Speed

Hi,

I bought this theme because i was impressed by the PageSpeedInsights. However, after doing a fresh install of WordPress and the Newspaper theme (with just the Demo content) I only get 65/100 | 75/100.

I didn’t expect 95+ but these numbers are not much different from other themes I’ve used. What am I missing here?

thanks

make sure you utilizes the tagDiv speed booster plugin with w3 cache plugin and if possible a CDN solution like cloudflare which bluehost supplies or maxcdn like we use.

these are the results of the three

http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/#!/zC745/http://twoversion.com

Here’s the link to the specifics of the speed achieved by Radu and Co. for theme (keep in mind this is with no AdSense or certain funky Facebook boxes which lower scores due to issues with the code being injected, and not issue with the theme):

(OFFICIAL)
https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/

Once you do that, then you may want to look at all the shared posts in the pagespeed topic, specifically my shared elements to put in your .htaccess file, if not there already.

• This reply was modified 12 years by simchris.

Thank you @circuitsports. That’s very impressive. I’ll try some of these once i add some more content to my site. I’m sure a site can be nice and fast even without the green numbers…but you know perfectionism…

Thank you again @Christopher for your help on here 🙂

My site is in norwegian and so is my hosting. They are quite cheap but decent enough. But I don’t mind paying more for better hosting.

So a coupple of questions:

• Are there any particular hosting companies you would recommend for better performance?
• I was looking at the Bluehost site. Is the Pro package better in performance than the standard package?
• Is there any point in looking at VPS or Dedicated hosting? Or is it overkill for a singe blog?
• CDN, is there any point getting it when 99% of my readers will come from Norway?

• This reply was modified 12 years by creactivate.

Hi,
I think a VPS would be overkill unless you are making a living from your blog or intend to host multiple blogs and want “total control” of your environment. Nice to have “room” to try different themes, sites, domains, etc., without having to sign up for a “domain based” account someplace. If you do choose a host, look for one that supports mod_pagespeed and also knows what wordpress is 😉

For a CDN, likely not needed unless the host is terribly slow (for example, a slow $5/month hosting plan plus $1/month CDN can be cheaper than $10/month plan, in theory).

For us, a CDN is useful as folks in NY or Canada can get stuff loaded faster when we’re in Calif., and servers are in Texas. It does seem to help as the CSS/JS/images all load from closest “edge” location. Again, usually more necessary for a business case than a blog case (my magazine sites don’t make any money really; they’re a bit of a hobby side thing from our main company business which does rely on high “availability” hence the fun I am personally having right now optimizing shtml/ssi pages in one place and WordPress everywhere else … each need different tweaks… ).

Obviously a host with “point of presence” in Norway is best choice. You don’t want to be loading pages from Texas when your audience is in Norway. I have not used BlueHost. We use SoftLayer to have a full server here in U.S., but that’s totally different from what you need.

hmm ok 🙂

Do you have any experience with http://wpengine.com?