SEMCON 2013 - WordPress Optimization

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This document provides tips for optimizing a WordPress site, including updating WordPress core and plugins, caching content, cleaning up unused plugins and themes, validating markup, checking page load speed, optimizing images, minifying files, supporting multiple devices, enhancing servers, choosing better web hosting, implementing SEO best practices, and things to avoid.

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Update Your Stuff
WordPress Core!
Themes & Plugins

Cache Your Content
W3 Total Cache!
or
WP Super Cache

Clean-Up
Deactivate Unused Plugins!
Deactivate Unnecessary Plugins!
Delete Inactive Themes & Plugins

Validate Markup
HTML, CSS and JS!
validator.w3.org

Check Page Load Speed
Google Developers PageSpeed Insights!
developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/

Optimize Images
JPEG: jpegoptim!
PNG: optipng!
Use proper image formats

Support Multiple Devices
Use Responsive Themes 
Responsive, Skeleton, Designfolio!
 
Install Mobile Plugin 
WP Touch

Server Enhancements
Memcache !
Alternative PHP Cache (APC)!
nginx reverse proxy!
Varnish cache

Better Web Hosting
Shared vs VPS vs Dedicated!
Specialized WP Hosting

Search Engine Optimization
Use Search Engine Friendly Themes!
WordPress SEO by Yoast 
(free + premium) 
easy and it works

Avoid Like the Plague
Messing with WordPress Core Files!
Modifying Theme Files Directly!
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