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Performance Game Changer: Browser Back/Forward Cache

Smashing Magazine

Performance Game Changer: Browser Back/Forward Cache. Performance Game Changer: Browser Back/Forward Cache. With that caveat out of the way, let’s get to the guts of the article: What is the Back/Forward Cache and why does it matter so much? Didn’t The HTTP Cache Do All That Anyway? Barry Pollard.

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Average Page Load Time in 2021

MachMetrics

Many people often confuse site speed with page speed grades of performance testing tools, which are actually calculated based on multiple factors of a page including its loading speed. Since you have access to these tools/extensions the average page load time of your WordPress should be lesser than 5 seconds max.

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Google PageSpeed Insights - Scoring 100/100 with WordPress

KeyCDN

In the plugin’s settings you will want to check the following: Optimize HTML Code Optimize JavaScript Code Optimize CSS Code We are also using KeyCDN’s free Cache Enabler plugin to deliver the WebP formatted images we converted earlier for faster download times. location ~*.(js|css|png|jpg|svg|jpeg|gif|ico)$

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Why is Wordpress Slow?

KeyCDN

Many factors affect the speed of your WordPress website; some of them are: Your web host Server-side optimizations (PHP version, compression, caching, etc.) Several website speed testing tools available could be used for this purpose. We test the home page of a WordPress website using the Website Speed Test.

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Front-End Performance Checklist 2021

Smashing Magazine

This guide has been kindly supported by our friends at LogRocket , a service that combines frontend performance monitoring , session replay, and product analytics to help you build better customer experiences. Study common complaints coming into customer service and sales team, study analytics for high bounce rates and conversion drops.

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Front-End Performance Checklist 2020 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]

Smashing Magazine

Is it worth exploring tree-shaking, scope hoisting, code-splitting, and all the fancy loading patterns with intersection observer, server push, clients hints, HTTP/2, service workers and — oh my — edge workers? You can then mimic the 90th percentile’s experience for testing. thanks, Guy Podjarny!

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Front-End Performance Checklist 2019 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]

Smashing Magazine

Is it worth exploring tree-shaking, scope hoisting, code-splitting, and all the fancy loading patterns with intersection observer, server push, clients hints, HTTP/2, service workers and — oh my — edge workers? To get accurate results and goals though, first study your analytics to see what your users are on.