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Why is Wordpress Slow?

KeyCDN

Several website speed testing tools available could be used for this purpose. KeyCDN Website Speed Test, GTmetrix, Google PageSpeed Insights, WebPageTest, and Pingdom Tools are some great choices. We test the home page of a WordPress website using the Website Speed Test.

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The State Of Mobile And Why Mobile Web Testing Matters

Smashing Magazine

After all, when we look at our analytics, we will hardly find any customers browsing our sites or apps with a mid-range device on a flaky 3G connection. While a vast majority of the time is spent in just a few mobile apps, social media platforms provide a gateway to the web and your services — especially in education.

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Email Testing Flow As It Should Be

Smashing Magazine

Dozens of cat memes on social media are obviously funny, but this is not always the type of PR activity you expected to be part of. Take care of the proper naming for your clients’ lists — in some tools, they can be visible for your customers when they double opt-in or unsubscribe. How To Test Email Deliverability.

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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. Test your pages. Start by testing your page on a speed testing tool such as Google Page Speed Insight , webpagetest.org , GT Metrix , etc.

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10 Steps to Prepare Your Website for High-Load Days: Are You Ready for Black Friday?

Rigor

At a minimum, Optimal recommends that you have RUM, APM, synthetic, and load test tools set up, instrumented, and producing meaningful data. RUM or analytics data (funnel analysis) can help you determine the user flows that drive the majority of your business and that will be most critical on high-load days.

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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

Study common complaints coming into customer service and sales team, study analytics for high bounce rates and conversion drops. Run performance experiments and measure outcomes — both on mobile and on desktop (for example, with Google Analytics ). You can then mimic the 90th percentile’s experience for testing.