WordPress database optimization: autoload, revisions, and cruft
A bloated WordPress database makes every query slower. What to clean up, starting with autoloaded options, the one thing that taxes every single page load.
grep -r "#performance" blog/
#performance
7 posts · all posts
Hosting for WordPress performance: TTFB, PHP, and workers
Your host sets the speed ceiling, and no plugin raises it. Why TTFB, your PHP version, and PHP workers decide how fast a WordPress site can be.
Fixing INP on WordPress: less JavaScript, fewer long tasks
INP measures how fast a page responds to taps and clicks, and on WordPress it is almost always a JavaScript problem. How to find the slow interaction and fix it.
WordPress caching explained: page, object, browser, and edge
Caching means doing expensive work once and reusing it. What each layer of WordPress caching does, from the server out to the browser, and where each helps.
Image optimization for WordPress: faster LCP, smaller pages
Images are the heaviest part of most pages and usually the LCP element. The formats, sizing, and WordPress settings that actually make them fast.
Core Web Vitals for WordPress: fixing LCP, INP, and CLS
What LCP, INP, and CLS actually measure, why they matter for WordPress sites, and the specific fixes that move each one into the green.
How to actually speed up a WordPress site
A practical, measure-first guide to making WordPress fast: hosting, caching, images, the database, and the plugins quietly slowing you down.