And what a year it has been! Hindsight is 2020: January – March kicked us off and I followed up with April through June. Let’s look at some defining and popular posts from July through September and see how they hold up. July I very much enjoy putting together The Art of WordPress Load Testing […]
Tag: Load Testing
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GTmetrix Adopts Lighthouse
If it isn’t already, GTmetrix should be your go to for a quick performance review. It doesn’t test load but is great for getting that single user view of any issues that may be effecting performance as well as some timings. You really should do more, see The Art of WordPress load testing, where I […]
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Assorted Links
The post Black Friday, pre Cyber Monday, surviving the weekend, no 75% off, taking a breath and learning a little assorted links. Let’s do it! WordPress Themes for Consulting Business: “some of the most popular consulting WordPress themes” A load off the University of Helsinki’s mind: “5000 users over a period of 30 minutes” Optimizing […]
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Morning Coffee: Optimal Optimization
Ok, we have less than two weeks until the internet door busting shopping spectacle known as Black Friday / Cyber Monday (BFCM) unleashes. While many online stores are already ramping up with early deals, I certainly expect special SPECIALS on the traditional days. Are you ready for it? But first a public service announcement from […]
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Morning Coffee: F Words
Not that f word! This is a family friendly publication. We have some Fs in here that are interesting and exciting. Follow along (see what I did there)! Fronting the News While there have been the arguments about JAMstack vs WordPress, let’s not forget that there is a lot of static site magic happening with […]
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Morning Coffee: The Ecommerce Race
Don’t know about you but I’m almost back to normal sleep patterns. I think I’ve watched more cable news in the last four days than in the last four years. What else is going on in November? Black Friday / Cyber Monday / Grey November (BF/CM/GN) momentum is speeding up and there is still plenty […]
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Morning Coffee: Afternoon Performance Blend
A little thought. I am by no means a financial market prognosticator or analyst, but I think the recent poor NYSE/Nasdaq performance and early year-end profit taking are going to push to pent up demand by the third quarter of 2021 for a WordPress IPO. By WordPress I mean the obvious financial leaders who are […]
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Morning Coffee: cPanel WordPress Toolkit
The big news of the day for hosting and especially shared hosts is the announcement of WordPress Toolkit. WordPress Toolkit Lite is included and free with cPanel version 92, and there is also a paid upgrade called WordPress Toolkit Deluxe. I have had the chance to be looking at it since last week and there […]
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Morning Coffee: Cloudflares Up
Cloudflare has been on a roll over the last week, first with a privacy focused analytics platform and now WordPress focused optimization, from WP Tavern, Cloudflare Launches Automatic Platform Optimization for WordPress: “The effects of using APO are similar to hosting static files on a CDN, but without the need to manage a complicated tech […]
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Morning Coffee: Speedy WordPress
Speedy WordPress There are a lot of ways to improve WordPress speed and the first course of action is almost always looking at what your web host can do. Let’s begin with a “let’s begin” from Tom Rankin, Torque, How to Scale Your WordPress Website: “Let’s begin with a brief discussion on what we mean […]