Recent improvements to caching in WordPress core made by our Senior Engineer Jonny Harris can provide a serious boost to your website performance—but for now, they’re opt-in only. Here’s everything you need to know: In this article, we’ll learn: What is Object Caching and How Does it Work? In WordPress, posts, images, users, and all […]
WordPress 6.1 is finally here—and it packs a punch! The latest release contains all new publishing features, powerful performance enhancements, and extended flexibility for developers. Here’s our run-down of why 6.1 might just be the most exciting WordPress release yet. 1. A Refined Publishing Experience Improved Blocks & Design Tools WordPress 6.1 brings a bunch […]
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) is a Core Web Vitals metric that measures how long it takes for the largest element on a page to become visible in the browser. You can think of it like user speed dating: LCP is your chance to prove value quickly and keep the conversation flowing. In other words, first […]
First Input Delay (FID) is a Core Web Vitals metric that measures the time between a user’s first interaction with a page and the browser’s response. You can liken it to calling an elevator: FID would be the time between pressing the call button and it lighting up, signaling that the request has been received. […]
WordPress 6.0 is on the horizon, and we couldn’t be more excited! Not only because of the massive performance opportunities this release will bring, but because a number of our fantastic XWPeople were directly involved in its creation. Here’s your one-stop guide for the features our team helped bring to life, with some top tips […]
Setting a performance budget is the best way to ensure your website remains fast, accessible, and competitive—but knowing where to start can be tricky. Here are 3 foundational steps that will help you understand where you are, where you should be, and how to improve your web performance metrics. What is a Web Performance Budget? […]
Over the past six months, a number of our performance specialists at XWP have been supporting teams at Google and Yoast to build and launch the WordPress Performance Lab plugin and work on WordPress Core Performance. Performance Lab plugin is a collection of modules designed to monitor and enhance the performance of your WordPress site, […]
When it comes to building high-performance websites, small changes to the way your site functions, the content within it, or even the way you work can have a huge effect on user experience. It’s often thought that performance is all about speed—and that’s definitely a big part of it. But at XWP, we believe that […]
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