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Most of us know by now that image optimization is very important as it plays a huge part in the total load times of your WordPress website. Today we want to share with you an easy alternative on how to integrate Google’s WebP files into your WordPress site. Some users have seen image file size reductions of over 70%! What is WebP? If you aren’t familiar with WebP , it is an image file format created by the web performance team over at Google with the intent of creating images that are smaller and faster. It was first announced in 2010 and features both lossy and lossless compression methods. The images are delivered to the web browser from a web server based on the MIME type it uses which is image/webp . WebP lossless images are 26% smaller in size compared to PNGs and WebP lossy images are 25-34% smaller than JPEGs. Companies like YouTube and eBay are already using WebP to silently power a lot of their sites. Below is an example from eBay, where on their homepage … [Read more...] about How to Use WebP Files in WordPress & Decrease Page Load Times

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Tons of articles written as the one guide to performance on WordPress, tons of content dedicated to the subject at hand but, what about the tools we use for measurement? The online and software tools we use are a big part of the equation. A wrong tool or improper results can lead you astray. Today we are going to do the exact opposite, today we are going to benchmark the benchmarks and see if we can come up with a better idea of what’s good, what’s acceptable and what should be definitely avoided when trying to analyze our sites in our need for speed. The stars of the night are going to be: GTMetrix, KeyCDN Speed Test, Pingdom Tools, Google Pagespeed Insights, Webpagetest and Monitis Speed Tools . we will talk about the strong and week points on each and then offer you the results. For Techno Geeks For this article we are going to use a website and a service we are sure it’s suited for optimum performance. The site will be a digital gaming magazine, highly optimized, with … [Read more...] about WordPress Performance Testing: Why, How & Which Tools to Use

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Real quick, WordPress post formats are meta information (or ‘tags’) that can be used by themes to customize presentation of a post. Urgh! Meta what? For those not well-versed in developer-speak, we can think of post formats as a feature that allows you to present your posts in different styles. There you have it private, you can put your guns away now. Post formats expand the micro-blogging face of WordPress as you can create your post as an aside, a status update, a quote, a gallery, a video, a link or an image, and style each to your heart’s content. Bottom line: The post formats feature makes WordPress a more complete blogging platform. Think of it this way. You can share an external link that befits your readers, create Twitter-like updates, build amazing galleries, and share unforgettable quotes among other things with a single click . Suffice to say, if your theme supports WordPress post formats, you can customize how each format looks even if the developer has done that … [Read more...] about WordPress Post Formats Guide: What They Are & Why To Use Them

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They are super-powerful. They are as beautiful as they are responsive. They are bold – fit both for the professional nine-fiver as well as the freelancing type. They cut to the chase. They embody definiteness of purpose, and when used well, they are a symbol of authority. We are talking about one-page WordPress themes ladies and gents, because at times, all you need is a single page to drive your point home. These one-page thrillers have taken the WordPress theme market by storm, and they are here to stay, etching a deeper niche every dawn. What you are about to enjoy in a moment is a badass collection of some the wickedest one-pagers ever made. So buckle up, mi amigo, and get ready for 20 best one-page WordPress themes in 3, 2, 1… Disclaimer: WPExplorer is an affiliate for one or more products listed below. If you click a link and complete a purchase we could make a commission. 1. Total Info & Download View The Demo Total is not a single one page WordPress … [Read more...] about 21 Best One-Page WordPress Themes

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Google AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) is a disruptive new technology designed to make the web more mobile-friendly, significantly faster and reliable. This post series is dedicated to exploring Google AMP and how to set it up in WordPress. Here’s a list of things that we’re going to cover over in this post series: First, we’ll take a quick refresher on current mobile web trends – justifying the need for AMP We’ll also take another small overview on how page speed impacts our businesses and see how AMP can help Next, we’ll learn what is AMP, see some real-life examples of what is can do. That would mark the end of this article. In the next article, we will learn how to setup AMP for WordPress Let’s begin. Google AMP Before digging into the information about AMP, you can follow along with the WPCrafter video guide that ties into our post. According to the 2015 Internet Trends Report published by consulting firm KPCB, the average adult spent 5.6 hours a day on … [Read more...] about Introduction to Google AMP for WordPress

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