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The affects of Web Hosts on Your Business Website

Here're ways your choice of web hosting service provider impacts the performance of your business:


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Install Cloudflare

 Easily Install Cloudflare on Your WordPress Site Cloudflare is a content delivery network (CDN) provider that also offers DNS, DDoS protection, and security services. They have a robust network of over 100 distinct data centers across the world and have become well-known in the web performance sector for quick DNS lookup times. They have the […]

Query Strings from Static Resources

Remove Query Strings from Static Resources When it comes to WordPress performance, the subject of how to remove query strings from static resources comes up frequently. The file version is commonly included at the end of the URL for CSS and JavaScript files, such as domain.com/style.css?ver=4.6. Even if a cache-control:public header is present, some servers […]

Combine External CSS In WordPress Pingdom, GTmetrix, or Google PageSpeed Insights are all giving you the “combine external CSS” warning. This is a relatively common error among WordPress website owners, so you’re not alone. When you have 10 or more CSS files loaded from a CDN or subdomain, this warning appears (external domain). Concatenating or […]

Overview In this guide, we’ll show you how to set up a WordPress Amazon S3 integration, as well as how to use a content delivery network (CDN) in conjunction with it. This can help you save money on bandwidth, serve as a backup, and speed up your site. Amazon S3 is a storage service that […]

Storage Engine

Overview Large-scale WordPress sites slow down for a variety of reasons, one of which being a database that hasn’t been optimized. In their databases, many older sites still use the MyISAM storage engine. InnoDB has shown to run better and be more reliable in recent years. The lack of full table-level locking is a major […]

Fix “Specify a Vary: Accept-Encoding Header” Warning On your WordPress site, are you getting the “Specify a Vary: Accept-Encoding Header” warning from Pingdom, GTmetrix, or Google PageSpeed Insights? This is an HTTP header that should be included in every origin server response since it tells the browser whether or not the client can process compressed […]