{"id":1483,"date":"2017-07-02T16:18:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T10:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.kanpur.wordcamp.org\/?p=1483"},"modified":"2017-07-02T16:18:56","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T10:48:56","slug":"siddharth-ashok-optimizing-wordpress-for-speed-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kanpur.wordcamp.org\/2017\/siddharth-ashok-optimizing-wordpress-for-speed-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Siddharth Ashok: Optimizing WordPress for Speed & Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most common problem people are looking for help these days is “My WordPress site is slow, how to optimize it”. Everyone wants their site fast or faster. Fast loading pages not only improve user experience, increase your page views, but also helps with your SEO.<\/p>\n

In my talk I would be discussing how to optimize your WordPress site by doing simple things, that would include some tips for basic server-side optimisation, best practices to follow that would make a site fast, optimizing images and load time, tools to measure and optimize site\u2019s speed, and avoiding bad practices that make a site slow.<\/p>\n

About Siddharth<\/h5>\n

I am is currently working with Indian-Swedish Web agency WebbDesinger<\/a> aka Next Big Thing, as Front-End and WordPress developer.<\/p>\n

I have been using WordPress for almost a decade and have followed its journey from being just a blogging platform to CMS. Operating from Goa, India, I work with several Scandinavian clients developing custom themes and plugins.
\nFind me on Twitter @siddharthashok<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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