FASTERWordPress

Optimize WordPress performance

About me and the companyDat Hoang

● Community & Support of OnTheGoSystems

● Marketing Online

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● WPML● Toolset plugins● ICanLocalize

Agenda

● Easy-to-go tips

● Tips for database

● Advanced tips

● Discussion

Easy-to-go tips

● Update WordPress core

● Resize images

● Enable gzip or zlib

● Delete unused plugin

Tips for database

1. No revision if you have no idea to use it● Delete current revision posts

DELETE a,b,c FROM wp_posts a WHERE a.post_type =

'revision' LEFT JOIN wp_term_relationships b ON (a.ID = b.

object_id) LEFT JOIN wp_postmeta c ON (a.ID = c.post_id);

● Disable revision in wp-config.php

define('WP_POST_REVISIONS', FALSE);

Tips for database

2. Automatically empty trashDefine this line in wp-config.php

define('EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS', 10 );

3. Cleanup databaseLog in phpMyAdmin -> Select your blog tables-> Click ‘repair’ button-> Click ‘optimize’ button

Advanced tips

1. Minify CSS and JS files○ WP Minify○ Better WP Minify○ WP-Compress-HTML

2. CDN (Content delivery network)○ Amazon S3, CloudFront○ MaxCDN

3. Caching plugins○ WordPress Super Cache: small sites, low traffic○ W3 Total Cache: big sites, high traffic, supporting

CDN

Troubleshoot more problems

● Debug Queries

● P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler)

● Google Page Speed Insights

Discussion

Reference links1. http://codex.wordpress.

org/WordPress_Optimization/WordPress_Performance 2. http://wpml.org/2012/01/can-your-site-run-faster/3. http://www.copyblogger.com/make-wordpress-faster4. http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/11-ways-to-make-

your-wordpress-site-faster-and-leaner/5. http://www.wpactions.com/843/how-to-make-your-

wordpress-site-faster/6. http://www.cloudproviderusa.com/5-basic-tips-how-

make-your-wordpress-site-faster/

Big Thanks!Dat HoangCommunity & Support Vietnam E: dat.h@icanlocalize.comW: wpml.org | wp-types.com | icanlocalize.com

Saigon, March 1, 2014