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Do you know that a 1-second delay in your website speed can cause a serious drop in page views, customer satisfaction, and even conversions?<\/p>\n
Certainly no website owners would like to see a drop in these important things. So is there really a legit way to improve website speed? However, how to build a faster website without any specific knowledge or skills?<\/p>\n
We\u2019re pleased to present to you some of the tested and proven ways to improve your website speed:<\/p>\n
1- Enable Browser Caching
\n2- Use Appropriate Image Size
\n3- Enable Hotlinking Protection
\n4- Keep your Softwares\/Plugins Up-To-Date
\n5- Remove Unused Software or Plugins
\n6- Optimize Image Size Without Damaging Quality<\/p>\n
You can see a significant increase in your website speed<\/strong> and give your visitors a better browsing experience by enabling browser caching.<\/p>\n Browser caching<\/strong> is known as a process of storing HTML, CSS, PHP, and other files for an easier and faster access.<\/p>\n This makes sure that the database does not have to retrieve all files every time the same person visits the website.<\/p>\n By doing so, it can reduce the number of times the server has to retrieve the file, making the website take shorter time to load.<\/p>\n When your website has enabled full caching, your website loading time can drop from 2.4 seconds to 0.9 seconds.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re a WordPress<\/a> user, the easiest and fastest method for you to enable caching is to install a plugin in your WordPress account.<\/p>\n W3 Total Cache<\/a> and WP Super Cache<\/a> are some of the well known plugins that can boost your website speed tremendously despite the volume of traffic you have for your website.<\/p>\n For Joomla<\/a> users, browser caching can be easily done in your Joomla dashboard.<\/p>\n 1- Go to System > Global Configuration As for Drupal<\/a> users, Varnish Cache<\/a> is a highly recommended software to leverage browser caching.<\/p>\n The images on your website play a huge role as they make your website look attractive to your visitors.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, the images on your website can also be the reason that causes your website to slow down.<\/p>\n One good example is when you upload a large image (1,800px x 1,800px) to your website and resize it to a smaller image (100px x 100px).<\/p>\n Does this look familiar to you? This is not a good practice as it can cause your website to load slower than usual.<\/p>\n In this case, if you plan to show an image that is 100px x 100px on your website, it is best to upload an image that is exactly 100px x 100px.<\/p>\n Hotlinking is an unethical and wrong but is still done by many people today.<\/p>\n Hotlinking occurs when someone embeds an image from your site into their website. It may seem not to be a big deal, but it can seriously affect your website speed.<\/p>\n This is because when the embedded image is viewed on someone else\u2019s site, it is consuming your server resources, bringing a negative impact on your bandwidth as well as your website speed.<\/p>\n Luckily, this can be prevented by enabling hotlinking protection<\/strong> through your cPanel account<\/a>.<\/p>\n 1- Login to your cPanel. It may sound weird, but as a matter of fact, most of the updates in plugins would typically offer bug fixes, speed improvement<\/strong>, new features, security enhancements, or a mixture of the above.<\/p>\n In addition, WordPress<\/a> core updates often offer new features that involve allowing plugins to perform better at a faster speed.<\/p>\n By making sure that your plugins and WordPress account is updated, you can enjoy a faster website speed.<\/p>\n As a matter of fact, every plugin you install will cost you resources to use it. Unfortunately, your site will face a slower loading time if your plugins are taking away too much resources.<\/p>\n With excessive plugins, it can even cause serious security issues to your website.<\/p>\n With this said, it is best to lower down the number of plugins you have for your websites and uninstall those plugins that you are no longer using.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, you can see a significant drop in website loading speed by optimizing your image size.<\/p>\n When it comes to optimizing your image size, it does not mean that the quality of your image will be affected.<\/p>\n You can still have a high quality image even if you reduce your image size.<\/p>\n TinyPNG<\/a> is a cool tool that can tremendously reduce your image size while ensuring that your image quality is still the same.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re a WordPress user and do not wish to perform the extra step, WP Smush<\/a> is the best choice for you.<\/p>\n
\n2- Click to open the drop-down menu
\n3- Choose the option ON – Conservative Caching
\n4- Click Save
\n5- Go to Extensions > Plugin Manager
\n6- Enable Cache Plugin<\/p>\n2- Use Appropriate Image Size<\/h2>\n
3- Enable Hotlinking Protection<\/h2>\n
\n2- Click \u201cHotlink Protection\u201d on the security section.
\n3- Click \u201cEnable.\u201d
\n4- Done.<\/p>\n4- Keep your Softwares\/Plugins Up-To-Date.<\/h2>\n
5- Remove Unused Software or Plugins<\/h2>\n
6- Optimize Image Size Without Damaging Quality.<\/h2>\n
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