For those curious about baseline speed with GTmetrix for test bed:
No additional compression of css or js done (minification);
No caching plugin running;
Mod_pagespeed is OFF;
Page has no ad, but large image, sidebar, bottom bar images; large logo.
Default Newsmag theme (not using a “style/demo”).
Share buttons ‘on’ at top of page.
Pagespeed Score: A (96%)
YSLOW Score A (94%)
Page load time: 1.2s
Total Page size: 248kb
requests: 12
Nice.
Still to do:
figure out how to fix the wonky ? query on the newsmag icon font …
/images/icons/newsmag.woff?11
a) compress style.css
b) replace gravatar with local author image
c) main css to footer; preload critical CSS in head (fixes ‘render blocking …’)
d) enable mod_pagespeed – does on the fly comment removal, image optiization for small png to base64 or webp, removes all double spaces in text for pseudo-minification; further optimizes anything loaded from google like jquery
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that’s it for now.
Hope this isn’t annoying folks too much 😉
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Radu and co have really done a great job on this and theme is speedy on desktop testing ‘as advertised …” which is awesome. I was worried going from v2 to v3 was going to bring bloaty-mcbloatface, and turns out – not so much 🙂
UPDATED FUNCTIONS HAXX AUG 2016
— supercedes old and moldy stuff in this long thread
Works for me on Apache; if not for you, then you messed something up elsewhere.
This goes at BOTTOM of the /theme/functions.php file
Don’t know where that is, then stop right now, buddy. Learn to use FTP!
/** ========================================== */
/** CUSTOM OPTIM CODE : by Christopher Simmons - REV 8.17.16 */
// Remove jQuery Migrate Script from header and Load jQuery from Google API
function simmonsbunny_remove_jquery_migrate_load_google_hosted_jquery() {
if (!is_admin()) {
wp_deregister_script('jquery');
wp_register_script('jquery', 'https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js', false, null);
wp_enqueue_script('jquery');
}
}
add_action('init', 'simmonsbunny_remove_jquery_migrate_load_google_hosted_jquery');
add_action('init', 'cng_author_base');
function cng_author_base() {
global $wp_rewrite;
$author_slug = 'profile'; // change slug name
$wp_rewrite->author_base = $author_slug;
}
add_filter( 'jpeg_quality', create_function( '', 'return 50;' ) );
/** functions for headcleaner */
function rm_generator_filter() { return ''; }
add_filter('the_generator', 'rm_generator_filter');
remove_action('wp_head','wlwmanifest_link');
remove_action('wp_head','rsd_link');
remove_action('wp_head','feed_links', 2);
remove_action('wp_head','feed_links_extra', 3);
remove_action('wp_head','start_post_rel_link', 10, 0);
remove_action('wp_head','adjacent_posts_rel_link_wp_head', 10, 0);
remove_action('wp_head','print_emoji_detection_script',7);
remove_action('wp_print_styles','print_emoji_styles');
function remove_cssjs_ver( $src ) {
if( strpos( $src, '?ver=' ) )
$src = remove_query_arg( 'ver', $src );
return $src;
}
add_filter( 'style_loader_src', 'remove_cssjs_ver', 10, 2 );
add_filter( 'script_loader_src', 'remove_cssjs_ver', 10, 2 );
function remove_pingback_url( $output, $show ) {
if ( $show == 'pingback_url' ) $output = '';
return $output;
}
add_filter( 'bloginfo_url', 'remove_pingback_url', 10, 2 );
/** functions for security */
function no_errors_please(){
return 'You appear to be up to no good. Your IP logged and will be blocked.';
}
add_filter( 'login_errors', 'no_errors_please' );
function disable_reset_lost_password()
{
return false;
}
add_filter( 'allow_password_reset', 'disable_reset_lost_password');
function remove_lost_your_password($text)
{
return str_replace( array('Lost your password?', 'Lost your password'), '', trim($text, '?') );
}
add_filter( 'gettext', 'remove_lost_your_password' );
add_filter( 'send_email_change_email', '__return_false' );
/** functions for admin bar */
function mytheme_admin_bar_render() {
global $wp_admin_bar;
$wp_admin_bar->remove_menu('wpseo-menu');
}
add_action( 'wp_before_admin_bar_render', 'mytheme_admin_bar_render' );
add_filter( 'wpseo_use_page_analysis', '__return_false' );
function my_custom_css() {
echo '<style>
.misc-pub-section.yoast-seo-score.content-score { display: none; }
.misc-pub-section.yoast-seo-score.keyword-score { display: none; }
</style>';
}
add_action( 'admin_head', 'my_custom_css' );
function dequeue_yoast_css() {
wp_dequeue_style('yoast-seo-adminbar');
wp_deregister_style('yoast-seo-adminbar');
}
add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts','dequeue_yoast_css');
/*remove embeds */
function disable_embeds_init() {
remove_action('rest_api_init', 'wp_oembed_register_route');
remove_filter('oembed_dataparse', 'wp_filter_oembed_result', 10);
remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_oembed_add_discovery_links');
remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_oembed_add_host_js');
}
add_action('init', 'disable_embeds_init', 9999);
function project_dequeue_unnecessary_scripts() {
wp_dequeue_script( 'comment-reply' );
wp_deregister_script( 'comment-reply' );
}
add_action( 'wp_print_scripts', 'project_dequeue_unnecessary_scripts',100 );
/** End Christopher's magic bunny code; Copr. (c) 2013-2016 CLS */
========== and again ===============
THESE MISSIVES ARE COPR. © Christopher Simmons, all rights reserved. You may use this info, but you may *NOT* republish on your blog, in a book, or make claim any of this is originated by you. Seriously. I know warlocks and they can get bitchy.
NEWSMAG OPTIMIZATION EFFORT 2016
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PRECIS:
* WordPress 4.6
* Newsmag 3.1
* tagDiv Composer v1.0 BETA
* TD Speed Booster plugin – Version: 4.5
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I am re-optimizing my network sites since upgrading from v2 v3, and needing to revisit all the past steps from past 3 years with new TadDiv tech, code, etc.
This project presumes I will do several advanced things
1) run mod_pagespeed on deploy; currently disabled for all other efforts; with proper webp format support added as mime type and in htaccess (MPS converts some png files to base64 inline, and others to .webp format when better than jpeg)
2) compress main css and js files not already compressed after ‘thinning’
3) decomment some TD files loaded by pages which are (ahem) overly commented
4) have proper gzip/deflate/TTL elements on server
5) no caching used for initial deploy (MPS uses opcache/memcache)
6) move CSS to footer and use critical CSS generator for inline above the fold CSS
7) test free SSL cert and http/2 on our new server for 2017
8) test move to PHP7 from PHP5
Follow along if the mood strikes; I’m just sharing my info not offering to consult with you (you cannot afford me, in most cases). Please do not post any questions until I post the info during last half of August 2016, as you can “try” any of my changes if you wish, at your own risk.
I am using Unix/Linux, CentOS, Plesk 12.5x (will likely move to ONYX when releases for 2017); Apache with NGINX in front; dedicated server, 1GB connection to network in Class A datacenter in Texas, USA. Running PHP 5x with PHP7 installed and will test ‘7’ once initial deploy stable with my ‘thinning’ and optimization.
Hey party people, it’s on!
