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WordPress 5.8 is on track to be released on the 20th of July and it contains a number of new features. You can test WordPress 5.8 using a beta version on a staging site if you want to get used to the newer version of WordPress that will be released. WordPress finally includes support for the WebP image format in version 5.8. The image quality that WordPress will use will be similar to JPG and PNG image formats which is Continue reading the post...

Image optimization services and plugins are most commonly known on which ones work well. But it is not as common to know how to optimize site assets that happen to be PDF files. When normally creating a PDF or exporting a PDF that will be uploaded on your site the file will not be optimized and depending on the images or the number of pages that the PDF file is the file could be 14-30 MB in size. PDF files Continue reading the post...

The WP Meteor plugin is a very easy way to improve your site’s load time and it will help improve the site’s load time for site visitors. After the plugin has been installed and activated on your site it will add a new admin menu to; Settings > WP Meteor The plugin works by delaying the loading and firing of scripts until after the page is rendered. The WP Meteor plugin will help improve your Google PageSpeed score and the Continue reading the post...

When changing themes on a site it could be possible that the registered image sizes no longer exist on your site. This can mean that there might be image size files that exist in your site’s media library that should not exist and those images can be deleted from the media library. The easy-to-use plugin solution would be the Image Regenerate & Select Crop plugin. After you have installed and activated the plugin you will need to go to the Continue reading the post...

WordPress uses transients for storing cached short-term data in a sites database within the options database table. Depending on the set of plugins you are using in your plugin stack those plugins can end up bloating your options database table and those transients might not expire correctly. You can check to see how many transients are being stored in your options database table by using phpMyAdmin and then searching for the following option name from the options database table; _transient_% Continue reading the post...

WordPress has WP-Cron which is a built-in system used for scheduling time-based tasks. WordPress core adds a number of default cron events and those can easily be modified using a plugin such as WP Crontrol. After you have installed and activated the plugin it will add sub-menu items to; Tools > Cron Events To view, all WordPress core events go to the middle section which will show all of those. Two cron events that are worth modifying would be; delete_expired_transients Continue reading the post...

One of the easiest ways to improve your Google Web Vitals site performance is to use the just out beta Jetpack Boost plugin on your site. After you have installed and activated the plugin it will add a new admin menu item called; Jetpack Boost In your order to use Jetpack Boost you will need to connect it to your WordPress.com account for making the Jetpack connection. After you have connected Jetpack Boost you will see what the performance results Continue reading the post...

WooCommerce is one of the most commonly used plugins to add e-commerce features to a site. One of the most regular issues that WooCommerce can cause to a site in terms of performance in the site’s database is related to transients. Transients are temporary data that is stored as options in the options database table. But certain types of WooCommerce transients do not expire and then get deleted as expired transients. If you are using the geolocation feature to work Continue reading the post...

Google is in the process of rolling out Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) in the Chrome browser. FLoC is intended as a replacement for cookies as interest-based marketing solution that can be used in the same way cookies are currently used. Google FLoC raises a number of privacy issues and due to GDPR rules in place in Europe currently, the FLoC trial is not being rolled out there. WordPress may or may not end up having a filter or a setting Continue reading the post...

Social Proofy is a service for providing social proof on your website easily. The WordPress for the Social Proofy integration is really easy to use. In order to use Social Proofy on your site, you will need to signup for an account. Pricing starts at $3 a month for up to 1,000 impressions and goes up to $84 a month for 1,000,000 impressions. After you have installed and activated the plugin on your site look for the admin menu called; Continue reading the post...