on websites that don't have a green lock in the browser bar: This green lock shows that communication between your ... Read More →