Pagespeed Optimization for Edge

  • Hi,

    I would just like to ask for some suggestions how to optimize pagespeed for a WordPresssite, that has to work good on edge and IE too. The page mentioned is using the Avada-Theme which is not perfect but there is no chance to change it.

    I faced different problems when I used some of the more famous plugins to optimize it. (like autoprimize, bj lazy load etc. which are working perfect for firefox and chrome).

    One of my ideas was to use a plugin like wp2static – but I am not sure yet if that would really solve my problem. Maybe someone already faced this problems ??

    I am happy for any hint / tipp / idea

    Have a great weekend and thanks for the help in advance!

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    We have some general recommendations at https://codex.www.ads-software.com/WordPress_Optimization

    Hi @smartninja,

    Author of WP2Static here. It can strip a bit of unneeded WordPress tags from the page, but so can Clearfy, and with more options.

    Where it is most useful is at the server level, ie by allowing you to host somewhere super fast like Netlify and to allow for full-page caching on CloudFlare (which you can also do without the plugin and is a good, free way to get faster global speeds).

    The other benefit you get from a faster server with a fully static site are that there are no moving pieces, no calls to the database or multiple PHP functions being called from your theme and plugins.

    That alone may speed up your site quite a bit, but is a different kind of optimization than the minification and concatenation something like Autoptimize does.

    Are you users globally distributed? If so, it’s more important to go with a fast, global host/CDN like Netlify or CloudFlare.

    As you continue optimizing, I recommend to track your pageload speeds as you change various things and test them from major POPs around the world, using something like Pingdom, GTMetrix, etc.

    Happy to help you with any questions on the static side of things, my plugin or other.

    Cheers,

    Leon

    PS. I gave a general talk on static, available on WordPress.tv or Youtube, may help explain a bit better static vs caching plugins.

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